The Story

One good shot, and a golfer can launch into the top ranks of the sport. And that’s what happened to Michael Tobiason Jr. in the US Open this June. He just hopes he will no longer have to sleep in his car as he plays the circuit.

Sean Lewis and Michael Bradley became friends at boot camp. They were deployed together to Iraq - Mike was a medic, and Sean was working as a bodyguard. One day at camp, Mike felt a huge mortar hit and went running towards the site. Two soldiers had been killed. The survivor was Sean, Mike's friend. He'd lost a leg and was bleeding from three major arteries. Back in the States, almost a year to the day of the incident, Mike and Sean met up at Walter Reed. Now they find themselves golfing together.  Also in this episode, Gianna Horak has gone to Beijing to participate in the pre-Olympics ceremonies. Gianna is with the Los Angeles Children's Chorus, but Gianna's story is about more than singing with the choir. Gianna was adopted from China when she was 8 months old and brought to the United States where she was then diagnosed as deaf.

The 21,000 retirees that worked for the city of Detroit could face pension and health care cuts. That’s because in July, Detroit became the largest American city to file for bankruptcy. Detroit-based independent producer Zak Rosen recently spent some time with both current and retired Detroit Police officers, and brings us their perspective from a weekly Detroit Detectives golf league.

Kevin Chandler is a former state legislator with a new job: he is rehabbing foreclosed homes. He works with a friend from high school - a furloughed pilot - to bring the homes up to code. He says that when he first walks into a home, there is almost always a wall punched in near the bedroom, testament to the stress the former owners were under.