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>> telling him he can't do this to me. you know. you can't sell this business. >> brian's generation eventually convinced them, but it wasn't easy. >> there has been a lawsuit every time this company got transferred from the first to the second and second to the third. >> by the late 1980s, brian's son eric faced a different threat. >> the company was basically bankrupt in 1981. i graduated from grammar school in 1982. and they just barely hung on. >> eric mcallister, who is now 43 years old, vividly remembers a twin set of crises that nearly cost the fifth generation its legacy. the first was...

Complained bitterly. >> telling him he can't do this to me. he can't sell this business. >> brian's generation eventually convinced them, but it wasn't easy. >> there has been a lawsuit every time this company got transferred from the first to the second and second to the third. >> by the late 1980s, brian's son eric faced a different threat. >> the company was basically bankrupt in 1981. i graduated from grammar school in 1982. they barely hung on. >> he remembers a twin set of crises that cost them. the first was financial. then the violent union strike which came close to destroying the bus...

Rosy, i'll bet you would say the same thing about your son. tell me about when you got the word about what happened and how you had to just fight for his rehabilitation and how you decided that's it. i'm giving up my job. i am not accepting a nursing home. that's not an option. exactly what christine did for eric. >> absolutely. both my husband and i just felt that allen surviving the devastating battlefield wounds that he did and god preserving his life meant that god had a different purpose for him and we felt led to remain by allen's side and to encourage him and, like christine said, when ...

Include him in everything. sometimes i even have to take him to the beauty salon with me because i don't want anyone to watch him. >> that's okay with you, eric, right? >> yes. ? >> he flirts with all of the hair dressers. >> and i bet they love him. i can tell he's a charmer and that smile is incredibly heartwarming. >> yes, he sure is. >> how can you give up on a smile like that? hey, i'm with you, 100%. >> listen, stay with us. we'll check on the markets and i want you to stay here and we'll take a break and talk to another special mom and her son as well as we approach this mother's day co...

There we go, and i just want all our viewers to know that allen and eric, not only do we appreciate you two, just for fighting for our country and also believing in your moms, hanging in there. you both are the most handsome, you exude love and then moms, hats off to you. you're warriors as well and we wish you a happy mother's day and thank you so much, all four of you for being with us today. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> you bet. well, if you want to help wounded warriors like allen and eric, all you have to do is visit the wounded warrior project.org on the web. it's an am...