that was david begnaud reporting, and this is "cbs news roundup." >>> finally this half hour, the storymassachusetts man finding his voice again. marty kedian recently received a rare total larynx transplant. he's one of the first cancer patients to have this procedure, and our jarred hill checked in on his progress. >> reporter: marty kedian is so grateful he's regained his voice. >> i want people to know this can be done, and it's a process, but it's worth it. >> reporter: dozens of surgeries over a decade for a rare form of laryngeal cancer eventually robbed kedian of his ability to speak, swallow, and breathe normally. his wife, gina, found a clinical trial at the mayo clinic in arizona. dr. david lott determined marty was a good candidate, and surgeons removed his larynx and transplanted a donated one. >> my patients tell me, yeah, i may be alive, but i'm not really living. so to me, if you look at it from that perspective, being able to give that gift back to somebody, to me, that really is a vital organ. >> reporter: six surgeons performed the 21-hour transplant. using new micros