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As you can see. >> ambushed. a reporter gets caught in a snowball storm. >> i'm going to actually grab on here and hold myself in position. >> weather reporting can be hazardous for a tv correspondent. just ask al roker. during a "today" show report on hurricane wilma in 2005, a colleague has to hold him down to keep him from blowing away. >> i can hear you now, matt, just for a brief moment. the winds are -- cornell, pan down. this is how i'm staying out here. mike, our camera guy, is holding on. >> it doesn't work. our truck operator tom bare said, don't you wish you had your weight back. >>...

>> bare doesn't know it yet, but he's heading for a life threatening complication. one that will soon have him back in the operating room. >> it is nice to be home. you can -- they say you heal ten times faster and you feel 100% better. i didn't have any idea of how uncomfortable i was going to be just doing little things. like getting out of bed in the morning was the hardest thing to do. >> life after bypass surgery. for tom bare means it is three weeks before he takes his first walk outside. and gets a painful warning of trouble ahead. >> little worried back there. my arm's starting to hurt...

Disease, unless we change. >> we are very concerned because we are seeing the risk factors associated with cardiovascular disease increasing. >> would you call yourself healthy now? >> well, i think i'm healthier than i was. you know, i lost 20-something pounds. all my blood tests are good. all my vital signs are good and i feel good. i actually believe it or not have more energy. i seem to need less sleep. >> once you begin making changes most people find they feel so much better so quickly it reframes the reason for making the changes from fear of dying to joy of living. and joy is what is s...

Leaving office but technology was so new then doctors weren't quite sure what to do with the results. >> they said i had some calcium build-up around my heart that put me basically in the top third of risk. but they said there was no evidence of blockage because i'd done so well on the stress test. for a few months before this happened, i noticed whenever -- not every time, but often when i would do rather strenuous exercise, there are some really hilly areas in the town where i am. i'd climb those hills and have to stop and take a breath. i didn't take it seriously, because every time that ha...

Full-blown heart attack. in fact, he's checking into this hospital in lincoln, nebraska for open heart surgery. it's an important lesson. what you see on the outside doesn't always match the inside. >> obviously closed down quite a bit. >> the surgeon shows us the striking images on the angiogram of bare's heart. >> you can see this tight narrowing right there where that closes down so that limits the amount of blood that can get out. then you've got a real tight narrowing right up here where that vessel on the side takes off, then another narrowing here, then you've got a pretty tight narrowi...