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>> you all need to get the [ muted ] out of here, man, because these guys are getting ready to call the police already. you all got sitting there filming them. that's [ muted ]. you do what the [ muted ] you've got to do and get the [ muted ] out of here, man. >> several of the young runaways are prepared to hold their ground while josh tries to pull it together. >> what you saying, red. >> you got to go. you got to go. >> i been gone all my life. >> no, they ain't. what you saying, red? >> what up? what are you saying there? what are you saying there? >> both of you all want to jump on me. >> what are you saying there. >> the police are already coming. >> so -- >> come on, josh. let's go. >> i can see colors, man. >> come on, we got to go. >> i don't know if i can stand up. >> sirens blare off in the distance, setting the group into
friends. >> me and logan trained together in the program and both left at the same time. we've kind of slept together, watched out for each other. >> going to salvation army, get something to eat. >> this is their daily routine. after spending the day at the library, josh and his friends head to salvation army to eat dinner. with the help of those around him, josh is beginning to learn the realities of surviving on the streets. >> i am sort of new at this and it has been kind of a shock to me and it's one of those things that i'm learning firsthand as i go along. >> it's 117 apiece, plus -- >> anthony and james have just finished talking to the manager of the st. james inn. he won't allow them to share a room. >> getting frustrated. that's what it is. about getting something. >> the manager is willing to rent them separate rooms, but they're $5 short.
josh shuffles his way to dinner with his new girlfriend, brandy, who says she has run away from home. >> i'm used to my family screwing me over. i mean, there will always be a my heart that loves them because they're my blood, but josh told me this yesterday, enough with the blood bull [ muted ]. i need to make a family of choice. >> josh's group of friends has bonded into a family-like unit. >> we're basically like brothers. i mean, we watch out for each other. we share food, we share water. >> if there were one foundation they should establish for the homeless, it should be socks for the homeless. >> 24-year-old rodney, who's just enrolled in school, heads to the place where he's staying. for the past month, a friend has let him stay at her house for free. rodney says he will give her money when he finds work. >> the place that i sleep at it's a floor, well, i don't have my own bedroom.
>> you all right. you're in your own world or something. we're supposed to be together in this thing. >> i'm perfectly fine. >> it don't seem like it. >> okay. >> i'm trying to help you. what i got is yours. that's what home boys is all about. that's what being on the streets is about, being partners. what's mine is yours, yours is mine. >> james says he is tempted to spend his money on crack but getting a roof over their heads is more important. >> it's not about drugs, it's about us. it's about us getting that. >> well, since we still have an hour, i'm going to go to the library real quick. >> anthony and james agree to meet back up at salvation army for dinner in an hour. they'll be forced to spend another night outside a building that's under construction. coming up, josh suddenly falls unconscious while getting a crude homemade tattoo. >> josh, wake up. >> and his friends aren't sure how to save him.
when somebody comes inside, it gets pushed down. go ahead and knock it down. that's why we keep it up. anybody that comes inside has to make that noise. >> before heading into the abandoned hospital for the night, josh says he's taking small steps toward repairing his relationship with his parents. >> i mean, i try and contact them at least once a week, just call them and let them know i'm doing okay. my dad, he's kind of excited because he really is glad that i actually am trying to get straight and my mom, it's one of those things that she's glad, but you can tell there's more apprehension there. >> nighttime is the hardest on josh. he used the disposable video cam rat production team gave him to explain how hard it is to be on the streets at night.
>> teanna does not have regular prenatal care. she had a sonogram at a local hospital and found out she's having a girl. teanna refuses to go into a shelter because men and women are not allowed to sleep in the same quarters and teanna does not want to be separated from bam. when she delivers, she risks having her baby placed in foster care if she is found to be an unfit mother. 18-year-old runaway and jacksonville native josh has been on the streets for two weeks. before leaving home, he says his father gave him one last piece of advice. >> the last thing my dad told me was, he said if you want to try to repair what damage you've done, go to trinity because they've got a program where you can detox. i went to trinity rescue mission. >> trinity rescue mission helps people who are addicted to drugs or alcohol. while there, josh began making
>> a few days later, anthony and 18-year-old runaway, josh, head to the job corps office in downtown jacksonville. anthony has been talking to josh about the program. >> do they have a pamphlet with different jobs in it? >> i'm pretty sure. i don't know. >> you just know what you wanted? >> i knew i needed to get the hell out of here. >> when they come out, josh says he will attend an orientation session later in the week. >> i'm mainly interested in like the medical field occupations. because i've always wanted to do something with science or health. >> josh calls home every sunday after his family gets home from church. >> every time i call them, it's a little bit less formal and a little more familiar. so i really do think i'll eventually get, it may not be back the way we were before i left, but to the point where i can be involved in their lives again. >> josh says he has renewed faith in god.
you know. i got my diploma. i'm smart. just looking for a chance. >> new friends, anthony and 18-year-old jacksonville native josh, are hanging out in the park with a group of their buddies. anthony is preparing to give josh a stick and poke tattoo. he prepares the rudimentary tools, a staple with the end filed sharp, inserted into a pencil eraser and ink from a ballpoint pen. >> get one cross on your shoulder with a phoenix in the middle. >> the tattoo josh picked out has special meaning for him. >> i'm half irish. i've always had a thing for keltic stuff and i'm a christian and like crosses so i figure i'll combine the two and get a celtic cross. >> hey, why don't we get a tattoo so we can remember each other by when we split up. >> anthony begins the slow process of tattooing.
>> that's our new home now. that's where we're going to sleep from now on out. >> 19-year-old teanna who's five months pregnant and her boyfriend bam are moving into a tents in the woods next to where teanna's mother carla sleeps. >> don't come tonight, i'm sleeping there. >> i'm sleeping tonight here. i am not going to -- >> teanna and bam did not want to sleep at the abandoned nightclub anymore. there are rumors the police are watching it. >> i don't know if it's true but i don't care. i'm not taking chances. i'm not going in jail. >> it rained last night and everything in the tent is soaked. >> and all of our stuff got wet. >> teanna wants to check to make sure her sonogram picture wasn't ruined. >> all right. that's the main thing i was worried about. >> thanks for watching my stuff. >> anthony has invited josh and his friends to sleep in abandoned hospital downtown.
>> stop shaking. are you cold? >> a little. >> need me to stop, let me know. >> i'm good right now. and i'm pretty [ muted ], too. >> he's passed out. >> hey. josh, wake up. coming up, josh's friends become increasingly concerned as he struggles to remain conscious. >> look at his lips, man, they are white. >> go to the hospital? >> breathe. >> josh.