>>> IT IS THE STORY OF A GUY
LIVING A CHARM LIFE WORKING ON A
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
THEN INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE
GETTING HIS DREAM JOB AS A
PROSECUTORS AND HAVING TWO
BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS WITH HIS
WIFE.
THE STORY TAKES A TURN AS WE
LEARN TWO YEAR AGO RYAN ONLY IN
HIS MID-30s WAS DIAGNOSED WITH
ALS.
THIS WEEK HE VOWS TO GO ALL INTO
FIND A CURE.
MOLLY HUNTER HAS OUR SUNDAY'S
CLOSER.
>> IF YOU WANT SOMETHING, GO ALL
IN.
THIS WEEK I TURN 39.
WHEN I WAS DIAGNOSED, I WAS TOLD
THAT I WOULD NOT SEE IT 39.
I BELIEVE I WOULD PROVE THOSE
FACTORS WRONG.
>> Reporter: WITH THAT, BRIAN
WALLACH CAUGHT THE WORLD'S
ATTENTION.
I LAY ALL MY CARDS ON THE TABLE.
>> SKYROCKETING 9,000 TWITTER
FOLLOWERS TO MORE THAN 9,000
ENCOUNTERING OF THIS VIRAL
THREAD.
WALKING IN A KILTS WITH HIS WIFE
HALF A MILE DOWN MICHIGAN,
CHICAGO WAS AS LOVE STORY FROM
ANOTHER RACE.
>> WE HAD TO WORK TOGETHER A LOT
BECAUSE HE WAS A POLITICAL
DIRECTOR AND I WAS A
COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR.
IT WAS THE SUMMER OF 2008, THEY
WERE WORKING FOR THE OBAMA
CAMPAIGN.
>> I TEASED AT HIM.
I WAS LIKE I AM SUPER FUNNY.
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO WITH ME.
THAT WAS THE PITCH.
>> IT WAS A PITCH.
>> YEAH.
>> ON OUR FIRST DATE SHE SHOWED
UP AN HOUR AND A HALF LATE.
SHE GOES YOU BETTER BE WORTH THE
WAIT.
>> TODAY THOSE OLD CAMPAIGN
SKILLS FELL BACK IN USE IN THE
ORGANIZATION OF "I AM ALS,"
LEADING THE CHARGE FOR INCREASE
FEDERAL FUNDING TOWARDS ALS.
THE CAMPAIGN WAS 24/7.
THIS IS ALSO 24/7.
HE ALSO NOW HAS A TWO AND FOUR
YEARS OLD AND A FULL-TIME JOB.
THE RACE THIS TIME IS TO SAVE
BRIAN'S LIFE.
>> LOOK, YOU ARE 37, YOU ARE A
FORMER WHITE HOUSE WARRIOR.
WHAT IF YOU TOOK THIS ON?
>> SO THEY DID TOGETHER FUN
RAISING AND GALVANIZING THEIR
NETWORK TO CREATE AN EFFICIENT
WAY TO CURE.
>> THE DIAGNOSES CAME OUT OF
NOWHERE WHEN THEY'RE IN THE
HOSPITAL FOR THEIR SECOND CHILD.
SONDRA MADE HIM GO TO THE DOCTOR
TO SEE A SPECIFIC CAUSE.
>> I HAVE ALS TYPICALLY MEANS
YOU HAVE SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.
I WALKED IN HERE WITH A BRAND
NEW DAUGHTER AND ALS.
>> BRIAN ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
HE SAID WAS WE HAVE TO GET A
BETTER iPHONE FOR ME SO I AM NOT
AROUND TO SEE OUR GIRLS GROW UP
THAT THEY HAVE VIDEOS OF ME AND
REMEMBER I AM.
>> MAKING FUN OF BRIAN.
>> THE SMALL VICTORY KEEPS BRIAN
AND SONDRA PUTTING ONE FOOT IN
FRONT OF THE OTHER.
>> HAPPY BIRTHDAY.
>> THANK YOU.
>> WHAT DO YOU TAKE AWAY?
>> HOPE.
>> THIS YEAR I DON'T WANT THE
FIRST WORD IN MY EULOGY TO BE HE
DIED TOO YOUNG.
I WANT THEM TO BE INSPIRED US TO
DREAM.
>> MOLLY HUNTER, CHICAGO.
>> MOLLY, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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