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never not dealing with it. what if it were easier for you to deal with pets than with people ? i cant imagine living without dogs. and what if you went from endurance athletes to wheelchair bound in just six months? you realize oh, this isnt going the way this is my life, you know? how would you cope? tonight well meet three people who overcame their odds by doing something that you might think is a joke. were setting out on a strange trip. but stick with us. its all about to make sens...

His hands, sean found comfort in the imaginary world of his childhood. he began to create an experiment with cosplay. dressing up is pop culture in sci fi characters. then he came across a community where he could perform as the very thing he loved as a child and animal when you first found out about the world of the furries, what about it appealed to you the acceptance. everybodys like, oh, my god, youre cool. let me give you a hug. just a very supportive and very nurturing environment. through...

Time bomb of public employee pensions which already account for 42 cents of every property tax dollar you pay in chicago that. could double next year without pension reform. >> rahm emanual, you have to go. if you vote to change our pensions, you are going to be gone. >> about $1 billion in pension payments are due in 2015 that. could lead to huge property tax increases, slash city services and cuts to city worker benefits. >> just lean on it. you only need like 100 feet. >> chicago firefighters...

>> about $1 billion in pension payments are due in 2015 that. could lead to huge property tax increases, slash city services and cuts to city worker benefits. >> just lean on it. you only need like 100 feet. >> chicago firefighters are among the city workers caught in the cross hairs of the pension crisis. >> let that burn up a bit and we will hit it again when it burns through a little. >> fire captain joel burns is 50 years old and spent 25 years on the job. now he is five years away from reti...

Chicago and he reminds people he is a triathlete. >> i swim and run and i decide what a way to challenge your mid-life crisis. >> over in edison park, captain burns faces a mid-life crisis of his own, his personal finances. >> if you can get it in there an two more towards the front. if my wife saw me doing this she [ bleep ] >> like a lot of firefighters joel works a side job to make extra cash. >> it takes a lot of discipline to work a second job when you are dragging out of the fire house aft...

Tourism dollars to chicago. thats a top priority for chicago and he reminds people he is a triathlete. >> i swim and run and i decide what a way to challenge your mid-life crisis. >> over in edison park, captain burns faces a mid-life crisis of his own, his personal finances. >> if you can get it in there an two more towards the front. if my wife saw me doing this she [ bleep ]. >> like a lot of firefighters joel works a side job to make extra cash. >> it takes a lot of discipline to work a seco...

That out until you have a fire with them. >> bring the line here. >> battling the blaze, captain burns rallies his men to control the rolling fire in an auto parts shop. >> hit the orange [ bleep ] to your left. >> disconnect this and run it under. >> a little left. >> thats it! >> all right, gentlemen, strong work. if the world ran like we run the fire department, wed be a lot better off. because we dont mess around. we identify the problem, we take care of the problem. and thats that. >> firef...