and you just couldn't stop after that? >> no. that was just the beginning. >> we started to see the big picture, and, believe me, everybody needs something. there's no department that does need some kind of gear. >> reporter: since 2005, the sorenson brothers' foundation has donated more than $2 million worth of equipment in 13 states. a lot of that money comes from selling pickle buckets, emptied by their shops. >> we sell 5,000 to 10,000 pickle barrels a month. at $2 apiece that all goes in the foundation and it keeps them out of landfills, too. >> yeah, it's great. >> reporter: that money helped to pay for this device called the auto pulse donated to the mt. pleasant, south carolina, fire department, which brings us back to the francisco tuttle. >> i was dead. >> reporter: the precision nonstop come preparations of the donated auto pulse brought tuttle back from the brink, and today i'm bringing him to meet the guys that made it possible. got somebody i'd like you to meet. this is francisco tuttle. >> oh, my god.