until brookdale senior living and jeremy blum stepped in, an olympic skier who also played in the nflthe man with an incredible talent for living out his own dreams is now in the business of granting others. >> just because you're in your 80s, 90s, or 100s does not mean you can't stop dreaming. >> he started wish of a lifetime to honor his own grandmother who inspired him growing up. >> i don't feel like a hero. i feel like more like he's my hero. >> blum is now hero to hundreds. of sooniers. last year, his wish of a lifetime made 400 dreams come true, from basic needs to bucket lists. >> the larger purpose is to create awareness and really a movement that says these people are national treasures. >> giving thanks to a generation that has seen incredible loss. >> it's nice to be able to say good-bye. >> and to live with inspiring love. kristen dahlgren, nbc news, normandy. >> and that is our broadcast on this monday night as we start a new week. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. good night.

. >> patrolman jeremy blum is hit in the arm.riff kelly scrambles into the line of fire and pulls the patrolman back to safety. >> i grabbed them and pulled him back behind the camper to cover and deputies continued to return fire. >> hold your fire. hold your fire. >> officers are ordered to cease-fire while patrolman blum receives medical attention and is airlifted to the hospital. as the team regroups, sheriff kelly tries one more time to convince ferryman to give himself up. >> come on out. throw your weapons down and your hands up. michael, it's time to stop. >> but there's no answer. a s.w.a.t. team and an armored vehicle move in, expecting another shoot-out. instead, they find the gunman already dead in his trailer from the exchange of fire. just outside is the lifeless body of deputy suzanne hopper. she's been shot in the head. >> it's just -- a crash of emotions. disbelief, anger to some extent hatred. >> patrolman blum pulls through, but the loss of hopper, one of the squad's most beloved deputies is a crushing blow. >>