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New life. >> a lot of kids learn the importance of work ethic on the sports field. >> there we go. good job, both of you. do it again. >> sports were the most important part of the my childhood. i felt it was a given for kids to play sports, but so many kids can't afford to play sports. there's millions of dollars that's not put to use. why don't we just create a food bank for sports equipment. >> well, to see more of max's equipment and how it's making a difference go to cnn heroes.com and next week, get ready, we will be revealing the top ten cnn heroes of 2017. stay with us. 'saved money on...

Thought why don't we create a food bank for sports equipment. >> to see max's equipment and how it's really making a difference go to cnnheros.com and don't forget next week the top ten cnn heros of 2017 will be revealed. we'll be right back. look at this... a silicon valley server farm. the vault to man's greatest wonders... selfies, cat videos and winking emojis. speaking of tech wonders, with the geico app you can get roadside assistance, digital id cards... or even file a claim. do that.. yeah, yeah that should work. it's not happening... just try again. uh, i think i found your problem. t...

What am i doing? >> 26, i'd give anything to be that age again. i can tell you, brother, you're young enough now if you stop, you can have a life. this is no life. being in bondage is no life. >> it's time to stop telling myself that i'm young enough to stop doing this and stop doing this. you know what i mean? that's the thing about an addiction. i mean, afterwards is when you step back and you're like, look what i done or look where i'm at. while you're doing it, you're not thinking about any of that. >> i don't want to see anybody go down this road. i just am being real about that. it's jus...

I to tell you as parents sometimes we have blinders on, we don't see everything. my hope has been that by talking about what happened to my son, what happened to max, my conversation can inspire some other parent to talk to their kid and had they can avoid this horrible tragedy. >> i'm curious, what have you asked the city of nashville to do? what are you hoping to put in --? are you hoping to enact some new lies laws, procedures? >> well, in this year's bug before this even happened to my family, we had already put money in for an open 0i8d specialist to start dealing with the epidemic in nas...

Have been taking. >> right. >> when did drugs enter your son's life? >> max had an encounter last summer when he went to rehab. he spent a month in rehab which was a great gift. we were able to make it happen for him ask make it happen quickly because we had access to health care. actually, that got him back on the right track. he went back to school. he graduated in his senior year this year and was headed to his next phase of life. he made a really stupid choice two saturdays ago and it's one he can't ever undo. >> you acknowledge max's drug overdose in his obituary. why is it important for ...