♪ after divorce and facing down death -- >> whoa, whoa. >> get down, now. >> he's starting over. >> we got some new blood this morning. you get to ride with the 40old rookie. >> but that's just a tv show. the new abc series "the rookie" with nathan fillion. >> cool. >> boom. >> hello. >> tonight, you're meeting real-life rookies. >> okay. let's do this. >> who is gambling everything -- >> god in heaven. >> to start over. >> i was holding a resume that pretty much said stay at home mom. >> can she make it as a cop at age 52? >> one guy called me nana. i saw, that's pushing it a little much. >> she left a high-paying job on wall street. >> i think i had a panic attack. i thought, what? >> to become a struggling actor? >> are you crazy?

what are you in. >> so, what's better? making green or being green in? ♪ i have been changed >> in "wicked." and why would this kenyan run away from a deal with nike? >> he was paid a pretty great salary. >> to serve his country. his new american cup try. >> i didn't do the running, i would go to the army. >> what, no? you're going to run. >> tonight, it's better late than never for the real rookies. >> take a look. that giant photo here on the screen, it's hollywood make believe from the new abc series "the rookie." it's a show about second chances. but these other people, well, they're rookies, too, but they couldn't be more real. they all took stock of their lives and asked, is this all there is? and then, they took the leap to go after what they really wanted.

♪ >> one at gunpoint. >> what's the location of the incident? >> people's pceptns of wha the it's not always a dangerous call. but occasionally you have those calls that are aggravated robberies, assaults in progress. is it more dangerous for somebody my age than it is for somebody that's younger? you have to be ready, on your game the whole time. >> at 54, wendy caldwell is houston's oldest rookie cop. >> so, what have you always wanted to do? >> chip and dales. or the nfl. i'm no, ma'am pit picky. >> in "the rookie," nathan fillion's character is a 40-year-old con instructiconstr worker, when one near death

experience inspires him to join the police force. for wendy caldwell, her journey to the force took two decades. >> all right, how's it going? >> it's going good. >> i was a stay at home mom for 18 years. it's a lifetime. your time with your kids is very limited. that time that i got to spend with them was golden for me. i'll never be able to replace that. i was 29 in the academy, graduated july 21st of 1993. i went to the mounted patrol division. for me, it was the best job on the planet. where else can you get to be a police officer and ride a horse in the same day? got married and then we got pregnant and realized that it was more important to stay at home and raise the kids. sionore.n extremely h when i told my partner, he was

in shock. >> it was surprising, but i was going through, you know, a similar scenario, my wife was -- had made the decision to stay home with our kids, as well. >> i got to do so many great things with my kids. we did all theoc mom stuff, you know, dance and baseball and i got to spend a lot of time with the kids glowing up. it was really awesome. back in late 2015, my marriage of almost 20rsea y started to fall apart a little bit. i had to figure out, how am i going to support myself? having not worked in 18 years, who is going to hire you at 52 years of age? i was holding a resume that pretty much said stay at home mom. so, i knew what i had to do, it wasn't going to be easy, but i knew that i had to do it. >> i got a phone call from her

and her question was, would you mind being a reference? i'm like, for? ritg sergeant and he said, you're eligible, but -- and i said, oh, this is a big but. he said, you'd have to do the whole six and a half month academy again because you've been gone more than five years. would you be willing to do that? i said -- okay. let's do this. >> i think for most people, it's six and a half months they spend in the police academy are the longest ten years of their life. >> morning, gentlemen. >> it's grueling, it's never-ending. it's very difficult. it's very stressful, mentally and physically. >> when they announce a 52-year-old female is joining your police academy class, it raises an eyebrow. >> okay, we got some new blood this morning.

and some pushing the expiration date. >> one guy called me nana. i said, that's pushing it a little much. you need to back off with the nana. >> i think they really saw wendy as inspirational, but also as a motivation not to, you know, fall behind, especially on the pt, because 52-year-old woman is going to beat you and you're 25 years old, that's pretty embarrassing, quite frankly. >> this was an all your eggs in one basket kind of thing for me. i had my strengths. i could still shoot, i could still drive. but the mental aspect of it, for me, starting over. putting myself in that position to wear that cadet uniform again, knowing that i had already earned this, that was hard. it was a mental game for me, big time. >> she was in considerable pain the entire time she was here to get through the academy.

as anyone would be. the 25-year-olds were in considerable pain. >> it was august when we started. it was very hot. and i pushed myself really hard and became overheated and dehydrated. i thought, okay, can i really do this? >> i knew she was going through a hard time, of course. still at the time, the divorce was still trying to go through. i could see the toll it was taking. >> i remember thinking, i don't know if i'm going to make this, but i had to finish. had to finish. two weeks from graduation, red man is an exercise designed to put you in a scenario where you feel like you're fighting for your life. >> they're there to kick your butt, basically. the first time you get punched, they don't want that to be on the street when you're in a fight for your life. >> when wendy was going through,

they bring in a 20-something-year-old hot shot female who has mixed martial arts experience, and wendy's taking it. wendy's getting a good licking, but she's giving it back. >> the third round, she comes, she came in, she did a head clench and did a knee strike to my right quad. >> all of a sudden, you hear a loud -- and her just start screaming. >> a lot of things went through my head at that point. i think she just broke my leg. when you break a femur, that femur is the strongest bone in your body and it's extraordinarily painful. very painful. >> we're almost at graduation, we're on the 1 yard line. are they going to let her graduate or not? >> the thought that crossed my mind was, this is it. i'm not going to be able to graduate.

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i want to know if you're going to be a speed bump on my path to chief of police. >> no, ma'am. i got to work twice as fast, three times as hard, so, i'm going to make you look good. >> bit of an overshare, huh? >> in the new show "the rookie," nathan fillion, at 40 years old, has to keep up with other rookie cops half his age. >> i don't like you, officer nolan, it's not personal. i hate what you respect. a walking mid life crisis. >> wendy caldwell is ar- d realo doesn't know yet if she'll even graduate the academy. with just two weeks until graduation, during the final tests, her leg is broken.

>> let's just say there was no plan b. this was the biggest bone in your body, how are you going to come back from that? i didn't know. >> even more devastating, her lieutenant tells her, because of her injury, she may have to go through the entire grueling training again. >> that was just unfathomable to me. no way, i'm not doing never six and a half-month academy. >> hpd is the one that broke her leg, not her. i think they would have had a riot on their hands if they tried to delay her graduation. it would be totally insane. >> two weeks after her broke her femur, with the help of a walker, wendy did graduation. the department determined weapondy paweapon dy wendy passed all the requirements. in fact, she was 17th out of her class of 67. in march 2017, she became the oldest graduate in the history of the academy. >> it was a very emotional day for me.

i was on a walker that day, but i remember putting on my uniform shirt again. that was -- pretty emotional. my kids were there, my mom was there. it was very special. >> i'm proud of her because she did almost the impossible. >> it was -- i can't believe -- i can't believe i did it. yeah. how about i made it? i made it. >> after some recuperation, wendy hit the streets. >> when i graduated the academy, i came to central for my permanent assignment. >> central patrol surrounding downtown and is a major crime reporting area in houston. >> we have a lot of homeless issues, a lot of assaults. a lot of robberies.

we're in houston, so, business, okay? i realize at 54 years of age, i'm not as fast as i used to be. my reaction times are probably a little bit slower, although i'm wiesner the aspect of, if i can see it coming before it gets there. i guess it's kind of a tradeoff in that respect. the guy's got video of her driving away from the scene. she's like -- he's actively leaving the scene. she's not going to be happy about you arresting her. >> she is not going to be happy. >> so, you need to be as sweet as possible. we're going to need you to turn around. how do we make this arrest without escalating the situation? making that arrest as calmly as possible was important. it was very important. >> conflicting statements are conflicting statements. proof is one thing. doesn't need a rookie to figure that one out. >> i do get the rookie stuff. they y riding with me.

they went through the same hell i did, so, they earned it. all right, see you later, man. 185, clear me. sometimes the most dangerous part is actually getting to the call. so, you're having to go around, weave, make your way to get there as safely as possible. god in heaven. one particular chase, there's a rollover accident that occurred on allen parkway. en route to that call, the off-duty officer gets back on the air, can you hear him chasing -- >> one at gunpoint. >> one at gunpoint. >> suspect's on the ground. it becomes then an assist the officer call. so, we were en route, code one, assist the officer. >> hpd one. >> hpd one is our chief of police. >> 185, arriving in the area. where do you need us? you got one on the other side, chief? you have one on the other corner? >> we're not sure where he's at. >> basically, we've got him surrounded in an area.

got units on all the corners. we need to bring in the k-9 unit. you have a suspect that's hidden, you don't know if they have a weapon or not. and you're standing out on a perimeter in the open. that's why i felt it was necessary to get my patrol out. may have crossed into the next block south. we get a tip that he just crossed the street down here. boom. we know, okay, we're flushing him out. he's moving. tell the other units, the guy's coming towards you down here. let the k-9 unit know. he pulls out of his house, stays on the north side of the street and i flank on the south side as we're going down. see if maybe we can push this guy out. we flushed him out down there with those guys could make the arrest. they don't like when they get caught. i like the opportunity that comes with this job. i spend more time now talking to little kids. those are the kind of days i live for.

yeah, right there. that picture was -- there was not my academy picture. in 2016, around mother's day, my son gave me this gift of a ring that said "inspire others." i don't think he realized how big of an impact that made on me. there were, you know, during the difficult times, in the academy, i would just remember know, what he gave me and this -- what i'm doing isn't for me, it's really for them. in the long run, it's for them. it was a difficult road to get here. and i'm -- i'm just looking forward to the journey. the broadway baby. ♪ tomorrow >> who left wall street for "wicked." ♪ i have been changed >> so, how did an anxiety attack lead to the part edina menzel

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it's one of the few places on earth with as much drama, ambition and energy as broadway. jessica vosk began her career here in an entry level job at an investor relations firm. >> i'm a very all or nothing type girl. i basically just dove in, 100%. i had a wind energy client that was based in portugal and houston. i had a personal investment client in san francisco. i had a client that was an extremely huge corporate real estate company. >> jess really impressed everybody with her energy level. she worked incredibly hard. nothing seemed to phafaze her. >> i think i had extremely lofty goals of owning my own company at some point. >> she had been there for awhile and everyone sat down to talk about, should she be promoted and it wasn't even a question. of course she should be. >> a year after that first promotion, i received another promotion. i did think, this is the start of something that could be an extreme success. i did think in the parameters of

money. but at that point, i remember coming into my office one day and i had just, you know, had a rough night from being on the phone with portugal. i was so exhausted and i -- i think i had a panic attack. and i didn't know what it was. and i was sitting in my office sort of silently freaking out. i thought, i'm -- i have to g to the hospital. i think panic attacks feel like you're dying. >> for the next two months, she began having panic attacks regularly. >> i went to go see a doctor, they said, i think you have anxiety, and i thought, what? where could this come from? finally, i had to sit down and sort of say what is this from? i had a moment of clarity of, okay, i have to leave this job. >> and that's exactly what she

planned to do. >> i was leaving without a safety net, to say, i'm going to try auditioning. or, broadway shows. >> everyone was like, are you crazy? what are you talking about? >> jessica's parents were equ equally surprised. >> i received a phone call from jessica, she said, basically, i hate this job, mom. i can't do it anymore. >> they were not happy about that. >> how are you going to survive? >> when i was raised it was a matter of, you go out, you get the job, if things are difficult, you make it work. i honestly thought that -- that -- this is a bad decision. >> to have that conversation with my parents was the worst. my whole life, i wanted to make them proud of what it was that i was doing. after i spoke to my parents, i thought, there's a very easy solution, which would be to stay and continue having anxiety and

panic attacks and mask that with, like, drinking every single night and going down a really dark hole. i could have easily done that. >> but there was a little voice inside jessica's head, and an even bigger voice buried deep inside of her, picking her back from that dark place. ♪ >> urging her to pursue a childhood dream she had long given up on, a dream of one day performing on broadway. turns out, that broadway dream was not as farfetched as it sounded to most people. she was a very talented performer as a kid. ♪ on my own ♪ pretending he's beside me i used to sing in the living room with my dad. >> she fell in love with theater. i think that was it for her. >> i told people, i will be on

broadway some day. i'm going to be a broadway star. >> she played sara in "guys and dolls." peter in "peter pan." she played annie in "annie." ♪ tomorrow, tomorrow inside ♪ >> i don't nope if i actually realized that it was a profession or a real job that you could have as a career. >> in college, she made a crucial decision. she let go of her singing dreams to pursue a career on wall street, a field that she thought would provide more financial stability. >> a little glimmer of light still existed for a dream that i had. being an adult and trying to make it work as a career is very different than being a kid singing in a living room. >> after jessica quits her job, she bndeginsing the pavement, babysitting by day and performing at open mic nights by night. she goes to any audition she can find where you don't need an agent to try out, competing against hundreds of other

hopefuls for every role. >> i was afraid, monthly, that i was not going to make my rent. i questioned myself probably every minute of every day. did i just ruin my life? have i made the worst decision in the entire world? >> but then, the relentless auditioning starts to pay off. she lands small roles in a number of shows and, finally, nine years after she left wall street, she lands the role of a lifetime -- ♪ a starring role on broadway in the long-running musical, "wicked. "she plays elphaba, the wicked witch of the west. and it's a part she's completely covered in green to play. the show tells the untold life stories of the witches in the land of oz. elphaba is a role that comes with big shoes to fill. it was first played by broadway icon edina menzel, who soared to

a tony for her performance. ♪ defying gravity ♪ i'm flying high defying gravity ♪ >> the most amazing thing is that elphaba runs onto the stage as her first entrance, and so when you run out there and you take center stage -- my first performance, the room exploded, and my family was there and i -- i was completely overwhelmed with the support. ♪ it well may be that we will never meet again ♪ ♪ in this lifetime ♪ so let me say before we part >> that moment was like, oh, my god. this is everything that i have worked for, is this moment. and i get to do this every night. ♪ who can say if i've been

changed for the better ♪ ♪ i do believe i have been changed for the better ♪ >> the first show that we saw of elphaba and everybody around me was crying in the family, and i was pretty stoic about it until we got to her dressing room and i took one look at her and i just lost it. hey, jess. >> don't let me get you green. >> it was definitely the moment of, she's found it. and she's so happy. and i think, as a mom -- this is hard. i know i'm going to cry. that's what you want. that was it. jess did it.

♪ >> life is far too short to not take a risk for a chance. i know it's a long shot sometimes, i know that it can mean disappointing people. but i promise that if you don't go after what it is that you love, you will wind up disappointing yourself more. >> her voice is phenomenal. she is incredible. >> i cried so much because it was so good. she's a star. >> after years of driving an 18-wheeler -- >> i was getting a little road ragy. >> how a backyard diy project led to an amazing new career. but can being a rookie sculptor pay the bills? next on "the real rookies."

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i believe everybody grows up being creative. because as a kid, you're always playing make believe games. the stick becomes a gun or a sword. the cardboard box is a rocketship, i mean, you were so creative as a young person. and i think as we grow older, we kind of forget. we get caught up in life. we get caught up in reality. my name is kevin caron. i live in phoenix, arizona. i was a truck driver. i got a job working for a local

palette company here in town. i loved driving these big trucks. it's like you're in the middle of a video game. in the 12, 13 years that i drove, i was getting tired of it. i was getting a little road ragy. i really was starting to question, you know, why am i here? well, maybe it t something else. i was born in bridgeport, connecticut. there were four brothers and a sister. from connecticut, we moved down to florida, and then from there, we moved out here to arizona. art had absolutely nothing to do with me growing up. i didn't really care for it, you didn't look at it. it was never explained. >> my name is mary westheimer. we've been married 25 years.

i think there is something innate in kevin that i've seen blossom over the years, just sort of a fundamental and visceral understanding of how things should look. and how to make things. >> the first time i worked with metal, we had just done a kitchen patio remodel on our house. >> and it was very beautiful, but right beyond it was where we kept our garbage cans. >> and mary said, can you make a screen? >> and we started discussing, well, maybe we can put a privacy screen there. >> and what i finally found was one of our big wood grinders that we had there that we would get rid of all of the stuff that we couldn't rebuild. the big conveyor belt on this thing. i asked the boss if i could have a chunk of it. it probably weighed 4500, 500

pounds. she said, okay, this is awesome. i had all of this leftover material and i thought, well, it would be cool if water ran down it. >> people would come over and they would see the privacy screen, or, they would see the fountain and they were just blown away. they wanted to know, well, can he make me one? and so slowly but surely, more and more people said, well, can he make me this? well, can he make me that? >> i went to my boss in december of 2005. so, i would have been 45, i said, look, i'm really getting burned out driving, i'd love to take a break. i'd really like to try this art thing, you know, can i work for you, like, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, and he wouldn't let me do that. >> i didn't know what he was, you know, had that kind of inkling that he wanted to do something like that. scul sculpting? >> and a few days later, i got a call from probably one of the top five art collectors in the valley and he called and said, i

want to commission you to do this big screen. i literally went, okay, i hear you. you know? you're talking to me. the last day that i drove the truck was actually quite emotional for me. because i've been in this truck for several years. this is my baby. now, wait a minute, i'm not going to have a paycheck next week. ah -- okay, things are getting scary now. i am officially is sculptor now. i'm not a truck driver anymore. and good god, that's when the nerves hit. >> there were many, many months in a row that we did not have any money coming in at all. we had a bookkeeper, and she thought we were insane, because

there were no sales, she thought, what kind of business is this? but something just told us that we just had to keep the faith, and we did. >> i can go out and play and create. i can go be a mad scientist. i can make sparks and flames. when i'm all done, there's something there that wasn't before. >> one of the first public pieces he did was for the city of tucson. and that was a great sign. >> i am in a recreation center in the southeast side of the valley. i am in front of the center for science and art in harrisburg, pennsylvania. i'm also in tity of surprise, i'm outside of city hall up there. one of my big knots. >> hey, kevin. what are you doing? >> bending pipe. >> when we started doing videos

about process and how he did what he does, that's when it really started taking off. >> got a nice little dimple right here for the drill to find. i've got over 60,000 subscribers. i've got one video that's coming up on a million views. it's like, wow, you know, they all want to hear what i have to say. cool. >> this looks fantastic. >> yeah. >> he plays with perception. he turns it on its head. he twists it. what excites me about kevin's work is really the interplay of balance and form. >> we're doing much better financially, with me as an artist than a truck driver. this used about four pounds of filament. >> if kevin were still driving a truck, we'd still be happy. that being said, i don't think he'd be fulfilled.

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our next rookie has started over twice already. once as an olympic class runner, but that wasn't enough. that's when he decided to trade in one uniform for another. take a look. >> i did not want to be a runner. it's just my life story. my running was jus t about trying to get better, maybe help somebody, but i thought, i want to be apart of something bigger. >> for sam whchalenga, leaving s home in rural kenya was a painful decision. >> life was verytough. my mom passed away. then my dad was sick. i started to try to find ways to get by. i thought maybe i could get, like, a law degree and then go back and help my family. >> champion long distance runner and family friend paul turgat offered him a lifeline.

a chance to follow in his footsteps. >> i said, i've never run. and i'm not even good. >> he convinced sam to train with world class runners in nairobi for more than a year. sam's hard work was rewarded with a college scholarship and a plane ticket to america. he would eventually land at liberty university in lynchburg, virginia. >> my life took off at liberty. and i started getting better in running. >> second place, sam chalenga. will a lot better. >> that's when i started winning ncaa nationals. >> sam the men's 5,000-meter champion. >> i certainly believe sam's the best athlete ever to have come through liberty. he's won several national titles. >> moving right into the center there is sam chalenga. >> he's run the fastest 10,000-meter ever run by any collegiate athlete in the history of the united states. >> look at this incredible

performance that chalenga continues to deliver. >> he would just glide across the cross-country trails and made it look so easy. >> the sun has broken through the clouds and shined on sam chalenga, who is now a national champion. >> i felt like he had a chance to be an olympian. >> i wanted to go to the olympics for united states. >> in order to do so, he would have to apply for u.s. citizenship. but before he would find a green card, he found love. with his future wife, mary beth. >> i met my wife at liberty. we were on the cross-country team. >> he had his eyes on me, and i was oblivious. >> she was really nice. >> i grew up in love with africa. it's as if my heart was building to be in love with sam. ♪ >> after i graduated, that's when nike picked me up. >> everybody in the track and field world realized that sam

signing with nike was a big deal. >> as a runner, olympics is always the goal. >> deal with nike was an endorsement, they paid me a salary and paid for everything it takes2015 sam crossed a different type of finish line. >> he got the approval, he can now become a u.s. citizen. got all dressed up and excited and we went down to the courthouse and got to see sam sworn in. >> as soon as he became an american citizen, when the olympic trials came up, he tried. >> he finished sixth. >> he became an alternate for the 2016 rio olympics. >> tokyo 2020, that was the next goal for sam. >> but an olympic uniform wasn't the only uniform sam was dreaming about wearing. >> i said, you know, i want to go to the olympics, but if i didn't do the running, i would

go to the army. i really want to go to the army. >> i was like, what? no. hello? there's no way i'm going to lose my husband. i love samuel so much, like, i can't even -- i can't even describe it to you how much i love him. it's a lot. i love him so much. >> i think people thought i was crazy. >> yes drill sergeant! >> i had a lot of blank stares. >> leaving his family and olympic hopes followed his calling to serve and reported to basic training at ft. jackson in south carolina. >> i think the track and field world, they're going to see it as kind of a crazy move. to give up so much. >> you can say, he's throwing away his olympic dream, but i

felt in my heart, i'm more passionate about helping people, helping my country. that's why i decided to switch careers. >> although sam may not look much older than the average trainee, he is 33. >> age is just a number. if you want to do something, just take the shot and do it. i know one guy, he said he's born in 2001, i was like, wow, i am old. he's like, you have a kid? i said, i have two. and they freak out even more. some of the challenges for me was getting used to shooting. nothing at basic training comes easy. just like running. it's not supposed to be fun. we're in training, we're not in summer camp. i would say the only hard part is, i miss my family. >> all right, buddy. >> my oldest son misses him a lot, but i think in the long run, that's the whole point of

sacrifice. >> hi, good to see you. you say i look different? >> yes. >> it's amazing, just to hear his voice. >> this is so awesome to talk to you. >> mary beth and the kids have temporarily moved in with her parents while sam is away, as she is expecting their third child. >> my parents are super helpful. it's nice having grandparents around. >> in a few weeks, sam completes basic training and the whole family will reunite. he begins officer school in georgia next month. >> it's not that i was special or anything. it's just, the u.s. system worked really well to nurture my talent. i'm going to create the most impact in thermy and if i ever

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tonight, you've met incredible people who are fin finally getting to live out their life-long dreams. but sometimes you can get off track, so, we went back to remember what it's like to have that very first dream. recognize yourself? >> when i grow up, i want to be a teacher, because i like to help kids learn. >> when i grow up, i want to be a builder. i want to build skyscrapers. >> when i grow up, i want to be a doctor. >> when i grow up, i want to play video games. >> a marine biologist and a fisherman. sometimes you can catch them for your family, sometimes you can release them. >> when i grow up, i want to be

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