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0:14You lost, honey.
0:15That's the third time today that big old
0:17thing's quit on them.
0:19Whole plant's been on edge for weeks.
0:23>> Third time?
0:24No, ma'am. It's not quitting. It's
0:26choking. Hear that? It catches, coughs
0:29once, then nothing.
0:30Like it can't get its breath.
0:32>> You can hear all that?
0:3412 engineers in there haven't heard a
0:35thing in 3 weeks.
0:38>> My daddy could hear a bad bearing from
0:40across the county.
0:41Me, I'm rusty.
0:43But I still hear it.
0:46>> Rusty, huh?
0:47When'd you last eat, sugar?
0:51>> Yesterday.
0:52Yesterday morning, I think.
0:55Ma'am, I'm not asking for charity. I'll
0:57work for it. I'll look at that machine
0:58for a plate.
1:00>> Oh, lord. They're going to eat you alive
1:03in there. But come on, I'll walk you to
1:05the door.
1:15>> 48 HOURS, PEOPLE. 48! 200 MILLION
1:19DOLLARS WALKS OUT THAT DOOR FRIDAY IF
1:21THIS THING DOESN'T RUN.
1:24>> VANCE, we swapped the starter twice.
1:26Every sensor says it's fine.
1:28>> Then the sensors are lying, Clyde. Find
1:30it.
1:33>> Vance.
1:353 weeks, 12 engineers.
1:38200 million on the table.
1:40Please tell me you've got something.
1:53>> We're close, sir. Real close. It's uh
1:56some kind of electrical ghost.
1:59We'll have it nailed down by morning, I
2:00promise.
2:03>> Excuse me, sir.
2:05I'm sorry. I don't mean to bother
2:06anybody.
2:07I'm just I'm hungry, real hungry.
2:10If you spare me one meal, I'll take a
2:11look at your machine. That's all I'm
2:13asking.
2:16>> Who let this guy in here? This is a
2:18restricted floor.
2:20Look at him. I can smell the dumpster
2:22from here.
2:25>> Hey, maybe he wants to fix the vending
2:27machine, guys.
2:31>> Security, get this drifter off my floor.
2:33Now.
2:35And whoever propped that door open,
2:37you're done.
2:40>> That was me, Mr. Whitlock. He just wants
2:43a plate of food, that's all.
2:45>> Then take him to a soup kitchen, Della.
2:48>> Sir, with respect,
2:50I'm not trying to make trouble.
2:52Your machine catches, coughs, then quits
2:55every single time. That's not
2:56electrical.
2:57That's fuel. Something in there is
2:59blocking it. I bet everything I own.
3:02>> Oh, it's fuel? Wow. Thank you, doctor.
3:05Somebody write that down.
3:07He hears fuel, guys. You hear that? He's
3:09got magic ears.
3:11You got an engineering degree in that
3:12backpack, pal?
3:14No?
3:16Then get out of my building.
3:32>> Please. Please, sir, those were my
3:34father's.
3:35That's all I've got left of him.
3:37Everything else is gone.
3:41>> Your father's, huh?
3:42He leave you anything else? Like a
3:44shower, maybe? A BAR OF SOAP?
3:48>> [laughter]
3:51>> YOU THINK YOU CAN FIX WHAT 12 OF MY
3:52engineers couldn't touch in 3 weeks,
3:54huh?
3:56Go ahead, fix it. And when you can't,
3:59you're gone for good. I'll make sure of
4:01it.
4:04>> Mr. Whitlock, that's enough now. Take
4:06your foot off that man's tools. Those
4:08belong to his daddy, for heaven's sake.
4:11>> Stay out of this, Della. I mean it. One
4:14more word and you're next, I swear.
4:18Vance, that's enough.
4:21I've been standing up here since the
4:22moment he walked in. I saw all of it.
4:26Let him try.
4:27>> Sir, with all due respect, he's just a
4:32>> Let
4:33him try.
4:41What's your name, son?
4:44>> Ansel Morley, sir. My father was Elwood
4:46Morley. He fixed engines down in Georgia
4:48for 40 years. Taught me everything I
4:50know.
4:51>> Then let's see what Elwood taught you.
5:00>> Thank you, sir.
5:04>> Fine. You get one shot. One.
5:08And when it fails, and it will, I'm
5:10walking you out that door myself.
5:14>> Yes, sir.
5:15>> That's all right.
5:17One shot's all I ever get anyway.
5:24>> Garrett, you called me in 2 days before
5:26the demo and said you had a problem.
5:29What exactly have I walked into?
5:31>> A test, Hazel.
5:32Watch this man.
5:37>> A man with a torn backpack and his
5:39daddy's wrenches?
5:41Now, this I've got to see.
5:44>> Could y'all shut off the ventilation
5:45fans?
5:46All of them, please.
5:48I need it quiet, real quiet. I got to
5:50hear what she's saying.
6:12>> Oh, great. Now he needs quiet. Shut him
6:15off, Clyde. Now.
6:17What's he doing? Is he
6:20Is he listening to it breathe?
6:22Come on, man. It's a turbine, not a
6:23horse.
6:25>> Hush, Clyde. That's exactly what he's
6:27doing. Watch him. Watch his hands. You
6:30might actually learn something.
6:33>> Hear that? Three taps here, solid.
6:37Now here,
6:38hollow. There's a pocket in there where
6:40there shouldn't be one.
6:43>> Go on, son. Keep talking.
6:46I heard a hollow like that on a ship
6:48once,
6:50and it wasn't good news.
6:52>> It turns over fine, so your starter's
6:54good.
6:55But it chokes right after ignition.
6:58Fuel's coming in, then hitting a wall.
7:00>> The sensors read full pressure, though.
7:03>> Sensors read before the block, ma'am,
7:05not after.
7:07There's a seal gasket inside this
7:08housing. My guess?
7:10Somebody put it in backwards. It's
7:12sitting crosswise, right over the fuel
7:14channel.
7:16>> That's That's impossible. We rebuilt
7:17that housing ourselves.
7:19>> Then who installed the gasket?
7:22>> Doesn't matter who. He's guessing,
7:23Clyde. He's a guy off the street.
7:27Open it up and you'll see he's flat
7:29wrong.
7:31>> Then I'll open it.
7:33And if I'm wrong, sir, I'll walk out
7:35myself.
7:37>> Take your time, sugar. Nobody's rushing
7:39you. Not anymore.
7:41Not after what they just put you
7:43through.
7:44>> Daddy always said a machine will tell
7:45you everything if you're patient enough
7:47to ask it. Most folks just never ask.
7:55>> [music]
8:07>> There it is. There it is. Backwards.
8:11See this lip right here?
8:13It's supposed to point with the flow.
8:15It's pointing at the wall.
8:18>> Well, I'll be.
8:2130 years and I've seen that exact
8:23mistake style ship.
8:38>> That could be anything.
8:40A spare part, something from an old
8:42build, anything.
8:43>> No Vance.
8:45That's a seal installed backwards.
8:47That's a first year mistake.
8:49And it cost you 3 weeks.
8:51>> How long's it been, Clyde?
8:53>> 40 minutes, sir.
8:55>> 40, I
8:57I've been watching the clock the whole
8:58time and I still don't believe it.
9:013 weeks, Clyde. 12 engineers and 40
9:03minutes.
9:06>> Mr. Stanhope, sir.
9:07It's your machine. Your name's on the
9:09building. You want to do the honors?
9:11You've waited long enough.
9:13>> No, son. You found it. You fixed it. You
9:15earned it. Go on. You press it.
9:41>> Oh my lord, oh my lord, Ansel, listen to
9:44her. Three weeks that thing sat there
9:46silent and you just woke her up. Listen
9:48to that.
9:50>> [sighs]
10:07>> Garrett, come look at this. Pressure
10:09steady, temperature steady, output
10:11sitting at 100%. Not a single warning
10:13light.
10:17Mr. Morley, your diagnosis was exactly
10:19right.
10:21Every single word of it. I couldn't have
10:23called it better myself.
10:26>> This is This is a fluke. Anybody could
10:28have found that if they just
10:30>> Anybody could have Vance. You had three
10:32whole weeks and 12 good engineers.
10:34Nobody did. He did it in 40 minutes.
10:39>> [snorts]
10:40>> Your daddy would be so proud of you
10:42right now, Ansel. I mean it.
10:45>> He'd say I took too long. 40 minutes?
10:47Daddy would have done it in 20 and fixed
10:49the coffee machine on his way out.
10:53>> Garrett,
10:5530 years in the Navy, I trained hundreds
10:57of engineers. Not one of them had ears
11:00like this man's.
11:01>> What are you telling me, Hazel? Spit it
11:03out. You never talk like this.
11:05>> This isn't a fluke, Garrett. It's a rare
11:07talent.
11:09I'm telling you, sign him. Today, right
11:12now, before somebody smarter than you
11:14walks in here and steals him.
11:16>> Nobody's smarter than me, Hazel. You
11:18know that.
11:19>> Then prove it, Garrett.
11:22>> Mr. Morley,
11:24I'd like you to be Stanhope's chief
11:25diagnostic engineer, starting today.
11:28Full salary, full benefits.
11:32>> Sir, I
11:34I came in here for a sandwich. I just
11:36wanted a sandwich.
11:38>> In a company apartment 5 minutes from
11:40here.
11:41Tonight, you sleep in a real bed.
11:44>> A bed, sir. I haven't It's been 4
11:45months.
11:474 months on concrete and bus benches.
11:51I don't I don't know what to say.
11:55>> Della, you walked me to that door.
11:58Nobody else in this whole town would
11:59have.
12:00>> And you walk through it, sugar.
12:02That part was all you. Don't you ever
12:04forget that.
12:07>> And Della, you're the reason he came in.
12:09Head of floor operations, if you'll take
12:11it.
12:12>> Me? Mr. Stanhope, I drive a forklift.
12:15>> You also stood up when my managers
12:17didn't.
12:21Vance,
12:233 weeks, a backwards gasket, and you
12:25stood on a man's tools in my building.
12:27>> Sir, I was protecting a restricted
12:30>> The cameras were on the whole time,
12:33Vance.
12:36You're done here, Vance.
12:38Clean out your office today. Security
12:40will see you to your car.
12:42>> You're letting me go?
12:43Over him? Over some guy who walked in
12:45off the street?
12:47>> No, Vance. Over you.
12:55>> Mr. Stanhope, sir, I installed that
12:57gasket. Me. Vance signed off without
13:00even looking.
13:01I'm sorry. I should have said it 3 weeks
13:02ago.
13:04>> Thank you for saying it now, Clyde.
13:06You'll be retrained under Mr. Morley.
13:09>> Hey,
13:10it happens. Everybody puts one in
13:12backwards once.
13:14Daddy said the trick is owning it before
13:16it costs you everything.
13:18Thanks, man. Really.
13:20After how I laughed at you.
13:29>> You came here asking for a meal. So,
13:31here's your meal, Chief. Meatloaf,
13:33potatoes, and my mama's cornbread.
13:36>> Chief.
13:38That's going to take some getting used
13:39to.
13:40Della, thank you for all of it.
13:50>> Where did you sleep last night, Ansel?
13:53>> Bus shelter out on route 9. It's got a
13:56good roof, at least. Keeps most of the
13:58rain off.
13:59>> Well, not anymore it doesn't. Not ever
14:01again.
14:04>> When the plant closed, and then we lost
14:06Daddy, I just stopped.
14:08Like an engine with no fuel.
14:124 months, Della.
14:14I didn't think I'd ever start again.
14:18>> And today somebody flipped your gasket
14:20the right way round.
14:21>> [laughter]
14:27>> Mr. Morley.
14:28Your apartment key. Unit 4, fully
14:31furnished. Groceries are already in the
14:32fridge. Della picked them out.
14:36Sir, thank you.
14:38Both of you.
14:39I'll earn every bit of this. Every last
14:41bit.
14:43>> Well, here it is, Chief. Unit 4.
14:46Fridge is full, sheets are clean, and
14:48the hot water actually works.
14:55>> Della.
14:58I don't even remember the last time I
14:59had a door I could lock.
15:32>> Enjoy it while it lasts, Morley. People
15:35like you don't stay lucky.
15:37>> I plan to enjoy it, Mr. Whitlock.
15:40And hey, you should get somebody to look
15:41at that car.
15:42Your alternator's whining. Hear it?
15:51>> How do you even know that?
15:53You can't possibly hear that from there.
15:56>> I listen.
15:58That's all it ever was, Mr. Whitlock.
16:00You should try it sometime.
16:01With machines and with people.
16:10>> Two days ago, this was dormant. Now it
16:13purrs, ready for you.
16:15>> A flawless recovery.
16:16>> Ladies and gentlemen, the Stanhope T9.
16:19Running. Full power, smooth as silk.
16:22Exactly as promised and right on time.
16:26>> They signed Garrett, $200
16:29million. The ink still wet and they're
16:31asking for Mr. Morley by name.
16:33>> Mr. Morley, our clients want to meet the
16:35man who found it.
16:40>> Sir, just tell them it was a gasket.
16:42Honest.
16:43The gasket did all the work. I just
16:45listened to it.
16:49>> On Wednesday,
16:51a man walked into this building
16:53and got treated like trash because of
16:55how he looked.
16:56The camera saw all of it. That ends
16:59today.
17:03Zero tolerance
17:05for anybody at any level, including me.
17:08You see it, you report it.
17:10You do it, you're gone.
17:12Simple as that.
17:14>> About time somebody said it out loud,
17:16Mr. Stanhope.
17:18>> [applause]
17:19>> About time.
17:23And the award goes to
17:26for outstanding innovation.
17:28This year's honor goes to a man who
17:30diagnosed a $12 million machine
17:33with nothing but his ears and his
17:35father's wrench.
17:36Ansel Morley.
17:39>> [applause]
17:43>> That's my CHIEF RIGHT THERE. GO ON,
17:45SUGAR. GO GET IT. LORD, LOOK AT HIM IN
17:47THAT TUX.
17:48>> DELLA, sit down before you knock the
17:50whole table over.
17:54>> [applause]
17:56>> Ansel Morley, engineer of the year.
17:58>> I can't believe it. Thank you.
18:026 months ago
18:04I was sleeping in a bus shelter.
18:06I walked into a factory
18:08and I asked for a meal.
18:10That's That's how this started.
18:15>> And a special thanks to Della for her
18:17incredible contributions.
18:20>> That day somebody stood on my father's
18:22tools in front of a whole room.
18:26My daddy
18:27Elwood Morley
18:29used to say a machine will tell you
18:30everything if you're patient enough to
18:32ask.
18:33People are the same way.
18:36Most of them just need somebody willing
18:38to listen.
18:39>> [applause]
18:41>> This was his.
18:42It's been to every job with me, every
18:44single one.
18:45And tonight tonight it finally gets to
18:47come up on stage.
18:59>> [applause]
19:03>> Best meal I ever paid for, Della. Hands
19:05down. Best 200 million, too.
19:07>> It was meatloaf, Mr. Stanhope. And the
19:09cornbread was my idea, so I'm taking
19:11half the credit.
19:15>> [applause]
19:17>> You know the Navy would have drafted you
19:19on the spot. I'd have made sure of it.
19:22>> Thank you, ma'am. Truly.
19:24But I think I'll stick with turbines.
19:26They don't make me salute.
19:29>> [laughter]
19:31>> Close your eyes, all of you. Don't look
19:33at the screens.
19:35Just listen. What's she telling you?
19:40Bearing
19:42number three.
19:43She's running a little dry, isn't she?
19:46Now you're hearing it, Clyde.
19:48Now you're hearing it.
19:50How long did it take you to learn this?
19:54Since I was eight. In my daddy's shop.
19:58At 16, I fixed a generator three master
20:00mechanics gave up on.
20:02Daddy didn't say a word.
20:04Just handed me his biggest wrench.
20:09>> Chief, two plants in Ohio just called.
20:11Their machines are coughing just like
20:13ours used to. They're asking for you.
20:16>> Tell them to shut off their fans and sit
20:19tight. I'm on my way.
20:22Della, pack me a lunch.
20:2612 engineers couldn't find it in 3
20:27weeks. And look at them now, Hazel.
20:29They're actually listening.
20:31>> Don't you dare take the credit, Gareth.
20:32That's all him. Every bit of it.
20:45Hey, Chief.
20:47You ever going to tell me what you
20:48really heard that first day?
20:51>> A machine asking for help, Della.
20:53That's all.
20:55Same as me that day.
20:57We were both just stuck.
21:00>> And you heard both of you, didn't you?
21:03>> No, ma'am. You heard me first.
21:06Out in that parking lot, I only heard
21:07the machine.
21:16Daddy would have loved this truck.
21:18Rebuilt every piece of her myself.
21:19Engine purrs like a cat.
21:21>> Well, go on then. Quit bragging and let
21:23me hear her.
21:28Drive safe, Ansel.
21:30>> Will do, Della. See you tomorrow.
21:32>> See you.

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