." >> i had initially set out to tell the story in martinsville and henry county of what had happened19,000- 20,000 workers that had lost their jobs. >> brown: what she saw were places like bassett, virginia where between 1989 and 2007 seven furniture factories closed. >> there was one day kind of late in my reporting where i was driving home from bassett, and i just found myself in tears. in tears. not anything particular had happened that day, but i had just interviewed so many people and had witnessed so much destruction, like i'd seen those plants get taken down month after month after month. >> brown: but macy also had a more uplifting story to tell. and it also was named bassett-- john bassett the third. >> he's this incredible character, he's relentless, he's wealthy, he doesn't have to do this, so what are his motivations? >> i was born in a furniture family, my grandfather was one of the founders of the bassett industries of 1902, my father was chairman of the board of bassett. >> brown: john bassett came from the family, the company, that owned everything in town: the homes