. >> starr: abaarso-- "abaar" means drought. >> cooper: that didn't give you pause?ng water would be no problem at all. >> cooper: the water, which is now trucked in daily, was the least of his problems. despite all his good intentions, all the money and time he'd spent on this school, starr was still an outsider. when he got into an argument with his somali partner over who should run the school, he says the partner spread false rumors that he was trying to convert students to christianity. >> starr: there were some people who had been riled up, probably given some money to do it, and came to our gates and said either, you know, i go home, or they'll kill me. >> cooper: did you ever think about going home? >> starr: no. but i also didn't-- when i say i didn't take it seriously, i was more mad than anything else. >> cooper: why fight this fight here? >> starr: there's the noble side, "what, am i going to abandon the students? there's no chance. there's no chance." if they were going to carry-- to kill me and carry me out. like, that actually was going to have to happ