dr. hessan tettah discusses his metal career, his service in afghanistan, and his new book titled "gifts the heart." >> dr. hassan tetteh, you told me just before we sat down that you did a heart transplant overnight, explain that.

dr. hessan tettah discusses his metal career, his service in afghanistan, and his new book titled "gifts the heart." >> dr. hassan tetteh, you told me just before we sat down that you did a heart transplant overnight, explain that. >> well, the transplant is a big team effort. so i was singly not the one responsible but i was part of the team. in this case, i was the procuring team. so myself and some of our team members flew out of state to retrieve and harvest the heart and bring it back to a patient in need. so it was a long night. >> how far did you have to go? >> midwest. >> you live here in town? >> yes, sir. >> and what was the condition of the person that you got the heart from, obviously dead but -- >> yes, you know, unfortunately it's always a tragic story. a typically young person because those are the most ideal candidates for organ transplants, in particular heart, motor vehicle accident in this case, but that's typically what it is. some common denominator among all of the donors is that they have a brain death. ultimately that's what they, you know, succumb to and that's w