>>
>> OKAY,
>> OKAY, LET'S TAKE A LOOK. >> DOCTOR BRAD JOHNSON IS A MAN
OF FAITH ALONG WITH TODD
GREENE, TOM THERRIEN AND JUSTIN
REID, TRENDS FOR 20 YEARS
THROUGH PLYMOUTH COVENANT
CHURCH.
CHURCH.
CHURCH. >> IN SEPTEMBER, THEY HIT THE
ROAD FOR A CAMPING TRIP IN THE
BEAR TOOTH MOUNTAINS ON THE
MONTANA BORDER, THEY HIKED IT
BEFORE BUT THIS WAS THE FIRST
YEAR TODD CAME ALONG.
HIS JOB WAS TO BRING A TARP.>>
MOST OF THE TIME WITH A TARP IT
IS BLUE, GREEN OR BROWN OR
SOMETHING AND BOY, DID I HEAR
ABOUT THE WHITE TARP.
>> YOU CAN'T FIND ANYTHING MORE
CONSPICUOUS TO BRING OUT IN THE
WILDERNESS AS WE ARE TRYING TO
BLEND IN.
BLEND IN.
BLEND IN. >> THE GUYS ALSO RIB TO TODD
FOR BRINGING A BIG HEAVY CAMERA
CASE.
CASE.
CASE. WHICH WOULD MAKE THE HIKE EVEN
HOTTER.
HOTTER.
HOTTER. >> I KEEP TELLING THEM WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE SOME SWEET
INTEREST FROM THIS TRIP.
>> BEAR REPELLENT FIRMLY IN HIS
HAND, BRAD TOOK TODD'S CAMERA
CASE FROM HIM AND FORGED AHEAD
OF THE GROUP.
>> WHAT YOU HAVE TO KNOW ABOUT
BRAD IS, HE WILL PILE ONTO
HIMSELF TO MAKE SOMEONE ELSE'S
LIFE EASIER.
LIFE EASIER. >> THAT'S THE NATURE OF WHO HE
IS.
IS.
IS. >>
IS. >> I
IS. >> I JUST WANTED TO GET THERE
AS SOON AS WE COULD SO I KIND
OF GOT AHEAD OF THEM VIOLATED
AND OFF TO MY RIGHT, I HEARD
SOMETHING, I LOOKED IN ABOUT 30
FEET FROM THE WORD TO GRIZZLY
BEARS AT A FULL CHARGE, I WAS
TRYING TO GET THE SAFETY OFF OF
THIS, THE BEAR SPRAY I HAD IN
MY HAND AND I WASN'T ABLE TO DO
THAT, OUT OF FRUSTRATION I
THREW A CAN AT THE CLOSEST
BEAR, IT WENT RIGHT OVER ITS
HEAD, I CAN STILL SEE THE
VISION OF THE CANNED MISSING IT
AND THEN I TURNED MY BACK TO
THE BEARS AND JUMPED ON MY
STOMACH.
STOMACH.
STOMACH. >> I HEARD THE NOISE THAT I
HEARD THAT JUST DID NOT SOUND
LIKE A HUMAN BEING AND I KIND
OF POINTED FORWARD LIKE DID YOU
HEAR THAT?
HEAR THAT? >> IT BROKE MY SHOULDER BLADE
THERE AND TORE THROUGH A BUNCH
OF MUSCLES THERE, IT ISSUED A
NERVE TO MY PINKY ON THAT SIDE,
IT SLID DOWN AND RIPPED OFF MY
TRICEP AND KIND OF GET INTO THE
BONE THERE, TOO AND I SAW THIS
BIG GUSH OF BLOOD AND I FIRST
THOUGHT I THOUGHT FOR SURE THEY
HAD HIT A MAJOR ARTERY AND I
WAS GOING TO BLEED TO DEATH OUT
THERE AND THEN I JUST HAD A
VERY, YOU KNOW, VIVID MEMORY OF
YOU KNOW, THE SUMMER AT OUR
CABIN, LOOKING DOWN AT THE LAKE
AND JUST THE AMOUNT OF FUN WE
HAD THERE ON THE DOCK AND ALL
OF THAT AND THEN I JUST HAD
THIS PIECE OF YOU KNOW, THAT I
WOULD YOU KNOW, NEED GOD IN
HEAVEN THAT DAY.
>> WE ARE GOING TO GET A
TOURNIQUET ON YOUR.
>> HE KEPT REPEATING FOR US TO
LEAVE HIM.
LEAVE HIM. HE SAID IT IS OVER, THEY CAUGHT
AN ARTERY, JUST LEAVE ME, SAVE
YOURSELVES.
YOURSELVES. >> IT IS JUST HER ARM, BRAD.
IT IS JUST HER ARM.
>> AS JUSTIN, WHO HAPPENS TO BE
A MINI SYPHILIS A MINNEAPOLIS
FIREFIGHTER BEGAN DRESSING THE
ROOMS THE WOUNDS.
>> FATHER GOD, TAKE CARE OF US.
>> RAT INSISTED THAT TOM START
RECORDING THIS BE THIS VIDEO SO
THAT BRAD COULD LEAVE HIS
FAMILY WHAT HE THOUGHT WOULD BE
HIS FINAL WORDS.
>> MIRANDA, HALEY, IAN, ELISE,
MOM AND DAD, I LOVE YOU, I WILL
SEE YOU IN HEAVEN AND THAT IS
ALL THAT I CAN THINK OF THAT I
THINK THAT DOES SAY IT ALL.
>> BUT THOSE WOULD NOT BE HIS
LAST WORDS.
LAST WORDS. AS JUSTIN STAYED WITH BRAD, TOM
AND TODD HEADED BACK DOWN THE
MOUNTAIN, PRAYING OUT LOUD.
>> I LITERALLY SAID LORD, SEND
US A MOUNTAIN WRITER THAT CAN
GET OUT OF HERE FASTER THAN WE
CAN.
CAN.
CAN. >>
CAN. >> THAT WAS MY REACTION, I WAS
LIKE THAT WAS REALLY SPECIFIC,
WHY ARE YOU ASKING FOR
SOMETHING SO SPECIFIC?
>> BUT MOMENTS LATER, THEY RAN
INTO KATIE, AND ACTUAL MOUNTAIN
RUNNER WHO WAS ABLE TO RACE OUT
MORE THAN TWO HOURS AND CALL
911 SO A HELICOPTER COULD
ARRIVE BEFORE TARP.
THAT WHITE TARP HE BROUGHT USED
IT AS A SIGNAL.
>> THAT CAMERA BAG HAD CARRIED
FOR HIS FRIEND, COVERING HIS
BELLY, IT MAY HAVE PREVENTED
HIS DEATH.
HIS DEATH. >> THAT CAMERA CASE WAS
DESTROYED.
DESTROYED. >> THE FRIENDS CAME OUT OF THAT
EXPERIENCE, THEIR FAITH,
STRENGTHENED.
STRENGTHENED. THEIR BOND, DEEPENED.
>> JUST A DEEPER LOVE FOR MY
FAMILY, MY FRIENDS.
AND JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL.
JUST THINGS THAT WOULD BOTHER
YOU JUST DON'T BOTHER YOU
ANYMORE, BECAUSE YOU REALIZE IT
IS NOT IMPORTANT ANYMORE.
>> LOU RAGUSE, KARE11 NEWS.
BESIDES SCARS, BRAD HAS NERVE
IT'S NERVE DAMAGE IN HIS
PINKIES THAT MIGHT BE PERTINENT
BUT SO FAR HE HAS NO LONG-
LASTING PAIN.
LASTING PAIN. THEY ARE SUPPOSED