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We were desperate for wisdom. and then there was this kid, a kid in a wheelchair with a rare disease, a disease that claimed his three older siblings. and he is deep and he is dying and he caught fire with a message that we all needed. i was at abc news at the time and we couldn't get enough mattie. where does all this wisdom come from, mattie, you're an 11-year-old kid? >> from inside of me. it's my heart song. >> thank you all for coming tonight. >> mattie poured his heart songs, as he called them, into five books of poetry and peace essays selling millions of copies. his uplifting spirit at...

Siblings. and he is deep and he is dying and he caught fire with a message that we all needed. i was at abc news at the time, and we couldn't get enough mattie. >> where does all this wisdom come, from mattie? you're an 11-year-old kid. >> from inside of me. it's my heartsong. >> thank you all for coming tonight. >> reporter: mattie poured his heartsongs, as he called them, into five books of poetry and peace essays, selling millions of copies. his uplifting spirit attracted a worldwide following, including fellow poet and president jimmy carter. he joined us on the set at abc for a chance to ...

Joseph thaddeus stepanic. we were reeling after 9/11, we were desperate for wisdom and then there was this kid, a kid in a wheelchair with a rare disease, a disease that claimed his three older siblings, and he is deep and he is dying. and he caught fire with a message that we all needed. i was at abc news at the time and we couldn't get enough mattie. >> where does all this wisdom come from, mattie, you're an 11-year-old kid. >> from inside of me. it's my heart song. thank you all for coming tonight. >> he poured his heart songs into five books of poetry and peace essays selling millions of c...

♪ >> never met anybody like mattie joseph thaddeus stepanek. we were reeling after 9/11, we were desperate for wisdom and then there was this kid, a kid in a wheelchair with a rare disease, a disease that claimed his three older siblings, and he is deep and he is dying. and he caught fire with a message that we all needed. i was at abc news at the time and we couldn't get enough mattie. >> where does all this wisdom come from, mattie, you're an 11-year-old kid. >> from inside of me. it's my heart song. thank you all for coming tonight. >> he poured his heart songs as he called them into five...