POSTPONING THE SEASON BASED ON WHAT ALL THE MEDIA REPORTS ARE
BUT THAT IS HOW HARD IT HAS
BEEN TO GET THIS INFORMATION IN
THE LIGHT OF DAY.
>> I'M WITH THE DOCTOR ON THIS
STORY.
STORY.
STORY. NOTHING SURPRISES ME ANYMORE.
>>> A HARD TURN HERE TO A
RADICAL UPDATE ON A MAN HITTING
THE BIG TIME.
MANY RAIN MAY REMEMBER JONAH
LARSON BY NAME BUT IF IT
DOESN'T RING A BELL, LET'S GO
BACK TO WHEN BOYD INTRODUCED
YOU ALL TO HIM MORE THAN ONE
YEAR AGO.
YEAR AGO.
YEAR AGO. THIS IS IN THE LAND OF 10,000
STORIES.
STORIES.
STORIES. >> I HAVE BEEN DOING IT HALF MY
LIFE.
LIFE.
LIFE. >>
LIFE. >> SOMETIMES HE GETS UP EARLY
BEFORE I EVEN GET UP AND HE IS
AT THE TABLE AT LIKE 6 AM.
>> Reporter: MORNING AND NIGHT.
>> I'M GOING TO SLEEP NOW MOM
BUT UNDER THE COVER IS CROCHET
HOOKS.
HOOKS.
HOOKS. AND A FLASHLIGHT.
>> A LIGHT FIRST LET WHEN JONAH
DISCOVERED IN A BAG OF
DISCARDED CRAFT ITEMS CONCERN,
HIS AUNT'S CROCHET HOOKS WHICH
LED HIM TO YOU TO.
>> I WAS HOOKED.
>> Reporter: HOOKED, SERIOUSLY?
HE MADE A DISH CLOCK FOR HIS
FIRST PROJECT AND MADE IT
PERFECTLY.
PERFECTLY. >> Reporter: THAT IS THE FIRST
HAT JONAH MADE.
HE WAS FIVE.
>> HERE IS A PERSONAL FAVORITE.
IT IS MY SUNSET AFGHAN WITH A
BORDER I MADE.
>> THESE ARE CROCHET.
HE IS A PRODIGY.
>> YOU ARE ABOUT EIGHT WHEN YOU
MADE THAT ONE.
>> Reporter: JONAS MOM HOSTED
THE FIRST OF SEVERAL PROJECTS
ON INSTAGRAM.
ON INSTAGRAM. >> IT WAS AN AFGHAN HE MADE OF
800 FLOWERS BUT HE WAS PROBABLY
SEVEN AT THE TIME.
HE HAD THAT GROUP THAT WAS
ABSOLUTELY FASCINATED AND THEN
YOU HAVE THE DOUBTERS.
WHAT?
WHAT?
WHAT? YOU
WHAT? YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT KID DID
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. >>
THAT. >> HIGH, FELLOW SHARES.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO
MAKE THESE ADORABLE BABY SHOES.
>> A KID THAT GREAT WOULD NOT
BE LACROSSE'S SECRET FOR LONG
AND IN THE YEARS SINCE HIS
STORY AIRED HIS LIFE HAS BEEN A
WHIRLWIND.
WHIRLWIND. STARTING TOMORROW IT WILL TAKE
ANOTHER STAR TURN.
HE IS GOING TO FILL YOU IN AS
HE DID ME IN A CHAT I HAD WITH
HIM THIS AFTERNOON.
>> HELLO CROCHET FRIENDS.
IT'S ME, JONAH, AND TODAY I
WISH YOU --
>> Reporter: IT WAS JANUARY
2091 JONAH LARSON MADE THE
PAPER IN LACROSSE, WISCONSIN
AND A WEEK LATER, MADE IT TO
BOYD'S STORY LAND HERE AT KARE.
>> FROM THEN I WAS HOOKED.
>> HOOKED, SERIOUSLY?
>> Reporter: THE TODAY SHOW,
LITTLE BIT SHOTS MAGAZINE, THE
KELLY CLARKSON SHOW, VOTE.
I CAN'T GO ON WITH THE PLACES
HE HAS GONE EXCEPT I HAVE TO.
WE ARE TALKING TODAY BECAUSE
YOU HAVE TO GO TO WORK
TOMORROW, RIGHT?
TOMORROW, RIGHT? >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. I
>> YES. I DO.
>>
>> Reporter: IN BETWEEN FILLING IN HIS EIGHTH GRADE ONLINE
CLASSES, JONAH WILL DEBUT
TOMORROW AS A PART-TIME
SIDEKICK TO DREW BARRYMORE ON
HER NEW NATIONAL TALKSHOW.
>> SHE IS SO KIND AND GENUINE.
SHE IS JUST LIKE YOUR AUNT,
YOUR RELATIVE.
YOUR RELATIVE. IT IS JUST REALLY AMAZING TO BE
ABLE TO SHARE WITH HER AND TO
CORRESPOND AND APPEAR SEVERAL
TIMES.
TIMES.
TIMES. >>
TIMES. >> A YEAR AND A HALF AGO, WOULD
YOU HAVE THOUGHT, YEAH, BY
SEPTEMBER 2020 I WILL BE ON A
NATIONAL TALKSHOW AS A
CORRESPONDENT?
CORRESPONDENT? A YEAR AND A HALF AGO I WAS
SUPER EXCITED TO BE IN THE
LOCAL PAPER OF THE CITY OF
50,000 SO THAT GIVES YOU AN
IDEA OF HOW AMAZED I WAS.
>> REPORTER:'S BASEMENT IS SET
UP IS QUITE THE SCENE.
HE SHARED A COUPLE OF SNEAK
PEAKS FOR YOU IN THESE PHOTOS
AND AGAIN, COME TOMORROW WHEN
THESE GO FROM PICTURES TO A
NATIONAL TELEVISION AUDIENCE,
WE ALL KNOW JONAH'S STAR WILL
RISE JUST A LITTLE HIGHER.
A RISE HE IS READY FOR, HE SAYS
BECAUSE IT IS WHEN HE IS RIDING
WITH A CLEAR VIEW OF WHERE HE
COMES FROM.
COMES FROM. >> I HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THAT IN
THE PAST BUT NOW I KNOW THE
ANSWER.
ANSWER.
ANSWER. BECAUSE WHEN I WAS LIKE FIVE
MONTHS OLD, AND IN ETHIOPIA IN
A VERY POOR AREA, MY MOM LEFT
ME UNDERNEATH A TREE IN A
BANANA LEAF BECAUSE SHE
COULDN'T TAKE CARE OF ME AND
THEN A WOMAN FOUND ME AND
BROUGHT ME TO AN ORPHANAGE THEN
THE WHOLE JOURNEY OF MY PARENTS
COMING TO ETHIOPIA AND ADOPTING
ME, BRINGING ME BACK TO THE
UNITED STATES AND I WAS SAVED
BY THAT.
BY THAT.
BY THAT. I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO BE SAVED
AND NOW I THINK IT IS MY
PURPOSE TO HELP OTHERS.
>> Reporter: HELPING IN
ETHIOPIA IS HIS FOCUS.
JONAH HAS ALREADY GOTTEN A
LIBRARY BUILT THERE FOR KIDS
AND UP NEXT, A SCIENCE LAB.
ALL PRETTY PURPOSEFUL STUFF
FROM A KID WITH PURPOSE.
>> ALL THE MEDIA ATTENTION THAT
COMES IN I'M JUST SO GRATEFUL
THAT I CAN USE IT TO HELP
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. >> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. JONAH'S DEBUT AGAIN