00:00Maybe hockey isn't the most glamorous sport.
00:04You ever seen those guys without their teeth in?
00:06It's not pretty.
00:08But one particular hockey team had the whole country smiling in 1980
00:12when they pulled off nothing short of a miracle.
00:15I'm not going to give it away.
00:17But I will tell you, it's considered one of the greatest moments in sports.
00:21Ever.
00:22Watch.
00:25Miracle on Ice
00:27The year was 1980.
00:29The United States faced the worst energy crisis in history.
00:32Inflation and unemployment were sky high.
00:35And 52 Americans were being held hostage in Iran as the U.S. stood by, helplessly.
00:41America needed a win.
00:44Would they get it on Olympic ice?
00:47The games were held in Lake Placid, New York,
00:49but no one expected any medals for the home team.
00:51A young and experienced crew with a brand new coach.
00:54No way would these kids get anywhere near the powerhouse Soviet Union.
00:58The best hockey team in the world.
01:00Ready to walk away with their sixth straight Olympic gold.
01:04But Team USA pulled off one amazing underdog victory after another,
01:09bringing them just two games away from winning it all.
01:13They showed so much heart and determination it seemed to lift America out of its slump.
01:20Now they faced the unbeatable Soviets.
01:22If they won this game, they'd go on to play Finland for the gold medal.
01:26If they lost, they'd go home empty-handed.
01:30The game rocked the Olympic Stadium.
01:32The Soviets struck first.
01:34A flat shot and it was deflected in.
01:37But the U.S. answered every goal.
01:39And scores!
01:40With one second to play in the period right now.
01:43It was tied.
01:443-3.
01:44When team captain Mike Yeruzione put USA up by one point.
01:48Yeruzione!
01:55But there were still ten minutes left to play.
01:58It seemed impossible to hold off the undefeated Soviets for that long.
02:02But the impossible happened.
02:04Do you believe in miracles?
02:06Yes!
02:06To delirious Americans across the country, it was more than just a hockey game.
02:11It was a reason to be proud again.
02:14And winning the gold medal two days later was just the icing on the cake.
02:18Five seconds for the gold medal.
02:19Four to the gold medal.
02:21This impossible dream comes true!
02:24Miracles?
02:28You gotta believe.
02:33I'm here to show you a story about someone who got a major raw deal.
02:37A serious prison time for murders he didn't commit.
02:40Now he was definitely down for the count.
02:42But he never stopped believing he'd be free someday.
02:45Here's the story of the hurricane.
02:48The Hurricane
02:50Reuben Carter's fists were so fast and so powerful that boxing fans called him the hurricane.
02:56In 1966, he was just one fight away from becoming the middleweight champ of the world.
03:02But instead of fighting for the crown, Carter spent most of the next 20 years fighting for his freedom.
03:07In October 1966, he was arrested for a triple murder committed inside this bar in New Jersey.
03:14He said he was innocent.
03:16But almost a year later, a jury convicted him.
03:19The sentence was three life terms in prison.
03:22The conviction had been based on false eyewitness testimony by two known criminals who later changed their stories.
03:28Many people believe the all-white jury convicted Carter because he was a black man.
03:34Carter insisted on his innocence.
03:36I want everybody to know and understand that Reuben Carter could not, would not, and did not commit that crime.
03:44He looked for answers in law books.
03:46And even wrote a book of his own, hoping to get the world's attention.
03:49In 1975, Bob Dylan recorded The Hurricane, a popular song about Carter's case.
03:56And that's the story of the hurricane.
03:59But it won't be over till they clear his name.
04:03And give him back the time he's done.
04:05Soon, celebrities and other boxers like Muhammad Ali were leading rallies to support Carter's cause.
04:11It seemed like his lawyers were fighting a losing battle, but Carter never gave up.
04:16My innocence was the only thing that I had to hold on.
04:20Finally, in November 1985, a judge ruled that Carter's trial had been unfair, and the conviction was overturned.
04:27The 48-year-old Carter entered the court in handcuffs and left the free man.
04:33It is over.
04:36Yeah.
04:39Today, Reuben Carter devotes himself to human rights, working to help other people who were wrongly imprisoned.
04:45And he finally won an honorary boxing belt.
04:48In 1999, his amazing story was turned into a movie with Denzel Washington in the starring role.
04:55But only Carter knows what it was really like to be the hurricane.
05:02If you think the little guy can't make a difference, then Dolores Huerta's story will totally change your mind.
05:08Basically, she helped start a whole movement of little guys, and it eventually turned into one of the most powerful
05:14unions in the country.
05:16She believed, and she achieved.
05:19Check it out.
05:21Stand up, speak out.
05:26Fighting for the rights of powerless immigrants made Dolores Huerta one of the most powerful women of the 20th century.
05:33As a Mexican-American girl growing up in California, Dolores wanted to do something about the poor living conditions of
05:39Hispanics,
05:40especially the farm workers who seemed to get the worst treatment of all.
05:44They usually made less than a dollar an hour for picking crops in the sweltering heat.
05:49Some were forced to pay for the water they drank.
05:52They lived in dirty shacks with no toilets or cooking facilities.
05:59In 1962, Dolores was a single mother supporting seven children.
06:04But she devoted herself to working for the farm workers full time.
06:08She joined forces with Cesar Chavez, a powerful labor leader.
06:12And together, they organized the farm workers into a union that could demand higher pay and better working conditions.
06:19The farm owners resisted the union.
06:22And Dolores led strikes and protests.
06:26She got the attention of political leaders.
06:29And the cause of the farm workers turned into a powerful movement.
06:33The whole country got involved when Dolores helped lead a national boycott of grapes to support striking grape pickers.
06:40Millions of Americans stopped buying grapes until the growers finally agreed to sign union contracts with the workers.
06:47By the 1970s, the United Farm Workers Union had grown to more than 70,000 members.
06:54Dolores Huerta has never stopped working for the union, though she's faced harassment, violence, and 22 arrests.
07:01In 1988, she was beaten by the police during a peaceful demonstration and almost died.
07:08But even in her 70s, she's vowed never to stop fighting.
07:16Now, the person you're about to meet was a prisoner in his own country during a brutal civil war, and
07:21he barely made it out alive.
07:22But he's turned that horrible experience into a mission to tell the whole world what he saw so it never
07:27happens again.
07:29Here's the story.
07:32The Killing Fields
07:35It was the most brutal period in the history of Cambodia.
07:39Dith Pran would like to forget what happened in his country.
07:43But he wants the world to remember.
07:46In the early 1970s, Pran teamed up with an American reporter to cover a terrifying story.
07:52A fanatical group called the Khmer Rouge was fighting to take over Cambodia.
07:57When they finally swept into power in 1975, Khmer Rouge banned all businesses, schools, and religion.
08:05They separated children from their parents, and they killed anyone who didn't pledge total allegiance to their government.
08:13Despite the danger, Dith Pran stayed in Cambodia to report what he saw.
08:18But soon he was arrested and sent to the killing fields.
08:22Khmer Rouge labor camps where people were tortured and executed.
08:26Pran was beaten and starved, and he watched other Cambodians massacred right before his eyes.
08:34Almost no one made it out alive.
08:36But somehow, Dith Pran survived.
08:40After nearly four desperate years, he managed to escape.
08:43He was reunited in the United States with his wife and children who had fled Cambodia earlier.
08:49He became a successful photographer for the New York Times,
08:53and he devoted his life to telling the world what happened in the killing fields.
08:58Today, the Khmer Rouge is out of power.
09:01But Dith Pran continues to speak out about the brutal years of the Cambodian Holocaust,
09:06which took the lives of about two million people.
09:10We are doing this not just for Cambodia,
09:12but we are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
09:18He won't rest until he knows a crime like this can never happen again.
09:23We are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
09:23We are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
09:23We are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
09:23We are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
09:23We are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
09:25We are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
09:25We are doing this to prevent the Holocaust from returning to this world.
