you had to grow up pretty fast. >> arielle metzger: yeah. >> austin metzger: yeah. >> arielle metzgerry time i see, like, a teenager or any other kid fighting with their parents or arguing with them and, like, not doing what they're told, it really hurts me. because they could be in my shoes. and, of course, i don't want them to be in my shoes. but they need to learn to appreciate what they have and who they have in their life, because it may be the last day they might have it. >> pelley: at the end of this day, when the play was over and the kids were ready for bed, tom metzger judged the lighting behind the theater and decided this was as good a spot as any in seminole county to make a home for the night. we're happy to report that the metzgers have moved out of their truck and into a home with a year's rent paid up. no one in our report asked for anything, but many of you wanted to help. as a result, in addition to the metzgers, jade wiley's family and the coates family have also moved into subsidized homes. and all of those parents have new jobs. arielle and austin also received f

. >> pelley: this is the home of the metzger family-- ariel, 15, her brother austin, 13.her died when they were very young. their dad tom is an unemployed carpenter. the kids clean up for school at gas stations and study in the library. four years after the start of the great recession, 16 million american children are living in poverty. so you're really not heating up food so much. you're eating out of cans? >> yep.