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Stuck to me. i got the same tattoo on my chest. >> how did it stick in prison? >> everybody knows me and a lot of people from my town plus it was all over the news, my story, my case, you know. >> the reason john pizzaman maxis face was all over the news is because on halloween night 1996 he murdered his boss inside the pizza parlor where they worked. >> i was mad at my boss and things went bad, and he lost. he said i was -- he said i just -- >> disgruntled. >> oh, boy, exactly. >> maxi was give...

Health, and then we had arrived one day, and there was an ambulance out front, and it was actually blocking our entrance into parking, into the parking lot, and we found out that maxi was inside the ambulance, so once we got in to see monigan, he told us that he had had an event during the night, and he was being rushed to the hospital. >> what was the last communication you two had? >> he told me [ bleep ] he loved me. >> what did you say? >> i love him too. and if he die, im going to [ bleep ]...

Treatments. >> why? >> thats what the chief doctor said because if they cut me open the cancer will spread and kill me faster. >> so what does this mean for you? >> a death sentence. >> even with death looming over him, maxi found comfort in the support and camaraderie of his fellow inmate. >> him being around us, i feel like this is what gives him hope. even if he knows hes dying, he knows that theres not much the medical people can do. >> more than anyone else, joseph monigan formed a special ...

>> i fell into like a light coma friday afternoon. i dont remember, you know, but i woke up in the hospital. >> maxi recovered in the hospital and was sent back to prison. but the latest scare prompted some changes. >> this is some paperwork i signed for them to take me off of dying like to give me cpr if i lose it again because before i told them i didnt want them to do that but -- >> you told them do not resuscitate you. >> yeah, but now i had changed at the hospital, on the street and in ther...

Care of himself too because i care about him. thats my brother. you dont see the resemblance? >> i think maxi gave monigan a reason to be. a reason to get up every morning and i think that monigan gave maxi a reason to continue living. >> maxis best hope of survival would be a liver transplant but that was unlikely. >> its a complicated situation. there is some concern about the continuity of a transplant program if people, for instance, find out, well, youre going to give my liver to a criminal...

At them and, you know, act like it was nothing. >> oh, look at you. >> making that dude cry for the first time. >> whats going on, big balls? >> i going to my shower. whats up. >> coming up -- >> i woke up in the hospital. >> john maxi takes a turn for the worse. >> he was laying right here. ♪ this summer was definitely worth the wait. ♪ summers best event from cadillac. let summer try and pass you by. lease this all-new cadillac ats for around $299 per month or purchase for 0% apr for 60 mo...

>> by the time we met him, maxi had had a few recent brushes with death. the last time he fell into a coma and was rushed to an outside hospital. >> we was in church and one of the officers came in and was like, pizzaman died. so, you know, we all mourned and we was -- you know, it was crazy. we were like, man. well, comes to find out that there was a guy in the hospital with his name that died, not him. so when he came back, he come back strutting, and we like, oh, man, you know. >> i was in be...

>> i think maxi gave monigan a reason to be. a reason to get up every morning and i think that monigan gave maxi a reason to continue living. >> his best hope of survival would be a liver transplant but that was unlikely. >> its a complicated situation. there is some concern about the continuity of a transplant program if people find out, well, youre going to give my liver to a criminal, some people would be upset about that and so theres that legitimate concern about the appropriateness of that...

>> why? >> thats what the chief doctor said because if they cut me open the cancer will spread and kill me faster. >> so what does this peen for you? >> a death sentence. >> even with death looming over him, maxi found comfort in the support and camaraderie of his fellow inmate. >> him being around us, i feel like this is what gives him hope. even if he knows hes dying, he knows that theres not much the medical people can do. >> more than anyone else, joseph monigan formed a special bond with ma...

>> i fail fell into a light coma friday afternoon. i dont remember, you know, i woke up in the hospital. >> maxi recovered in the hospital and was sent back to prison. but the latest scare prompted some changes. >> this is some paperwork i signed for them to take off of dying like to give me cpr if i lose it again because before i told them i didnt want them to do that. >> you told them do not resuscitate you if yeah, but now i had changed at the hospital, on the street and in there. >> his chan...