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>> i showed up here at 3:30 in the morning, and the officers, they treated me with respect and dignity, and i was a normal human being, not any kind of stigma that society is attached to addicts. and i got the help that i needed. >> the story that led steven here was all too familiar, pills. >> did you break your ankle? >> no, i tore my achilles heel. >> pretty painful i imagine. >> very painful. i couldn't walk for a couple of weeks. i didn't have a cast, but i had to prop my leg up. and that just kind of persistently got worse. i was prescribed vicodin painkillers for that. >> how long after...

>> and the people are showing up. so far this year almost 300 people have come through the doors and now are in treatment. and the patients aren't just from gloucester. unable to get the help he needed in california, steven lesnoskoski got on a plane and showed up at the chief's door. >> the officers treated me with respect when i showed up at 3:00 in the morning. and with dignity, that i was a human being, not any kind of stigma society has attached to addicts. and i got the help that i needed. >> the story that led him here was all too familiar. pill. >> did you break your ankle? >> i tore m...

Need help. so they'll come in here. >> reporter: and the people are showing up. so far this year, almost 300 people have come through the doors. and are now in treatment. and the patients aren't just from gloucester. unable to get the help he needed in california, steven got on a plane and came knocking on the chief's door. >> i showed up here at 3:30 in the morning. and the officers, they treated me with respect and dignity like i was a normal human being, not any kind of stigma that society has attached to addicts. and i got the help that i needed. >> reporter: the story that led steven here...

I saw a truck was very close to me, was backing out and leaving the scene. and i thought, they're going to stop, come in and help me, but they just flew. >> what the -- >> he just drove away. >> dude, are you okay? are you stuck in there? >> the store looks like a war zone and at first singh is trapped and in shock. >> i was thinking, what happened to me? i was fine a minute ago. what happened now? i couldn't stand. i couldn't walk. and i was in pain big-time. i couldn't move my legs. they were pinned between the rack and the counter. i was scared. i was scared to death. my daughter called me ...

>> reporter: basically it's the part of security you're not supposed to see and you don't necessarily ever really hear about until of course it shuts down, and that's what happened last night. so thousands of passengers in multiple airlines -- airports all over the country experiencing major delays last night. it was the computer system that checked airline passengers get terror watch lists that experienced a temporary glitch, shutting down for 9 0 minutes. >> the people up there were -- people that couldn't walk. it was crazy. crazy. >> they told me the computer system was down and we needed ...