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With our builder up there. >> awesome. >> you have a good day. >> thank yall so much for coming out. one of the things i look at is how he looks at her and how she looks at him, you know, and how they connect. and you could see theres a lot of love. you can see that. >> unfortunately, the easiest part of it is finding families. the hardest one is deciding which one to build for. >> we give the homes away in a way thats a little different from other organizations is that we always surprise the fa...

My honor to present cnn hero dan wallrath. >> i really believe in my heart cnn is probably the biggest thing that ever happened to us. >> the true heroes are service men and women who stand in harms way every day to protect our freedoms. >> its opened up t of doors. its opened up a lot of opportunities. we went from four homes and one remodel in 2009 to over 80 homes in 17 states. the first thing we do is find a builder and an area we can build in. have a town hall meeting, get all the suppliers...

Sacrificing a lot for him to go off and do what he does. with that said, what would it mean to you if yall were awarded a new home? >> for me, especially the kids, its like you get moved from here to there, here to there, here to there. it would be nice to take a breath. >> i think we would be at peace, because right now everything is up in the air. i dont know, i think it would be a big weight off our shoulders. >> well, we found out when a veteran comes home, its a ripple effect. we have famil...

Ken was surprised. we told him he was coming to dallas for a final interview. >> everybody, theyre going to be heading this way shortly. >> this is alan, our builder. >> hey. how are you? nice to meet you. >> we have to kind of lie to the guys. >> instead of making you wait here, what id like to do is take your mom -- let me take your mom and dad in my truck. im going to put alan with you and call you and show you around the development. >> he wanted to know if he could bring his mom and dad wit...

And the flood gate would open. >> ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to present cnn hero dan wallrath. >> i really believe in my heart cnn heroes is probably the biggest thing that ever happened to us. >> the true heroes are service men and women who stand in harms way every day to protect our freedoms. >> its opened up a lot of doors. its opened up a lot of opportunities. we went from four homes and one remodel in 2009 to over 80 homes in 17 states. the first thing we do is find a builder in ...

>> good to see you again. >> good to see you, too. >> once we know that we have a builder and everything in place to start a new home, we contact the v.a. caseworkers. they have been dealing with these families for sometimes two and three years. and they really know the ones that are moving forward with their lives and not letting these challenges bring them down. >> i always like hearing about the new ones. >> yeah. weve got several coming up. >> were going to have a build -- if yall want to wr...

>> good. how are you? >> good to see you again. >> good to see you, too. >> once we know that we have a builder and everything in place to start a new home, we contact the v.a. caseworkers. they have been dealing with these families for sometimes two and three years. and they really know the ones that are moving forward with their lives and not letting these challenges bring them down. >> i always like hearing about the new ones. >> yeah. weve got several coming up. >> were going to have a build...

>> he could do lunch with the guys and kind of talk to them and thank them for building his home. >> back in 2009, i was still full-time builder, and trying to grow operation finally home. and it just got to be too much. and i met this wonderful guy that was working for another non-profit. we just hit it off. >> well, im going to pass the ball to dan, so i have no problem doing that. dans marching orders to me were i want to go national. i want to expand. we do a flier, i can send it to the loca...

Builder and everything in place to start a new home, we contact the v.a. caseworkers. they have been dealing with these families for sometimes two and three years. and they really know the ones that are moving forward with their lives and not letting these challenges bring them down. >> i always like hearing about the new ones. >> yeah. weve got several coming up. >> were going to have a build -- if yall want to write it down, victoria, texas. nashville. we have another one coming up in nashvill...

In congress. >> let me stop you there. >> leading the polls for presidential stuff. >> christie is going to be the head of this organization, right? chris christie, governor of new jersey is going to be the head of it, right? >> he will get the gavel from bobby jindal, the governor of louisiana who is also looking at a run for president just in the next two days and christie will be the chairman for the next cycle. >> christie is the star of the show. and then he was interviewed out there and he...