The Story

Kathy Vitzthum graduated magna cum laude from Iowa State University this month with a degree in accounting. Kathy took one class a semester every year - for 19 years. Her journey involves a curio cabinet, a promise to her father and a lot of patience. 

When teenager Blake Peebles first asked to leave regular high school to pursue a professional gaming career, his parents dismissed the idea. Then Blake established himself as one of the nation’s top Guitar Hero players in local and online tournaments, and his parents Mike and Hunter reconsidered. Also in this episode, Linda Kelso opened an online profile on Yahoo! hoping to meet the man of her dreams. Though she'd heard about internet scams, she never thought she would be a target. Linda soon was chatting with a man who identified himself as "Barry Mullen." Linda talks about what finally tipped her off that her Romeo was a con man - and how her willingness to be vulnerable has actually enhanced her experience dating online.

As investigators try to determine what happened to the nineteen firefighters who died near Yarnell, Arizona, we remember the Mann Gulch canyon wall fire of 1949.  Smokejumper Bob Sallee is now the lone survivor of that fire, which burned 4,500 acres in Montana. 

Despite oocupational hazards like an explosion that blasted Garry Eiden 20 feet through the air, he loves working in the oil industry. But it was never something Garry wanted any of his children to do. Yet one of his sons, Tug, fell in love with the oil fields as a toddler. Also on the show: the beauty of a barn.