keeps up, the u.s. might be forced to intervene. then we'd have egypt as well as afghanistan to deal with. listen to this from garrett. he had something i thought was pretty profound for a high school student. he's laughing at half the time they talk about egypt they bring up what is america going to do about it, as if america has become the international babysitting service. and then one more comment from you, andrew, who personalized this sort of lamenting the fact he was 16 in these times of high gas prices. >> it's a drag filling up your tank right now. >> yeah. >> everyone is feeling it. >> everyone is feeling it, and, you know, even at the student level they're kind of like this could affect us. there's a realization that what's going on over in north africa could eventually impact americans. the most personal way i think a lot of students are afraid it's going to affect them are in the wallet at the gas pump. >> thank you so much. thanks for bringing their sentiments. well, every week in "the human factor" we profile a survivor who has overcome