marcus luttrell, famous in his own right as the subject of the film, "lone survivor." >> are mikey and danny really dead? >> i don't know. >> people die all the time in our training. not -- i'm not talking about combat. just talking about training. i mean blood and sweat every day. >> reporter: chris not only survives. he thrives, showing immense talent as a sharpshooter, earning his s.e.a.l. trident. he's stationed in southern california where, as the movie shows, he meets taya. she's working as pharmaceutical sales rep and, as she says in her book, depressed after a series of bad relationships and an unsure future praying for a man with a good heart. >> you know, i wanted to be really independent, even though i knew i kind of needed somebody. >> reporter: her prayers would be answered during a night out at a bar of all places. the chance meeting between taya and chris started off on a pretty rocky note, as seen in the film "american sniper." okay, how true was that first meeting? >> so true. i mean, i drank a little too much and he held my hair back while i, you know, let it all back

a navy seal who escaped a 2005 telegram ambush on a mountain slope in afghanistan, marcus luttrell was broken man in search of a haven. he found it one day in spring 2000 71, struggling to recover his body and mind and with the horrors of war still raw, he showed up unannounced at the texas governor's mansion and asked to see rick perry. over the ensuing months, a virtual father-sunday relationship blossomed, the two men said. the governor and his wife, anita , helped bring luttrell back to health. . use the power to his office to find him a spine surgeon to fix his back. the perry's gave him a spare bedroom -- i was the creepy guy and the added, he recalled. the governor to can bass fishing, the first lady counsel him about his love life and, as he became famous -- his memoir "lone survivor" became an adaption. -- governor perry taught me how to be a good man. . and -- perry and luttrell share their story in a next lens of interview with "the washington post" and in an appearance at the ronald reagan presidential library. they are drawing attention to their unusual relationship as the