Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100508:10:30:00
What have you lost? >> i lost everything. everything is ruined. >> reporter: you worried? >> yeah. but i'm going to be okay. we going to be okay. >> reporter: like they say, one man's trash is another treasure's. this man gets $135 a ton from a scrap dealer. what are the things you carry away most? >> refranlg ray or the, washers, driers, water heaters. heaviest stuff. >> here in the living room. >> reporter: ronnie coleman lost everything and gained something. >> i keep stopping and thinking and think, i'm alive. you know? everything else, rest of my life, if i have to fight cancer or whateve...