his childhood friend aaron solano went down for a visit. >> the stories he told me about the missionshe accomplished, building schools, clinics, roadways and bridges, really had an impact on his life. you feel like you're getting to do something. >> george got the rank of captain and took a corporate engineering job, but soon realized that life in an office building was not for him. he wanted to work for real people, which is why george put aside that fancy degree of his and went to vegas to train as a firefighter emt. >> he's focusing on himself. it was not how he wanted to live his life. he wanted to serve, that was a favorite word of his, to serve. >> while shauna served the drinks at the palm, george served as a firefighter and found time as a volunteer, doing what he could for the down on their luck souls who live on the fringes of so much glitz here. in 2004, they had a baby. >> she loved it. her daughter was the most important thing to her in this world, and everything she did revolved around her daughter. >> and they are dancing to everybody's favor -- >> and then, two years l