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Still ahead, mattie, this young man had a frail body, a strong mind and chris cuomo is going to tell you his story and why his message is still relevant today. uh, i'll l into it. (phone rings) lisa jones! lisa: (on phone) hey carl, what are you charging me for online equity trades? (nervous chuckle) lisa: and do i get my fees back if i'm not happy? like a satisfaction guarantee? ugh. schwab! lisa: oh right, i'm calling schwab. thanks, carl! wait, lisa! lisa... are you getting low costs backed by a satisfaction guarantee? if not, talk to schwab. a modern approach to wealth management.

And be about this, what did it mean for them? >> i believe that i am here because i am a change maker. because we believe that we are the change that the world needs. so that's why i am crying because this is an amazing opportunity for me. >> these kids. this would have never happened without you and without him. >> it empowers me and gives my purpose amplification. i'm living with a sense of urgency. i want to develop sustainability for mattie's foundation so that if my stopwatch went done, that mattie's foundation survives. >> i think everybody that knows a little bit about him, have been in...

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...

By the we are family foundation. >> i said to his mom, what if we find young people, like mattie, teenagers between 13 and 19 years old who are making the world a more peaceful place. >> how many kids have you put out there now? >> 332 global teen leaders. >> we gathered these teens in a room. like mattie, they had a lot to say. >> the message i really take away most from mattie was the idea that peace comes just as much in the form of a crippled young boy as it does in a world leader. >> he spoke to us about the reality of what it feels like to be alive and he didn't let his disease limit tha...

>> i think it's very important so that we can stop fighting and talk. our war on terrorism should be one with words, not with bombs. >> on september 11th, mattie watched the events unfold and he said i don't know how to pray. i don't know what to do. and i said just start speaking. and he spoke what became the poem for our world. >> in so many ways, we are the same. our differences are unique treasures. we have, we are, a mosaic of gifts. >> and it became an international passage for peace. it's part prayer, part poem, part plea. >> so it started with a poem. >> yes. >> it became a book. >> ye...