mr. john wood was the secretary of the planning committee. and with the help from above, from god, i say we finally were able to save parcel forever. our nightmare began because a trail was built at the west end of the property of my home. then in 2013 there was a fire which was spread from the park tgnre land across the stairway to our backyard and burned six or seven of my cyprus trees. we were look lucky that there was no strong wind that morning and the fire happened at 4 o'clock that saturday morning and i was up half an hour before that working in my bedroom, faceing the street away from the west side and i didn't smell or hear anything until i heard a fire truck coming by. i thought he was coming for medical reasons in the neighborhood. you could tell -- then i went down stair and saw a sea of fire in my back beyond a reasonable doubt so i called my neighbor two houses from mine and they were not aware of it so of course we ran outyard so i called my neighbor two houses from mine and they were not aware of it so of course we ran out. i

mr. hickman wanting to know if i could figure out how to find the girl that he had found in the woods. >> reporter: in less than two weeks retired sheriff johnname and this phone number. mary ellen suey, and her phone number. i said, okay, john. i said, who's that. that's your little girl. >> i call him my hero here on earth because if it hadn't been for dave, i wouldn't be here right now. >> mary ellen suey was renamed by her adopted parents and despite a lifetime of happy memories, she always wanted to learn the identity of the teenaged boy who saved her life. then last december her phone rang. it was dave. >> i said, my name's dave hickman and then i lost it. >> it was almost like i had known dave for years. >> ever since that call, mary ellen has wanted to meet her hero in person. on sunday she finally did. >> you've been waiting for this moment for 58 years, huh? >> 58 years but worth the wait. >> for a very special lady, save fwid hand of god, mary ellen suey. >> thank you. that's so sweet. >> he's like the brother i didn't know i had. >> i've seen that image of her lying in the weeds and me standing on top of the fence every day of my