And changed everything. This this bizarre story, the strangest thing of all was the truth. He planned for any scenario except for the one that happened to him. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres keith morrison. There are people on this glorious sun kissed planet of ours who get up early every morning happy to be alive and worry. Some people worry a very great deal indeed and do try to be prepared for whatever. One of those prepared people was a brilliant retired University Professor named Kay Mortenson whose sister was a woman need fern. What would happen if im not prepared or im hungry or my kids are hungry, can i come to your house . He said ill probably just shoot you. He wouldnt have but he was definitely willing to protect what he had. Yes. He certainly was. And sure enough, one night 911. What the address of your emergency. Were getting ahead of ourselves. What happened that night was a long time coming. It was long before that when kay became a survivalist with attitude.