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I'm Capt Johnathan Hillstrand off the Deadliest Catch, on the

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Discovery Channel, and Im here today

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to ask for a little help. Ive known Tom

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since I moved here to Maple Valley, 7 or 8

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years ago. He's honest,

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says what he means, he's a great guy, salt of the earth

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hardworking guy, great family... I meet a lot of people that

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say one thing, mean another... but Tom's more like me, honest,

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but he's too proud, right now he wouldn't let us do this, he would

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be embarrassed. He's a very proud man.

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a very great person. They are an

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all-American family man, until the last 3 years and things

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started happening, one thing led to the next in a chain reaction of events

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so they are about ready to lose everything.

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I came here to ask... to do this video for Tom

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to ask people to help out just a little. If a lot helped out just a little

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it would save this family, get them turned back around.

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This is Thomas Jnr, about as old as he was when I met him.

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He became a young man, into High School, then he

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got cancer, one of the rarest cancers,

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for a kid. Then his father was in a freak accident

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and he's severely burned. So now they are both in the hospital

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their house is being foreclosed... its just one thing after

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the next and they could use a little help.

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This family is a great family and they need some help

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and just a little bit from... if everyone helps out just a little

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you can turn this whole thing around, and save this family.

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And that's why I'm doing this.