that's our gamal: modest, as usual. ah, look. here is el sayed malaad. we must say hello. gamal. we will talk later. sure. congratulations, my friend. we wish you the best of luck in your new business. oh, gamal. why didn't you say something ? i'm sorry, but i couldn't just tell them the truth ! when they knew me, i was an important civil engineer, and now i'm just a handyman. you should not be ashamed of what you do. you work very hard. i'm proud of you. so, it was only a small lie. what harm could it possibly do ? [ narrator ] victor valenski and john waco: two men who found themselves without a job... for very different reasons. victor valenski was a university professor... before he moved to the united states 14 months ago. right now i'm a pizza man and driver... because it's very difficult... to find job in my profession. [ narrator ] john waco was caught in the layoffs... that devastated the aerospace industry. he had been out of work for two years when he heard about a retraining program... for engineers who had lost their jobs. i was contacted by the redeployment center a