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Each week we take a look at ordinary people accomplishing extraordinary things. for a long time, toby tanzer's goal was sdeeg a successful long-distance runner. >> reporter: toby was an elite runner, talented enough to keep up with the best in the world, the kenyans. >> i ran 15 minutes for the 5k, and i did a half marathon at 449 paces or something. >> reporter: but while running one day in africa, this happened. >> two guys came walking towards me and he pulled out a machete and went down on my head. the other one had a home made baseball bat and he swung like this and it smashed against my ...

And went down on my head. the other one had a home made baseball bat and he swung like this and it smashed against my skull. they robbed my shoes, sun glasses and stealing my other shoe when i woke up. >> reporter: he found his calling. >> who's going to be number one? >> i believe very much in fate and i think it happened to me for a purpose. >> reporter: they wanted to kill you for your shoes and now you've taken that whole experience and said, you know what? if they want shoes, we'll give them shoes. >> two years ago we took 7,000 pairs to that island where i was robbed. >> reporter: his or...

The big atlanta marathon is coming up in a few weeks here, air l a lot of us are training for it. every week we look at ordinary people accomplishing big, extraordinary things. for a long time being a sus saysful long distance runner was the primary goal for toby tanzer. but as sanjay gupta explains, one particular run in africa really changed his focus. >> reporter: toby tanzer was an elite runner. talented enough to keep up with the best in the world. the kenyans. >> i ran 15 minutes for the 5k, and i did a half marathon at 449 paces or something. >> reporter: but while running one day in af...

Bumps. in case you're curious, yes, toby is back to running. >> i thought, what is something that someone has never done, go from sea level to the top of the world's highest free-standing mountain as fast as possible. >> reporter: his main focus is giving everyone a chance to run. >> if you come in and buy a pair of sneakers, why not put the other pair into a box and send them over. >> reporter: dr. sanjay gupta, cnn, new york. we have scathing remarks from mike huckabee against oscar winner natalie portman for being pregnant and not married. [ male announcer ] 95% of all americans aren't ge...

Smashed against my skull. they robbed my shoe and watch and sunglasses. they were just stealing my other shoe when i woke up. >> reporter: he almost died, but it was a chance for toby to find his calling. >> who is going to be number one? >> me! >> i believe in fate. i believe it happened to me for a purpose. >> reporter: they wanted to kill you for your shoes. you've taken that experience and said, if they want shoes, we'll give them shoes. >> two years ago we took 7,000 pairs to the island where i was robbed. >> reporter: his organization is called shoe for africa. as you might guess, he don...