this former mason city man, 24-year-old tony jackson, lived just a few blocks away from that station.son was convicted this month of raping a cottage grove teenager. the jury could not decide whether he raped another woman here in woodbury. >> jackson was accused of rapes in the minneapolis/st. paul area back in the spring of 1997. he was accused of rapes in the cities of woodbury, cottage grove, inver grove heights, minneapolis, and st. paul. all of these places are about 2 1/2 to 3 hours north of mason city, iowa. >> a fanny pack was seen in two of these cases. the fanny pack contained what we called a "rape kit." he had handcuffs. he had rope. he had a mask. he had duct tape, and he had a gun in there, too. >> the fanny pack described by victims had a distinctive logo on it and was found in tony jackson's car. that and dna would prove critical to connecting him to the rapes. >> in one assault on may 17th of 1997, a woman comes home and sees a man sleeping on her couch. she thinks it's somebody who was a friend of her roommate's. she goes to take a shower, and he rapes her when she

jackson airport turned into a life-changing event. mark strassman paid another visit to the airport's piano man. >> reporter: christmas came five months early for tonye atlanta airport's piano man. >> it's changed my life, not the money but the act itself. changed my life in a lot of ways. >> reporter: a traveler heard tonyelt something. carlos whittaker, a motivational speaker asked his 170,000 >> you'tnow but you got a lot of money coming, bro. >> reporter: $60,000, almost right away. over time, 85,000. strangers showing him love. >> it made me want to be a better human. >> generosity? >> yes. i had given up on it. >> reporter: valentine has to give himself kidney dialysis nine hours a day. on most of them, he's lucky to make 100 bucks in tips. whittaker gave him a retirement fund. >> i don't even know you but i love you. >> we talk all the time. like my son or something. >> reporter: you made a buddy? >> i made a buddy. >> reporter: a buddy for life. that's a gift in any season. mark strassman, cbs news, atlanta. >>> and that is the overnight news for this monday. for some of you, the news continues. for others, make sure you check back with us l

. >> reporter: donna schenk who encountered tony when she was a 21-year-old apartment manager in lake jacksonalone late one afternoon in her building's rental office when a man walked in. >> and he wanted to look at a two-bedroom apartment for himself and his girlfriend he says. >> reporter: donna showed him an available apartment. >> we're walking down the hallway, we get back to what would be the master bedroom. so i open the closet door, and went into the closet to turn the light on. and in a split second he had me by the throat. >> reporter: she struck out at him, tried scratching and slapping at him to get away, but he took her down. >> before i knew it, i was on the floor face up and he was straddling me with both of his hands around my throat. just squeezing. >> reporter: tight. >> very tight. i wasn't able to speak. i wasn't able to breathe. i was thrashing and -- >> reporter: grabbing at him and things. >> bucking, everything i could do until he grabbed his hands and pinned them i guess under his knees. but i couldn't move my hands. it just dawned on me, okay, well, this is it. this