1 00:00:13,546 --> 00:00:20,887 >>> THIS IS THE LARGEST CROP OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IN THE WORLD, AND THE OPEN SEAS OFF NORTHEAST ENGLAND. 2 00:00:20,954 --> 00:00:30,797 IT IS HYPNOTIZING, MORE THAN 300 TURBINES SPREAD ACROSS 335 SQUARE MILES DESIGNED TO GENERATE ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO 3 00:00:30,864 --> 00:00:39,105 HELP POWER MORE THAN 2 MILLION HOMES A DAY. IN THIS UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC MOMENT WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT 4 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:51,985 HOW WELL IT ALL WORKS. >>> DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? WELL, "60 MINUTES" TRAVELED TO THE SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF 5 00:00:52,051 --> 00:01:00,126 LORDS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WHERE 70 MEDICAL MIRACLES HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY THE CATHOLIC CHURCH OVER 160 YEARS. 6 00:01:00,193 --> 00:01:12,105 AND TONIGHT YOU'LL HEAR A MIRACLE STORY, AND FROM THE RENOWNED DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS WHO INVESTIGATED IT. 7 00:01:12,172 --> 00:01:18,511 >>> HOW DO WE KNOW THE SOUTH DAKOTA KID IS THE GREATEST POOL PLAYER IN THE WORLD? >> GO RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE? 8 00:01:18,578 --> 00:01:30,723 >> YUP, RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> HE SHOWED US HOW TO DO THIS. >> OH. YOU GOT THAT. 9 00:01:30,790 --> 00:01:52,479 >>> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M SHARYN ALFONSI. >> I'M S 10 00:01:52,545 --> 00:02:00,620 >>> LAST AUGUST PRESIDENT BIDEN SIGNED A SWEEPING CLIMATE BILL INTO LAW MAKING WIND POWER A PRIORITY, SPECIFICALLY OFFSHORE 11 00:02:00,687 --> 00:02:08,194 WIND POWER. THE GOAL IS TO CAPTURE THE FORCE OF THE WIND IN THE OPEN SEAS AND CONVERT IT INTO POWER FOR 10 12 00:02:08,261 --> 00:02:17,670 MILLION AMERICAN HOMES BY 2030. WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO. THERE ARE ONLY SEVEN OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES OFF THE COAST OF 13 00:02:17,737 --> 00:02:22,509 THE UNITED STATES COMPARED TO NEARLY 6,000 IN EUROPE. CRITICS SAY THEY'RE EXPENSIVE TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN, 14 00:02:22,575 --> 00:02:31,584 UNPREDICTABLE, AND UGLY. WE WANTED TO SEE FOR OURSELVES. LAST OCTOBER WE REPORTED FROM THE LARGEST OFFSHORE WIND FARM 15 00:02:31,651 --> 00:02:44,497 IN THE WORLD ALONG THE NORTHEAST COAST OF ENGLAND AND DISCOVERED THE POWER OF GRIMSBY. AS YOU FLY 200 MILES NORTH OF 16 00:02:44,564 --> 00:02:52,705 LONDON, YOU CAN SEE THE TOWN OF GRIMSBY BELOW. >> WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO THE WIND PARK. 17 00:02:52,772 --> 00:03:00,446 >> YOU CAN'T MISS THEM. ELEGANT AND A LITTLE EERIE, WHITE GIANTS POKING OUT OF THE NORTH SEA LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF 18 00:03:00,513 --> 00:03:11,224 A SCIENCE FICTION NOVEL. THIS IS THE LARGEST CROP OF OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES IN THE WORLD KNOWN AS THE HORNSY WIND 19 00:03:11,291 --> 00:03:18,464 FARM. IT IS HYPNOTIZING. MORE THAN 300 TURBINES SPREAD ACROSS 335 SQUARE MILES GENERATE 20 00:03:18,531 --> 00:03:25,071 ENOUGH ELECTRICITY TO HELP POWER MORE THAN 2 MILLION HOMES A DAY. >> BEAUTIFUL DAY. >> YEAH, BEAUTIFUL DAY. 21 00:03:25,138 --> 00:03:34,113 >> TO UNDERSTAND THE POWER, SIZE AND UPKEEP OF THIS EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY WE GEARED UP ON LAND, AND TRAVELED 90 MINUTES ON THE 22 00:03:34,180 --> 00:03:47,694 HEAVING NORTH SEA WITH 24-YEAR-OLD BRIDY SALMON, HER JOB IS TO SCALE AND SERVICE THE TURBINES, MY JOB WITH A LITTLE 23 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:51,731 ANTI-NAUSEA GUM WAS TO HOLD DOWN MY LUNCH. >> HOW YOU FEELING? >> I FEEL OKAY. 24 00:03:51,798 --> 00:03:57,036 IT'S MORE IMPORTANT, HOW DO YOU FEEL? >> I'M FEELING GOOD. I LIKE TO THINK I'VE GOT MY SEA 25 00:03:57,103 --> 00:04:04,544 LEGS ON. >> WHEN YOUR LAST NAME IS SALMON, NEGOTIATING ROUGH WATERS IS SORT OF IN YOUR DNA. 26 00:04:04,611 --> 00:04:12,986 BRIDY'S GREAT-GRANDFATHER WORKED ON THE GRIMSBY DOCKS, HER DAD OWNS THIS SMOKED FISH SHOP IN TOWN. 27 00:04:13,052 --> 00:04:19,025 BRIDY WAS BAR TENDING WHEN SHE DECIDED TO APPLY TO AN APPRENTICE PROGRAM TO BE A TURBINE TECHNICIAN. 28 00:04:19,092 --> 00:04:26,966 SHE WAS ONE OF SEVEN PEOPLE SELECTED FROM A POOL OF 500. THE APPRENTICE PROGRAM COMBINES CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION. 29 00:04:27,033 --> 00:04:34,641 >> ON THE BOTTOM AND IT'S SPINNING. >> WITH HANDS-ON WORK AT SEA. BUT WE SOON LEARNED THAT MOTHER 30 00:04:34,707 --> 00:04:39,912 NATURE IS A TEMPERAMENTAL TEACHER. >> THE WEATHER HERE IS EVER-CHANGING. 31 00:04:39,979 --> 00:04:44,450 >> HOLDING ON FOR OUR DEAR LIVES. >> YEAH. >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S NOT 32 00:04:44,517 --> 00:04:49,155 SOMETHING WE CAN CONTROL SO EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT, AND IT CAN CHANGE LIKE THAT. SO IT'S JUST PART AND PARCEL OF 33 00:04:49,222 --> 00:04:56,863 THE JOB, AND ANYTHING TO GET THESE THINGS TURNING, THIS IS THE ENVIRONMENT FOR WIND TURBINES, IT'S GOT TO BE WINDY. 34 00:04:56,929 --> 00:05:05,271 >> Reporter: AS WE APPROACH THE TURBINES WE SUDDENLY FELT SMALL. YOU DON'T GET A SENSE OF HOW LARGE THINGS ARE UNTIL YOU'RE 35 00:05:05,338 --> 00:05:12,345 RIGHT UP UNDER THIS. >> AT THE VERY TOP IN THE CELL, ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE BLADES THERE'S HALF A SIZE OF 36 00:05:12,412 --> 00:05:18,584 THE EIFFEL TOWER, PRETTY MASSIVE. BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT NOTHING NORMAL TO COMPARE IT TO LIKE A 37 00:05:18,651 --> 00:05:26,259 BUILDING, YOU SEE THESE IN THE DISTANCE, AND YOU'RE HERE AND THEY'RE PRETTY BLOODY HUGE. >> Reporter: TRANSLATION, 38 00:05:26,325 --> 00:05:34,767 THEY'RE NEARLY 600 FEET HIGH WITH SPINNING FIBERGLASS BLAIDS ROUGHLY THE LENGTH OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PASSENGER JET. 39 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:42,608 EACH BLADE WEIGHS ALMOST 30 TONS. THE TURBINES ARE PARTIALY ASSEMBLED ON SHORE, AND SHIPPED 40 00:05:42,675 --> 00:05:47,914 TO SEA. WHERE EACH IS ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE TURBINE. EVERY ANGLE HAS TO BE PERFECT TO 41 00:05:47,980 --> 00:05:56,055 GENERATE MAXIMUM POWER. ONCE INSTALLED KEEPING THEM SPINNING IS CRITICAL. OFFSHORE WIND ENGINEERS SAY ONE 42 00:05:56,122 --> 00:06:04,697 REVOLUTION CAN POWER ONE HOME IN THE UK FOR 24 HOURS AND THAT'S WHERE BRIDY COMES IN. IT'S RAINING, IT'S WINDY. 43 00:06:04,764 --> 00:06:11,604 >> YUP, CAN'T WAIT. JUST ANOTHER DAY AT THE OFFICE. >> ALL RIGHT. >> Reporter: IN CHOPPY WATERS 44 00:06:11,671 --> 00:06:19,312 THE CAPTAIN HAS TO FIND THE SWEET SPOT, MAINTAINING CONSTANT CONTACT BETWEEN THE BOW AND BASE. 45 00:06:19,378 --> 00:06:24,784 >> TRAFFIC SEEMS QUIET. >> Reporter: SOME DAYS THE WINDS ARE SO HIGH AND SEAS SO ROUGH THE JOB CAN'T BE DONE. 46 00:06:24,851 --> 00:06:32,925 ON THIS DAY, SUCCESS. >> SEE YOU LATER, BYE. >> OKAY, BE CAREFUL. >> Reporter: BRIDY HARNESSES 47 00:06:32,992 --> 00:06:36,262 HERSELF TO A CABLE. >> HAPPY? >> YEAH, YOU? >> YEAH. 48 00:06:36,329 --> 00:06:51,477 >> Reporter: LEAPS TO A LADDER. AND BEGINS THE CLIMB RUNG BY RUNG EIGHT STORIES TO THE TOP. >> RADIO CHECK. 49 00:06:51,544 --> 00:07:00,186 >> Reporter: ON A NARROW PLATFORM HANGING OVER THE NORTH SEA SHE MAKES HER ROUNDS. >> THE LIGHTS ARE WORKING. 50 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:06,759 >> Reporter: CAREFULLY INSPECTING AND SERVICING THE TURBINE, A JOB NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. 51 00:07:06,826 --> 00:07:13,299 >> WHAT WAS THAT LIKE THE FIRST TIME YOU MADE THE CLIMB? >> EXHAUSTING. YOU'VE GOT YOUR SAFETY KIT ON AS 52 00:07:13,366 --> 00:07:20,106 WELL, 10 KILOGRAMS OF HARNESSES AND CLAWS, AND CLIPPED IN AND FRICTION OF CLIMBING. >> I IMAGINE IT CAN BE SCARY. 53 00:07:20,173 --> 00:07:25,711 >> VERY SCARY. THERE WAS ONE DAY IT WAS SUPER WINDY, WE WERE UP THERE AND THE TOP OF THE TOWER IS MOVING. 54 00:07:25,778 --> 00:07:31,551 YOU'VE GOT THE SEASICKNESS, THE MOTION SICKNESS FROM THE SEA AND THEN THE TOP OF THE TOWER IS MOVING. 55 00:07:31,617 --> 00:07:37,523 ALL DAY YOU'RE ROCKING AND IT WAS COLD AND WINDY, AND I REMEMBER COMING BACK ON SHORE AND I WAS JUST ROCKING, I'M ON 56 00:07:37,590 --> 00:07:45,698 LAND NOW I DON'T NEED TO ROCK BUT YEAH, IT'S PRETTY SCARY. >> Reporter: BENJ PSYCHS SAYS THOSE KINDS OF EXTRAORDINARY 57 00:07:45,765 --> 00:07:54,240 EFFORTS ARE NEEDED IN EXTRAORDINARY TIMES. SYKES IS THE VICE PRESIDENT OF OFFSHORE WIND AT A DANISH-BASED 58 00:07:54,307 --> 00:08:00,146 GLOBAL SUPPLIER THAT WINDS THE WIND FARM. >> WE HAVE A COST OF ENERGY CRISIS IN EUROPE AND IN BRITAIN 59 00:08:00,213 --> 00:08:04,750 AT THE MOMENT, DRIVEN BY THE PANDEMIC BUT ALSO OF COURSE BY THE TERRIBLE SITUATION IN UKRAINE. 60 00:08:04,817 --> 00:08:13,192 AND ALL OF THAT ADDS UP TO A REAL DRIVE TO FIND CLEAN, CHEAP ENERGY SOLUTIONS. >> Reporter: ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO 61 00:08:13,259 --> 00:08:22,435 ORSTEAD DECIDED TO SELL OFF ITS OIL AND GAS BUSINESS AND FOCUS ON RENEWABLE ENERGIES, GRIMSBY A DEPRESSED FISHING TOWN BECAME 62 00:08:22,501 --> 00:08:30,009 THE UNLIKELY BACKDROP TO EUROPE'S CLEAN ENERGY MOVEMENT. WHY HERE? >> IT'S GOT A GOOD PORT, AND 63 00:08:30,076 --> 00:08:35,147 IT'S GEOGRAPHICALLY REALLY WELL LOCATED. PHYSICALLY IN TERMS OF THE WATER DEPTH, IN TERMS OF THE WIND 64 00:08:35,214 --> 00:08:40,720 RESOURCE, AND OF COURSE PLACES TO CONNECT TO THE NATIONAL GRID SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT POWER TO HOMES AND BUSINESSES. 65 00:08:40,786 --> 00:08:48,895 >> Reporter: LONG BEFORE RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE SET OFF THE ENERGY CRISIS THE UK HAD A STRATEGY TO USE 100% CLEAN OR 66 00:08:48,961 --> 00:09:04,176 RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY BY 2035. WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT CLEAN ENERGY, SOLAR, HYDROPOWER, BIO FUELS, WHAT MAKES OFF-CSHORE WI 67 00:09:04,243 --> 00:09:08,347 UNIQUE. >> IT'S REALLY THE ONLY PROJECT IN MOST COUNTRIES WHERE YOU CAN BUILD IT AT THE KIND OF POWER 68 00:09:08,414 --> 00:09:16,789 STATION SCALE THAT WE NEED. IF I THINK ABOUT THE PROJECTS WE'RE BUILDING HERE IN THE UK THAT'S ALMOST THREE GIGAWATTS, 69 00:09:16,856 --> 00:09:21,761 THE OUTPUT OF A NUCLEAR POWER STATION. WE'RE TALKING LARGE SCALE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS, MOST OF 70 00:09:21,827 --> 00:09:28,868 EUROPE IS TOO POPULATED TO FIT VERY, VERY LARGE WIND FARMS OR SOLAR FARMS, THAT'S WHY WE'RE GONE OFFSHORE. 71 00:09:28,935 --> 00:09:37,109 >> Reporter: ONE BIG CRITICISM IS COST, EXPENSIVE TO CONSTRUCT, TRANSMIT, AND TO DECOMMISSION. IS THAT COST PASSED ON TO 72 00:09:37,176 --> 00:09:41,580 CONSUMERS? >> THAT'S SIMPLY WRONG. OFFSHORE WIND POWER IS ONE OF THE CHEAPEST FORMS OF 73 00:09:41,647 --> 00:09:47,653 ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN THE UK. WE'VE PRIVATELY FUNDED, TOGETHER WITH INVESTMENT PARTNERS WE 74 00:09:47,720 --> 00:09:51,691 BRING IN. >> Reporter: PRIVATELY YOU FUND THAT? >> YEAH, THERE'S NO PUBLIC 75 00:09:51,757 --> 00:09:56,495 EXPOSURE TO THE COST OF BUILDING OFFSHORE WIND. THE THING THAT'S MADE THE MOST DIFFERENCE IS THE FACT WE'VE HAD 76 00:09:56,562 --> 00:10:05,204 POLITICAL CONSENSUS NOW FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, AND THAT'S GIVEN INVESTORS CONFIDENCE TO STEP IN AND PUT THE BIG MONEY ON THE 77 00:10:05,271 --> 00:10:09,408 TABLE TO GET THESE PROJECTS AWAY. >> Reporter: GAS AND NUCLEAR STILL MAKE UP A MAJORITY OF THE 78 00:10:09,475 --> 00:10:17,950 POWER SUPPLY FLOWING INTO UK HOMES AND BUSINESSES, BUT THIS YEAR 14% OF BRITAIN'S ENERGY HAS COME FROM OFFSHORE WIND. 79 00:10:18,017 --> 00:10:26,625 ONLY CHINA PRODUCES MORE OFFSHORE WIND POWER THAN THE UK. HERE'S HOW IT WORKS. WIND TURNS THE BLADES AROUND A 80 00:10:26,692 --> 00:10:34,900 SHAFT INSIDE THE TURBINE, WHICH SPINS A GENERATOR. ENERGY THEN TRAVELS DOWN, GOING 300 FEET BENEATH THE WATER 81 00:10:34,967 --> 00:10:45,945 SURFACE TO CABLES BURIED UNDER THE SEABED, CONNECTING TO AN OFFSHORE SUBSTATION, THEN TO A POWER STATION ON LAND WHERE THAT 82 00:10:46,012 --> 00:10:52,118 ELECTRICITY CREATED OUT AT SEA IS TRANSFERRED INTO HOMES AND BUSINESSES, INVITING THE QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS IF THE 83 00:10:52,184 --> 00:10:58,591 WIND STOPS BLOWING? >> USING SATELLITES AND OTHER TECHNOLOGY WE CAN PREDICT EXTREMELY ACCURATELY HOW MUCH 84 00:10:58,657 --> 00:11:06,932 WE'RE GOING TO GENERATE OVER THE NEXT DAYS, WHICH ENABLES THOSE WHO OPERATE THE GRID TO MAKE VERY CLEAR PLANS ABOUT WHERE'S 85 00:11:06,999 --> 00:11:14,807 DEMAND GOING, WHERE'S SUPPLY GOING? I MEAN, IF I LOOK AT THE TURBINES IN HORNSY, THEY'RE 86 00:11:14,874 --> 00:11:26,052 OPERATING 98%, 99% OF THE TIME. >> Reporter: THIS IS GRIMSBY'S SECOND ACT, THROUGH THE 1950s TO 1970 THE TOWN HOSTED THE LARGEST 87 00:11:26,118 --> 00:11:32,958 FISHING FLEET IN THE WORLD WITH 700 TRAWLERS, AWASH IN CASH, AND A PORT FIT FOR A VISIT FROM THE QUEEN. 88 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:43,702 >> OH, IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT. THE CALM MARADERIE, NEARLY 100% THE POPULATION WOULD BE 89 00:11:43,769 --> 00:11:51,644 ASSOCIATED WITH THE FISHING INDUSTRY IN SOME WAY. >> Reporter: DENNIS AVERY AND BOB FOREIGNBY WERE PART OF THE 90 00:11:51,710 --> 00:11:56,348 TWN'S TRADITION. WHAT WAS IT LIKE? >> TOUGH JOB. SWIFT FROM SAILING, BACK IN THE 91 00:11:56,415 --> 00:12:04,390 PORTS AGAIN, WORKING IN THE WINTER AROUND ICELAND AND THEM PLACES WAS PRETTY SEVERE. BUT IT WAS THE KIND OF JOB I 92 00:12:04,457 --> 00:12:09,361 WOULD DO AGAIN TOMORROW. >> IN THOSE DAYS TWO CHOICES, YOU WORKED ON THE DOCKS OR YOU WENT TO SEA. 93 00:12:09,428 --> 00:12:14,533 >> Reporter: AVERY CAPTAINED THIS HULKING STEEL FISHING TRAWLER, THE ROSS TIGER, FOR EIGHT YEARS. 94 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:23,576 >> IF YOU CAUGHT A GOOD TRIP, AND YOU STEAM IT HOME BACK TO GRIMSBY WITH A FISH ROOM FULL OF FISH IT'S A MARVELOUS FEELING. 95 00:12:23,642 --> 00:12:30,549 >> Reporter: THAT MARVELOUS FEELING ENDED WHEN ICELAND, BRITAIN'S NEIGHBOR TO THE NORTH, BEGAN ENFORCING FISHING 96 00:12:30,616 --> 00:12:36,122 RESTRICTIONS IN THEIR COD-RICH WATERS. >> FISH MAY SHRINK TO A TRICKLE. >> Reporter: WHAT DID YOU SEE 97 00:12:36,188 --> 00:12:42,428 HAPPEN IN TOWN WHEN THAT HAPPENED? >> GOSH, IT WAS A DISASTER TO BE QUITE HONEST BECAUSE EVERYBODY 98 00:12:42,495 --> 00:12:49,135 WAS INVOLVED SOME WAY IN FISHING. LIKE TAXI DRIVERS, THE PUBS, THE DRESS SHOPS AND PLACES LIKE 99 00:12:49,201 --> 00:12:56,709 THAT, THEY ALL SUFFERED. >> ONCE THE FISHING SORT OF WENT, IT ALL SORT OF DIED A DEATH. 100 00:12:56,775 --> 00:13:06,519 >> Reporter: WIND POWER HAS BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO GRIMSBY, OFFSHORE ENERGY COMPANY ORSTEAD SAYS IT'S CREATED 600 JOBS HERE 101 00:13:06,585 --> 00:13:12,925 AND INVESTED OVER $18 BILLION IN LOCAL WIND FARMS. BURR THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE WHO WORRY THE ENVIRONMENTAL 102 00:13:12,992 --> 00:13:19,498 IMPACT OF THE WIND TURBINES HASN'T BEEN SUFFICIENTLY STUDIED, AND OTHERS SAY THE INDUSTRY HAS NOT CREATE THE 103 00:13:19,565 --> 00:13:27,973 NUMBER OF JOBS THEY'VE PROMISED. BUT THE CONCERN OF THESE RETIRED FISHERMEN IS MORE PRACTICAL. >> WE'RE NOT SEEING BENEFITS. 104 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:37,049 >> Reporter: YOUR ELECTRICITY BILL HASN'T GONE DOWN? >> NO, IT'S GONE UP IF ANYTHING. THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO GET 105 00:13:37,116 --> 00:13:44,423 CHEAP ELECTRICITY AND GREEN AND EVERYTHING BUT I CAN'T SEE ANY BENEFITS TO BE QUITE HONEST. >> Reporter: HAS YOUR 106 00:13:44,490 --> 00:13:49,094 ELECTRICITY BILL GONE DOWN? >> TRY DOUBLE. IT'S DOUBLED. >> Reporter: THERE ARE PEOPLE 107 00:13:49,161 --> 00:13:55,467 WHO SAID WE'VE GOT ALL THESE TURBINES BUT OUR ELECTRCITY BILL HASN'T GONE DOWN A CENT. >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT IS A REAL 108 00:13:55,534 --> 00:14:01,540 CHALLENGE THAT, IT'S GOING TO TAKE TIME BECAUSE WE NEED TO BUILD MORE OFFSHORE WIND. >> Reporter: YOU THINK IF 109 00:14:01,607 --> 00:14:06,445 THERE'S MORE OFFSHORE WIND PRICES COULD GO DOWN? >> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. >> Reporter: FEARING THE WAR IN 110 00:14:06,512 --> 00:14:13,252 UKRAINE COULD LEAD TO BLACKOUTS LAST WINTER THE UK GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCED MORE DRILLING FOR OIL AND GAS IN THE NORTH SEA, THEY 111 00:14:13,319 --> 00:14:22,428 WILL ALSO SPEED UP THE TIME IT TAKES FOR NEW OFFSHORE WIND PROJECTS TO GET ONLINE. BEN SYKES TOLD US THAT OVER THE 112 00:14:22,494 --> 00:14:31,303 NEXT EIGHT YEARS ORSTEAD PLANS TO INVEST ANOTHER $17 BILLION IN WIND FARMS AND ADD MORE THAN 300 JOBS IN GRIMSBY. 113 00:14:31,370 --> 00:14:39,511 >> THE FISHING INDUSTRY WAS FANTASTIC FOR GRIMSBY, THAT ERA HAS PASSED, WHAT WE WANT TO DO IS BE PART OF CREATING THE NEXT 114 00:14:39,578 --> 00:14:49,421 CHAPTER OF GRIMSBY'S LIFE, AS WE BUILD OUT. >> Reporter: A CHAPTER BRIDY SALMON IS VERY MUCH A PART OF. 115 00:14:49,488 --> 00:14:55,261 >> GRIMSBY WENT FROM A FISHING TOWN TO POWER HOUSE OF THE NORTH. >> PROUD OF IT. 116 00:14:55,327 --> 00:15:01,634 >> SO PROUD OF IT AND TO BE A PART OF IT IS AMAZING. >> Reporter: A TOWN'S FUTURE AND FORTUNE ONCE AGAIN TIED TO THE 117 00:15:01,700 --> 00:15:11,043 SEA. >>> WHAT IT TAKES TO FILM OFFSHORE WIND TURBINES. >> YOU HAVE TO DO A COURSE WHERE 118 00:15:11,110 --> 00:15:18,717 YOU GET FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN AND SUBMERGED 119 00:15:21,887 --> 00:15:28,927 >>> AFTER A GRUESOME PANDEMIC AND DECADES OF INCREASING POLITICAL PARTISANSHIP YOU'D BE FORGIVEN FOR GIVING UP ON THE 120 00:15:28,994 --> 00:15:36,302 IDEA OF MIRACLES. BUT TONIGHT WE'LL TAKE YOU TO A PLACE THAT'S KNOWN FOR THEM. AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN DECEMBER 121 00:15:36,368 --> 00:15:45,010 THE SANCTUARY OF OUR LADY OF LORDS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE IS THE SITE OF 70 MEDICAL MIRACLES RECOGNIZED BY THE CATHOLIC 122 00:15:45,077 --> 00:15:51,950 CHURCH. THE MARIAN SHRINE IS FAMOUS TO THE FAITHFUL BUT LESS WELL-KNOWN IS THE LORDS OFFICE OF MEDICAL 123 00:15:52,017 --> 00:15:57,823 OBSERVATIONS. THAT'S WHERE WORLD RENOWNED DOCTORS AND RESEARCHERS CONDUCT DECADE-LONG INVESTIGATIONS INTO 124 00:15:57,890 --> 00:16:07,032 THE COUNTLESS CLAIMS OF CURES REPORTED OVER THE YEARS. THEY DETERMINE WHICH CASES CAN BE MEDICALLY EXPLAINED AND WHICH 125 00:16:07,099 --> 00:16:12,171 CANNOT. IT'S THOSE CHURCH OFFICIALS MIGHT CALL A MIRACLE. FOR THE DOCTORS IT'S A LESSON IN 126 00:16:12,237 --> 00:16:22,948 THE LIMITS OF MEDICINE. FOR THE DEVOUT, IT'S DIVINE INTERVENTION. THE SMALL FRENCH TOWN OF LORDS 127 00:16:23,015 --> 00:16:32,224 TUCKED IN THE FOOTHILLS OF THE PYRENEES MOUNTAINS DRAWS MORE THAN 3 MILLION PILGRIMS EVERY YEAR, MORE THAN TRAVEL TO MECCA 128 00:16:32,291 --> 00:16:39,498 OR JERUSALEM, AND ALMOST EVERYONE YOU MEET WILL TELL YOU THEY'VE HEARD STORIES OF MIRACLES HERE. 129 00:16:39,565 --> 00:16:49,675 BUT WE HEARD NONE MORE INSPIRING THAN THAT OF SISTER BERNADETTE MORIO. >> Translator: I REALLY TRIED 130 00:16:49,742 --> 00:16:59,218 EVERYTHING I COULD BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT CANNOT BE HEALED. >> Reporter: WHAT WAS YOUR PROGNOSIS? 131 00:16:59,284 --> 00:17:08,727 >> Translator: TOTAL PARALYSIS. THE PROGNOSIS WAS REALLY DARK. >> Reporter: STROLLING WITH THIS 83-YEAR-OLD THROUGH THE CHAPEL 132 00:17:08,794 --> 00:17:14,433 GROUNDS IN BELL, FRANCE, WE FOUND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT FOR HALF HER LIFE SHE SUFFERED FROM A DISORDER OF THE NERVES 133 00:17:14,500 --> 00:17:21,073 AND LOWER SPINE. YOU WORE THIS ALL THE TIME? HER LEFT FOOT, SHE SAID, WAS TWISTED AND LIMP. 134 00:17:21,140 --> 00:17:30,716 TO WALK AT ALL SHE NEEDED THIS BACK AND LEG BRACE, AN IMPLANT TO DULL NERVE PAIN AND MASSIVE DOSES OF MORPHINE. 135 00:17:30,783 --> 00:17:40,759 SHE TOLD US SHE HAD EXHAUSTED ALL TREATMENT OPTIONS. SO IN 2008 HER DOCTOR CONVINCED HER TO MAKE A PILGRIMAGE TO 136 00:17:40,826 --> 00:17:45,130 LORDS. DID YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES AT THE TIME? >> Translator: I ALWAYS BELIEVED 137 00:17:45,197 --> 00:17:51,236 IN MIRACLES, BUT NOT FOR IT SEEMS TO ME. >> Reporter: WHY DID YOU DECIDE TO GO? 138 00:17:51,303 --> 00:17:57,242 >> Translator: I DIDN'T GO THERE FOR A MIRACLE. I JUST WENT THERE FOR OTHERS. IT'S THE PLACE WHERE THE 139 00:17:57,309 --> 00:18:07,352 SMALLEST PEOPLE, SICKEST AND POOREST, THEY COME FIRST. >> Reporter: THE SICKEST, THE POOREST, THE DISEASED AND 140 00:18:07,419 --> 00:18:15,694 DEBILITATED BEARING WOUNDS VISIBLE AND HIDDEN COME FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD SEEKING TO BE HEALED BY THE SHRINE'S NATURAL 141 00:18:15,761 --> 00:18:26,138 SPRING WATERS AND THE POWER OF PRAYER. >> AND SO I'VE ASKED FOR COMPLETE HEALING, OR SUPER LONG 142 00:18:26,205 --> 00:18:32,878 REMISSION. >> Reporter: THIS WAS KIM HALPIN'S FIRST PILGRIMAGE. SHE FOUND OUT TWO YEARS AGO SHE 143 00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:39,251 HAS INCURABLE BLOOD CANCER AND CAME ALL THE WAY FROM KANSAS TO CLEANSE HERSELF IN THE WATERS OF LORDS. 144 00:18:39,318 --> 00:18:47,125 ARE YOU EXPECTING TO BE HEALED? >> NOT NECESSARILY. ASK FOR AS MUCH AS I WANT, AND MAYBE I WILL BE BLESSED WITH 145 00:18:47,192 --> 00:18:56,034 PART OF IT, WHICH WILL BE OKAY. >> Reporter: HALPIN WAS AIDED BY HER SON SEAN. WE COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE 146 00:18:56,101 --> 00:19:05,277 THERE ARE AS MANY VOLUNTEERS AS SICK HERE, THE OUR LADY OF LORDS HOSPITALITY NORTH AMERICAN VOLUNTEERS HELPED JAMIE JENSEN 147 00:19:05,344 --> 00:19:18,390 TRAVEL FROM MINNESOTA FOR HIS 18th VISIT. >> EVEN THOUGH THE CAMERA SEES I HAVE A CONDITION AND A CHAIR, 148 00:19:18,457 --> 00:19:30,035 WHEN I'M HERE I DON'T HAVE A CONDITION. >> Reporter: JENSEN'S CONDITION IS SAY VEEB RAL PALL SAY. 149 00:19:30,102 --> 00:19:36,942 ALL THOSE TRIPS TO LORDS HAVEN'T GIVEN HIM THE MIRACLE HE WANTED BUT MAYBE, HE SAYS, HE GOT THE MIRACLE HE NEEDED. 150 00:19:37,009 --> 00:19:43,515 >> I WAS VERY BITTER, VERY ANGRY WITH MYSELF. >> Reporter: DID COMING TO LORDS CHANGE YOUR HEART? 151 00:19:43,582 --> 00:19:55,394 >> VERY MUCH. >> Reporter: DO YOU CONSIDER THAT A MIRACLE? >> I DO BECAUSE THERE'S A PEACE 152 00:19:55,460 --> 00:20:01,266 WITHIN MYSELF. >> Reporter: STORIES OF INNER PEACE AND ACCEPTANCE DON'T MEET THE BAR FOR THE OFFICE OF 153 00:20:01,333 --> 00:20:09,775 MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS, AND WITH JUST 70 MEDICAL MIRACLES RECOGNIZED IN 160 YEARS YOU'D HAVE BETTER ODDS PLAYING THE 154 00:20:09,841 --> 00:20:27,926 LOTTO. YET, THOUSANDS OF FAITHFUL LINE UP AT THE BATHS AND AT THIS GROT THISGROTTO WHERE THE FIRST 155 00:20:27,993 --> 00:20:30,228 MIRACLE IS SAID TO HAVE OCCURRED. THE SANCTUARY IS LAID OUT LIKE A GRAND THEATER COMPLEX. 156 00:20:30,295 --> 00:20:41,273 IT'S MANY STAGES OFFERIG DOZENS OF PIOUS PERFORMANCES THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE FINALE, A CANDLE-LIT 157 00:20:41,340 --> 00:20:53,719 PROCESSION EVERY NIGHT. THERE WOULD BE NONE OF THIS WERE IT NOT FOR ST. BERNADETTE ACCORDING TO CATHOLIC LORE IN 158 00:20:53,785 --> 00:21:06,832 1858 A MYSTERIOUS WOMAN APPEARED IN THIS GROTTO TO BERNADETTE -- A 14-YEAR-OLD PEASANT GIRL. JEAN MARK BIKA THE BISHOP SAID 159 00:21:06,898 --> 00:21:19,745 THE WOMAN SPOKE WITH HER SEVERAL TIMES OVER FIVE MONTHS. >> AND ONCE THE 25th OF MARCH, DAY OF THE ENUNCIATION, SHE SAID 160 00:21:19,811 --> 00:21:29,554 I AM THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. >> WHEN WORD GOT OUT THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION THE VIRGIN MARY HAD APPEARED IN LORDS 161 00:21:29,621 --> 00:21:39,965 PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THIS GROTTO AND WITHIN DAYS STARTED MAKING CLAIMS OF MIRACLE CURES, THE ABILITY TO WALK, RESTORED SIGHT. 162 00:21:40,032 --> 00:21:46,038 WORRIED ABOUT FUELING MASS HYSTERIA, THE CHURCH SET UP OBSERVATIONS IN 1883 TO INVESTIGATE THE CLAIMS, WHICH 163 00:21:46,104 --> 00:21:55,380 BRINGS US BACK TO THE OTHER BERNADETTE IN OUR STORY. 15 YEARS AGO SISTER MORIO FOUND HERSELF IN A WHEELCHAIR IN A 164 00:21:55,447 --> 00:22:04,022 PROCESSION AT LORDS SEEKING THE INTERVENTION OF ST. BERNADETTE. >> I REALLY HAD THAT FEELING THAT THE LORD WAS WALKING WITH 165 00:22:04,089 --> 00:22:10,495 US AND I HEARD HIM GIVING ME THESE WORDS, I SEE YOUR SUFFERING AND THAT OF YOUR SICK BROTHERS AND SISTERS, JUST GIVE 166 00:22:10,562 --> 00:22:16,034 ME EVERYTHING. >> Reporter: YOU HEARD THE VOICE OF JESUS? >> Translator: YES, I HEARD THIS 167 00:22:16,101 --> 00:22:21,807 IN A VOICE. I CAN'T REALLY TELL YOU WHOSE VOICE IT WAS. IT WAS LIKE A SPIRITUAL 168 00:22:21,873 --> 00:22:27,846 EXPERIENCE. >> Reporter: SHE SAID SHE RETURNED HOME REJUVENATED SPIRITUALLY BUT PHYSICALLY SHE 169 00:22:27,913 --> 00:22:36,188 FELT WORSE. AFTER THREE DAYS IN EXCRUCIATING PAIN SHE TOLD US SHE SUDDENLY FOUND THE STRENGTH TO WALK TO 170 00:22:36,254 --> 00:22:41,293 THE CHAPEL AND PRAY. >> Translator: THEN I FELT SOME KIND OF HEAT COMING INTO MY BODY. 171 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:48,166 I FELT RELAXED BUT I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT WAS MEANING AND IN MY ROOM I HEARD THIS IN A VOICE AGAIN TELLING ME 172 00:22:48,233 --> 00:22:57,142 TAKE ALL YOUR BRACES OFF. I DIDN'T THINK TWICE AND I STARTED TAKING MY FOOT BRACE OFF AND MY FOOT THAT USED TO BE 173 00:22:57,209 --> 00:23:03,548 CROOKED WAS STRAIGHT, AND I COULD ACTUALLY PUT IT ON THE GROUND WITHOUT FEELING ANY PAIN. >> Reporter: ALL THE SUDDEN YOUR 174 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:09,187 FOOT WAS STRAIGHT? >> Translator: YES, LIKE THAT, LIKE IT IS JUST NOW, AND SO I KEPT GOING. 175 00:23:09,254 --> 00:23:15,494 >> Reporter: SHE SAYS SHE TOOK OFF THE BRACES AND STOPPED THE MORPHINE ALL AT ONCE. >> Reporter: DID THIS MAKE SENSE 176 00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:23,268 TO YOU? >> Translator: NO. I KNEW IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE. >> SHE CAME TO MY DOOR WITH HER 177 00:23:23,335 --> 00:23:30,275 DOCTOR AND SHE SAID LAST YEAR I CAME TO LORDS ON PILGRIMAGE AND THREE DAYS AFTER I GOT BACK HOME I WAS CURED. 178 00:23:30,342 --> 00:23:36,815 >> Reporter: THIS DOCTOR HEARS STORIES LIKE THIS ALL THE TIME. AS THE PRESIDENT AND RESIDING PHYSICIAN AT THE LORDS OFFICE OF 179 00:23:36,882 --> 00:23:44,489 MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS, THE FORMER PEDIATRICIAN'S JOB IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS MORE TO THOSE STORIES BY APPLYING 180 00:23:44,556 --> 00:23:52,330 SEVEN STRICT CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE CHURCH. WE'RE LOOKING FOR A DIAGNOSIS. AND IF THAT DIAGNOSIS IS A 181 00:23:52,397 --> 00:24:00,539 DIAGNOSIS OF A SEVERE DISEASE WITH A SEVERE PROGNOSIS, THEN WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT PERSON IS A PERSON THAT WAS 182 00:24:00,605 --> 00:24:09,714 CURED IN A WAY THAT ONE WOULD SAY SUDDENLY, IN AN INSTANTANEOUS WAY, IN A COMPLETE WAY, AND IN A WAY LASTING IN 183 00:24:09,781 --> 00:24:18,190 TIME. AND MY SEVENTH CRITERIA THAT HAS TO MATCH IS THERE MUST BE NO POSSIBLE EXPLANATION TO THAT 184 00:24:18,256 --> 00:24:24,429 CURE. >> SISTER BERNADETTE -- >> Reporter: HE SHOWED US THE ARCHIVES WHICH HOLD THOUSANDS OF 185 00:24:24,496 --> 00:24:28,433 RECORDED CLAIMS OF CURES. >> FEELS LIKE IT'S ALMOST TEN POUNDS. >> TEN POUNDS. 186 00:24:28,500 --> 00:24:35,407 >> Reporter: THIS DOCTOR, A PRACTICING CATHOLIC, TOLD US WHAT SEPARATES THE MORE THAN 7,000 CLAIMS OF CURES FROM THE 187 00:24:35,473 --> 00:24:44,349 70 THE CHURCH CALLS MIRACLES IS AN UNGODLY AMOUNT OF MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION AND PATIENTS LIKE SISTER MORIO WILLING TO PUT 188 00:24:44,416 --> 00:24:53,592 THEIR LIVES UNDER A MICROSCOPE. >> WE SENT TO DIFFERENT NEUROLOGISTS AND DIFFERENT RHEUMATOLOGISTS BECAUSE OF THE 189 00:24:53,658 --> 00:25:05,270 SPECIFIC CASE OF HER DISEASE, WE ASKED TO REPEAT TWICE ALL SORTS OF IMAGERY, ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY, DID ALL WE WOULD DO IN MEDICINE 190 00:25:05,337 --> 00:25:10,008 TO MAKE SURE OF HER DIAGNOSIS. IT WAS. >> Reporter: HE WANTED TO CONFIRM SOMETHING ELSE. 191 00:25:10,075 --> 00:25:18,083 >> Translator: I WAS ASKED TO MEET WITH TWO PSYCHIATRISTS IN PARIS. THEY WANTED TO KNOW IF I WAS 192 00:25:18,149 --> 00:25:25,924 LYING. IF I HAD ALREADY HAD ANY HALLUCINATIONS. IF I HAD LEVITATED. 193 00:25:25,991 --> 00:25:36,034 I REMEMBER ANSWERING NO, DOCTOR, I NEVER LEFT THE GROUND FLOOR. >> Reporter: SATISFIED THE DOCTOR SENT SISTER MORIO'S CASE 194 00:25:36,101 --> 00:25:42,140 TO A GROUP OF 33 DOCTORS AND PROFESSORS CALLED THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL COMMITTEE OF LORDS. 195 00:25:42,207 --> 00:25:48,980 ITS JOB IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER A CURE IS WHAT THEY CONSIDER MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED. >> WE'RE NOT TRYING TO REEL 196 00:25:49,047 --> 00:25:54,452 SOMETHING IN OR RULE SOMETHING OUT, WE'RE JUST TRYING TO BE OBJECTIVE. >> Reporter: YOU COULD CALL THEM 197 00:25:54,519 --> 00:26:07,499 THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATES, A SURGICAL ONCOLOGIST, A PROFESSOR OF UROLOGY AT JOHNS HOPKINS, AND A RENOWNED ADDICTION SPECIALIST 198 00:26:07,565 --> 00:26:17,676 SCRUTINIZED SISTER MORIO'S CASES. IS THERE ANYTHING THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED HER RESPONSE? 199 00:26:17,742 --> 00:26:25,583 >> NO TREATMENT WOULD BE THAT EFFECTIVE THAT QUICKLY. >> Reporter: DOES RELIGION ENTER INTO YOUR MEDICAL CONVERSATION? 200 00:26:25,650 --> 00:26:33,491 >> WE CANNOT SEPARATE OURSELVES AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN DEEPLY IMMERSED IN THE CULTURE AND THE TRADITIONS OF LORDS AND THE 201 00:26:33,558 --> 00:26:43,335 CHURCH. BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE'RE JUST AZTEC AS TECHNICAL AS A FORENSIC 202 00:26:43,401 --> 00:26:49,074 PATHOLOGIST. >> Reporter: AFTER EIGHT YEARS THE COMMITTEE DETERMINED THAT SISTER MORIO'S CASE WAS 203 00:26:49,140 --> 00:26:57,015 MEDICALLY UNEXPLAINED. WHEN YOU DO A SURVEY, THE INVESTIGATION OF SISTER BERNADETTE'S OR ANY OTHER CURES 204 00:26:57,082 --> 00:27:03,621 THIS IS DONE ON A PURELY MEDICAL BASIS, SOMETHING THAT COULD BE PEER REVIEWED BY OTHER PHYSICIANS OUTSIDE -- 205 00:27:03,688 --> 00:27:12,163 >> NOT COULD, THAT IS. >> Reporter: ARE PEER REVIEWED. >> I CAN AFFIRM WITH ABSOLUTE CERTAINTY THAT THE CASE OF 206 00:27:12,230 --> 00:27:21,172 SISTER BERNADETTE HAVE BEEN REVIEWED, READ, EXPERTIZED BY AT LEAST 300 PHYSICIANS, 300 PHYSICIANS. 207 00:27:21,239 --> 00:27:29,748 AND IF TOMORROW MORNING ANY OF OUR VIEWERS IS A DOCTOR, AND ONE DAY HE STOPS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE AND COMES TO SEE ME AND WANTS TO 208 00:27:29,814 --> 00:27:38,690 LOOK INTO THE FILE OF SISTER BERNADETTE I'LL BE DELIGHTED TO SHOW HIM. BECAUSE WE HAVE -- EVERYTHING IS 209 00:27:38,757 --> 00:27:48,400 OPEN, AND COLLEGIAL, NO SECRETS. >> Reporter: THE SECRET IS THE MYSELFRY OF IT ALL. THE CHURCH GETS THE LAST WORD. 210 00:27:48,466 --> 00:28:00,979 IN 2018 A DECADE AFTER HER CURE SISTER MORIO'S CASE WAS DECLARED THE 70th MIRACLE OF LORDS. >> DECLARING A MIRACLE IS SAYING 211 00:28:01,046 --> 00:28:07,752 GOD DID SOMETHING. THIS IS THE MIRACLE. AND THE DOCTORS CANNOT GO ON THAT LAND, ON THAT FIELD. 212 00:28:07,819 --> 00:28:17,295 >> Reporter: WHEN I TOLD PEOPLE I WAS COMING HERE I GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO TOLD ME, THERE'S GOT TO BE SOME EXPLANATION WE DON'T 213 00:28:17,362 --> 00:28:23,601 KNOW. WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE SKEPTICS? >> COME AND SEE, BE OPEN, DON'T BE NARROW MINDED. 214 00:28:23,668 --> 00:28:33,912 BE OPEN TO BELIEVE THAT THE REAL WORLD IS WIDER THAN THE VISIBLE ONE. >> Reporter: IT'S BEEN SAID 215 00:28:33,978 --> 00:28:42,620 ABOUT LORDS FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE NO EXPLANATION IS NECESSARY. FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT, NO 216 00:28:42,687 --> 00:28:59,170 EXPLANATION IS POSSIBLE. 217 00:29:00,071 --> 00:29:06,845 >>> YOU'D EXPECT A 600-YEAR-OLD SPORT TO HAVE PLAYED THROUGH ITS IDENTITY CRISIS, NOT THE CASE FOR POOL. 218 00:29:06,911 --> 00:29:14,486 THE SPORT'S VERY NAME COMES FROM POOLING MONEY TO DETERMINE ODDS AND WAGERING LENDS POOL MYSTIQUE. 219 00:29:14,552 --> 00:29:19,557 HUSTLING AND POOL GO TOGETHER LIKE A CUE STICK AND CHALK. BUT THAT'S AS MUCH A CURSE AS A BLESSING. 220 00:29:19,624 --> 00:29:26,464 HOW CAN A SPORT THRIVE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL WHEN SO MUCH OF IT EXISTS IN THE SHADOWS? HERE COMES SHANE VAN BOENING 221 00:29:26,531 --> 00:29:33,771 FROM RAPID CITY. AS WE FIRST TOLD YOU IN DECEMBER AT AGE 39 WITH NO INTEREST IN GAMBLING VAN BOENING IS ARGUABLY 222 00:29:33,838 --> 00:29:40,078 THE BEST AMERICAN PLAYER EVER TO BREAK A RACK. AND WAS RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE WORLD FOR 2022. 223 00:29:40,145 --> 00:29:51,556 HE ALSO HAPPENS TO BE DEAF. CAN THE SOUTH DAKOTA KID HELP TURN POOL, POPULAR IN BARS AND BASEMENTS, BUT NOT ON TV, INTO A 224 00:29:51,623 --> 00:29:57,896 PROPER PRO SPORT? WE HIT THE CIRCUIT WITH HIM TO FIND OUT. ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER CASINO 225 00:29:57,962 --> 00:30:05,270 HOTEL, SHANE VAN BOENING SPENDS 300 DAYS A YEAR ON THE ROAD PLAYING PROFESSIONAL POOL. TODAY HE'S CLOCKING IN EARLY AT 226 00:30:05,336 --> 00:30:13,611 THE JAMBOREE OF AMERICAN POOL TOURNAMENTS, THE DERBY CITY CLASSIC, HELD EVERY JANUARY OUTSIDE LOUISVILLE DERBY CITY IS 227 00:30:13,678 --> 00:30:22,587 A COLORFUL EXPRESSION OF POOL'S SPLIT PERSONALITY, DOWN STAIRS A FELT OCEAN DRAWING DOZENS OF THE WORLDS BEST PRACTITIONERS, THEY 228 00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:33,031 COMPETE 12 HOURS A DAY FOR NINE DAYS IN MULTIPLE EVENTS. THIS WINNER IS SMILING EAR TO EAR AND HIS CHECK TOPS OUT AT 229 00:30:33,097 --> 00:30:37,502 $16,000. BUT UPSTAIRS IT'S A DIFFERENT ECONOMY. BEHOLD POOL'S ZESTIER SIDE, 230 00:30:37,569 --> 00:30:46,678 POP-UP ACTION ROOMS, STANDING ROOM ONLY, WHERE PROS, AMATEURS AND WANNABES ALIKE COME TO THE TABLE FOR UNOFFICIAL 231 00:30:46,744 --> 00:30:52,850 COMPETITION, THE SIGNS SAY NO SMOKING AND NO GAMBLING. WE SURE DIDN'T SEE ANY SMOKING, TENSE, SOMETIMES HUNDREDS OF 232 00:30:52,917 --> 00:31:00,258 THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, BIG TIMBER, THEY CALL IT, CHANGE HANDS UNTIL THE SUN COMES UP. ONE PLAYER WE DIDN'T SEE 233 00:31:00,325 --> 00:31:09,801 GAMBLING UPSTAIRS, SHANE VAN BOENING, A GENERATIONAL TALENT KNOWN FOR HIS KILLER BREAK, VAN BOENING HAS WON THE U.S. OPEN 234 00:31:09,867 --> 00:31:16,441 FIVE TIMES AND BEEN NAMED PLAYER OF THE DECADE. DEAF SINCE BIRTH HE WEARS HEARING AIDS AND SHUTS DOWN ANY 235 00:31:16,507 --> 00:31:21,946 QUESTION THIS MAKES IT HARDER FOR HIM TO PLAY POOL. >> IT'S ACTUALLY A BIGGER ADVANTAGE FOR HE. 236 00:31:22,013 --> 00:31:29,153 >> HOW IS THAT? >> WHEN I PLAY A POOL TOURNAMENT I CAN JUST SHUT IT A OFF. >> DO YOU SHUT YOUR HEARING AIDS 237 00:31:29,220 --> 00:31:34,325 OFF WHEN YOU PLAY? >> WHEN I WON MY FIRST U.S. OPEN, EVERYTHING OFF. >> TOTAL SILENCE. 238 00:31:34,392 --> 00:31:40,498 >> YES, I'M TOTALLY, 100% ZONED IN. >> Reporter: NEVER MORE ZONED IN THAN IN 2018 WHEN HE LED THE 239 00:31:40,565 --> 00:31:47,205 UNITED STATES TO VICTORY OVER EUROPE AT THE MUSCONI CUP, POOL'S ANSWER TO GOLF'S RIDER CUP. 240 00:31:47,272 --> 00:31:56,281 >> HE IS GOING FOR IT. >> Reporter: HE CLOSED IT OUT WITH AN OFF ANGLE LONG DISTANCE COMBO, WITH A HIGH RISK, HIGH 241 00:31:56,347 --> 00:32:03,621 REWARD PRESSURE PACKED SHOT. >> WHAT A SHOT, SHANE VAN BOENING AND TEAM USA, UNBELIEVABLE FINISH. 242 00:32:03,688 --> 00:32:09,527 >> Reporter: THINK YOU COULD HAVE MADE THAT SHOT? WE WENT TO RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA, A SIDE POCKET OF AMERICA 243 00:32:09,594 --> 00:32:17,068 TO VAN BOENING'S POOL HALL WHERE HE EXPLAINED THAT MAKING BALLS DISAPPEAR INTO POCKETS IS ONLY HALF OF POOL EXCELLENCE. 244 00:32:17,135 --> 00:32:23,274 IT'S ALSO ABOUT SETTING UP YOUR NEXT SHOTS, CUE BALL CONTROL, THEY CALL IT. >> I'M GOING TO MAKE THE CUE 245 00:32:23,341 --> 00:32:32,317 BALL STOP RIGHT HERE SO I CAN SHOOT THE 2 ON THE SIDE. THEN I'M GOING TO -- >> YOU DID THAT HOW? 246 00:32:32,383 --> 00:32:39,090 HOW DID YOU DO THAT? >> JUST HIT IT RIGHT BELOW 7 CENTER. >> IT LINES UP THAT NEXT BALL 247 00:32:39,157 --> 00:32:42,894 PERFECTLY? >> YEAH. >> I'M SO STRUCK BY THE GEOMETRY OF ALL THIS. 248 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:50,368 >> YEAH, I LOVE GEOMETRY. IT'S ALL ABOUT THE ANGLES. >> Reporter: VAN BOENING SAYS HE CAN SEE EVERY ANGLE ON THE 249 00:32:50,435 --> 00:32:56,674 TABLE, A SIXTH SENSE THAT COMES FROM PRACTICING AS MUCH AS TEN HOURS A DAY, SHOOTING HALF A MILLION BALLS A YEAR. 250 00:32:56,741 --> 00:33:04,382 >> I WANT TO MAKE THE SHOT PERFECT, THE ONLY WAY TO HIT IT PERFECTLY, DO IT OVER AND OVER AND OVER. 251 00:33:04,449 --> 00:33:10,822 >> Reporter: CAN YOU BE PERFECT IN THE SPORT? >> NO. I TRY SO HARD, ALL THESE YEARS. 252 00:33:10,888 --> 00:33:18,196 >> Reporter: VAN BOENING COMES BY IT HONESTLY, HIS GRANDFATHER GARY BLOOMBERG, A KNOWN TRICK SHOT ARTIST OPENED POOL HALLS 253 00:33:18,262 --> 00:33:28,806 OFF I-90 EASY ACCESS FOR HUSTLERS, THESE ROOMS WERE FAMILY FRIENDLY PLACES. SHANE GOT HIS FIRST POOL CUE 254 00:33:28,873 --> 00:33:35,313 WHEN HE WAS 2 AND WENT TO THE POOLROOM EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL. NOT JUST TO PLAY, BUT TO ESCAPE KIDS WHO PICKED ON HIM FOR BEING 255 00:33:35,380 --> 00:33:41,219 DEAF. HOW BAD DID IT GET? >> THE KIDS WOULD START THROWING ROCKS AT ME. 256 00:33:41,285 --> 00:33:48,659 THEY WOULD PUT GUM IN MY HAIR AND THEN I WOULD GO HOME TO MY MOM AND I'D BE GOING HOME CRYING, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SHE 257 00:33:48,726 --> 00:33:54,432 MADE ME FEEL BETTER BY ASKING ME, DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE POOLROOM. >> Reporter: WHY DID COMING TO 258 00:33:54,499 --> 00:33:59,036 THE POOLROOM MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? >> WHEN YOU WALK IN THE POOLROOM, WHAT DO YOU SEE? 259 00:33:59,103 --> 00:34:04,609 YOU SEE PEOPLE HAVING A GOOD TIME. >> Reporter: BUT IT WAS MORE THAN THAT. 260 00:34:04,675 --> 00:34:16,721 HE HAD PRODIGIOUS ABILITY FOR THINKING STROKES AHEAD. HE AND HIS UNCLE LOADED INTO AN RV LOOKING FOR MONEY GAMES. 261 00:34:16,788 --> 00:34:23,928 OF COURSE THEY DID, THE HUSTLER, THAT STEALTH ROAD MAN ARMED ONLY WITH A WOODEN STICK AND CONFIDENCE DIVORCING THE LOCALS 262 00:34:23,995 --> 00:34:31,235 FROM THEIR CASH, HAS BEEN ROMANTICIZED FOR DECADES, NOT LEAST BY PAUL NEWMAN. THIS REPORTER WAS SO TAKEN BY 263 00:34:31,302 --> 00:34:38,776 POOL HUSTLING HE ONCE WROTE A BOOK ABOUT IT. FOR VAN BOENING THE ROMANCE HIT THE ROCKS, ABRUPTLY. 264 00:34:38,843 --> 00:34:47,752 I ASKED, PLAY IN THE POOLROOM IN TENNESSEE, PLAYING THIS GUY FOR MONEY, WEREN'T PLAYING FOR A WHOLE LOT AND HE WAS LOSING AND 265 00:34:47,819 --> 00:34:51,589 PICKED UP THE CUE BALL AND THREW IT AT ME. >> WHERE DID HE HIT YOU? >> RIGHT ON THE CHEST. 266 00:34:51,656 --> 00:34:57,195 >> THAT'S THE KIND OF THING YOU DO TO START A FIGHT. >> YEAH. >> HOW DID YOU REACT IF?SHE 267 00:34:57,261 --> 00:35:04,001 >> I TOLD MY UNCLE, I SAID, I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE. I DON'T WANT TO LIVE ON THE ROAD ANYMORE, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. 268 00:35:04,068 --> 00:35:09,307 >> FOR THE TITLE. >> HE CHOSE TO GO LEGIT AND BEGAN PLAYING AND WINNING PROPER TOURNAMENTS. 269 00:35:09,373 --> 00:35:14,679 THOUGH LESS LUCRATIVE THAN THE RAMBLING GAMBLING LIFE, VAN BOENING ENJOYED BEING A PROFESSIONAL. 270 00:35:14,745 --> 00:35:23,621 >> DID YOU WORRY COMING IN OFF THE ROAD WAS GOING TO IMPACT YOUR FINANCES? >> I KNOW SO MANY POOL PLAYERS, 271 00:35:23,688 --> 00:35:28,826 THE TOP POOL PLAYERS WERE MAKING MONEY, IF THEY CAN DO IT, I CAN DO IT. >> Reporter: BUT POOL IS A 272 00:35:28,893 --> 00:35:35,867 DECEPTIVELY TRICKY SPORT. >> NEXT UP, TWO SUPERPOWERS COLLIDE. >> ASK SHANE'S SCOTTISH 273 00:35:35,933 --> 00:35:43,207 COUNTERPART JASON SHAW, ANOTHER TOP PLAYER, EARLIER THIS YEAR SHAW HOLED UP IN A VIRGINIA POOLROOM FOR FIVE DAYS, AND 274 00:35:43,274 --> 00:35:51,282 BROKE THE STRAIGHT POOL RECORD MAKING 714 # SHOTS IN A ROW. >> THE STUFF THAT HAPPENS IN POOL WILL SCREW YOUR BRAIN UP. 275 00:35:51,349 --> 00:35:56,153 YOU'LL SEE SHOTS AND THINK HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? YOU'LL HEAR ALL DAY, HOW DID THAT LAND OVER THERE? 276 00:35:56,220 --> 00:36:02,193 DID YOU SEE THAT HOW THAT WENT IN, IN POOL, YOU SEE EVERY GAME SOMETHING WEIRD WILL HAPPEN. >> DOES THAT MAKE IT MORE 277 00:36:02,260 --> 00:36:07,131 EXHILARATING OR FRUSTRATING? >> BOTH. MENTALLY YOU WANT TO FLIP THE TABLE AT SOME POINT. 278 00:36:07,198 --> 00:36:12,069 >> EVER FLIPPED A TABLE? >> NO, THOUGHT ABOUT IT A FEW TIMES. >> PEOPLE COME IN, HOW HARD 279 00:36:12,136 --> 00:36:18,609 COULD IT BE, A RECTANGLE WITH SIX POCKETS. >> 20 MINUTES LATER THERE'S STILL 15 BALLS ON THE TABLE, AND 280 00:36:18,676 --> 00:36:24,415 THE GUY IS SCRATCHING HIS HEAD AND SAYING I THOUGHT THIS WAS EASY. IT'S NOT. 281 00:36:24,482 --> 00:36:32,156 >> Reporter: WE WATCHED YOU AT DERBY CITY PLAY JASON SHAW. >> JASON WHO? >> Reporter: IS HE YOUR RIVAL? 282 00:36:32,223 --> 00:36:38,896 >> YEAH, IT'S BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL YEARS HOW. HE'S A GREAT PLAYER. WE'RE ALWAYS GOING TO HAVE A 283 00:36:38,963 --> 00:36:42,934 BATTLE. >> Reporter: YOU OKAY WITH THAT? >> YEAH, YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT LOSING. 284 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:49,807 IF YOU DON'T ACCEPT LOSING, YOU'RE GOING TO GO CRAZY. >> HOW THICK IS THIS ICE? >> IF HAVING A RIVAL IS CENTRAL 285 00:36:49,874 --> 00:36:58,950 TO BEING AN ELITE ATHLETE, SO IS THIS, LEAVING TIME TO CLEAR YOUR HEAD, SO IT WAS WE FOUND OURSELVES FOLLOWING SHANE VAN 286 00:36:59,016 --> 00:37:09,160 BOENING OUT ONTO A LAKE IN THE BLACK HILLS. VAN BOENING GOES FISHING, EVERY MORNING WHEN HE'S BACK HOME. 287 00:37:09,226 --> 00:37:20,738 WE DIDN'T CATCH ANY FISH. WE DID CATCH HIS DRIFT, HIS TAKE ON THE VIRTUES OF COMPLETE SILENCE. 288 00:37:20,805 --> 00:37:27,912 VANITY PLATE NOTWITHSTANDING FEW EXTRAVAGANCES COME WITH BEING NUMBER ONE IN POOL, THE RAG TAG PRO TOUR BARELY TELEVISED IN THE 289 00:37:27,979 --> 00:37:37,254 U.S. STRUGGLES TO DRAW MUCH INTEREST, OR INVESTMENT OUTSIDE OF POOL DIE HARDS. >> HOW MANY SPONSORS? 290 00:37:37,321 --> 00:37:41,492 >> SIX SPONSORS. >> CUES, TABLES AND POOL PRODUCTS. >> YES. 291 00:37:41,559 --> 00:37:47,264 >> ANY SPONSORS OUTSIDE OF POOL? >> NO. >> WHAT CAN A TOP PLAYER MAKE? >> ONLY SIX FIGURES. 292 00:37:47,331 --> 00:37:51,936 AFTER EXPENSES, MAYBE FIVE FIGURES. >> NO ONE'S MAKING A MILLION BUCKS. 293 00:37:52,003 --> 00:37:58,476 >> NO, IT'S NEVER HAPPENED. >> Reporter: VAN BOENING SAYS CLEANING UP THE SPORT, DOING AWAY WITH BACK ROOM MONEY GAMES, 294 00:37:58,542 --> 00:38:05,616 WOULD LURE BIG CORPORATE SPONSORS, BIG MEDIA DEALS, AND GROW PROFESSIONAL POOL. WE SAW FIRSTHAND HIS DISCOMFORT 295 00:38:05,683 --> 00:38:14,425 WITH GAMBLING, AND ALL THAT COMES WITH IT. WHEN WE INTERVIEWED YOU IN DERBY CITY, I DON'T REMEMBER IF YOU 296 00:38:14,492 --> 00:38:20,831 REMEMBER THE -- DO YOU RECALL WHAT HAPPENED? >> OH, THE GAMBLER, IS THAT WHAT HAPPENED? 297 00:38:20,898 --> 00:38:25,036 YEAH. >> Reporter: IT WAS MORNING AT DERBY CITY AND THE ACTION UPSTAIRS FROM THE NIGHT BEFORE 298 00:38:25,102 --> 00:38:33,344 WAS STILL SIMMERING. >> ARE THEY ARGUING? >> Reporter: OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW MINUTES TWO PLAYERS WHO 299 00:38:33,411 --> 00:38:39,784 HAD BET ON A GAME NEARLY CAME TO BLOWS. >> YOU CANNOT GAMBLE. >> Reporter: VAN BOENING COULD 300 00:38:39,850 --> 00:38:46,524 ONLY SHAKE HIS HEAD. >> GOT TO BE A CLEAN SPORT. >> Reporter: ENTER PRO POOL'S UNLIKELY NEW GUARDIAN, EMILY 301 00:38:46,590 --> 00:38:54,899 FRASER OF THE BRITISH SPORTS PROMOTER, THE COMPANY REVAMPED PRO DARTS AND SNOOKER IN THE UK, STREAMLINING CIRCUITS AND 302 00:38:54,965 --> 00:39:00,871 TURNING TOP PLAYERS INTO CELEBRITIES WHO MAKE MILLIONS. >> THAT'S WHERE THE TROPHY SITS. >> Reporter: FRASER IS TASKED 303 00:39:00,938 --> 00:39:05,943 WITH DOING THE SAME FOR POOL, AND SHE SAYS GAMBLING IS THE LEAST OF HER WORRIES. WHAT'S THE STATE OF PROFESSIONAL 304 00:39:06,010 --> 00:39:11,449 POOL TODAY? >> OH, AN ABSOLUTE MESS. >> Reporter: WHY DO YOU SAY THAT? 305 00:39:11,515 --> 00:39:19,423 >> THE FIRST EVER U.S. OPEN I DID IN 2019, OH MY GOSH, THE PLAYERS TURNED UP, THEY WERE IN JEANS, I'M GOING, HANG ON A 306 00:39:19,490 --> 00:39:26,297 SECOND, LOVE, WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, WHY IS THIS GUY TURNING UP IN JEANS? FRASER HAS ASKED FRO PLAYERS TO 307 00:39:26,363 --> 00:39:33,971 DRESS THE PART BUT WON'T ASK HEM TO GIVE UP THEIR SIDE HUSTLES. >> ALL OF THE BASEMENT TABLES AND THE MONEY MATCHES, THAT'S 308 00:39:34,038 --> 00:39:37,374 BRILLIANT. >> YOU DO? >> YEAH, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC BECAUSE IT'S GOT THE HISTORY 309 00:39:37,441 --> 00:39:41,946 BEHIND IT. >> YOU'RE OKAY IF PEOPLE ARE STILL GAMBLING AND PLAYING MONEY GAMES? 310 00:39:42,012 --> 00:39:48,252 >> AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, IN A COUPLE OF YEARS TIME THEY WON'T NEED TO HAVE ANY MONEY MATCHES. >> THE MARKET WILL DO ITS THING? 311 00:39:48,319 --> 00:39:56,460 >> EXACTLY. BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S NOT VIEWED AS THIS PROFESSIONAL SPORT, AND IT HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS TO BE 312 00:39:56,527 --> 00:40:00,131 ONE. >> Reporter: SHE STANDARDIZED THE FORMAT. THIS IS COMMERCIALIZED, SPONSOR 313 00:40:00,197 --> 00:40:07,538 FRIENDLY NINE BALL, NOT THE SOLIDS AND STRIPES EIGHT BALL YOU'VE LIKELY PLAYED. IN OCTOBER AT THE U.S. OPEN HELD 314 00:40:07,605 --> 00:40:15,479 IN ATLANTIC CITY FRASER BROUGHT IN BIGGER LIVE AUDIENCES AND RAMPED UP TV PRODUCTION. SHE'S KEPT ONE POOL HALLMARK, 315 00:40:15,546 --> 00:40:20,785 THE SMOKE-FILLED ROOM. CLOSE, BUT NO CIGAR. THERE'S A MACHINE PUFFING AWAY IN THE CORNER. 316 00:40:20,851 --> 00:40:27,625 WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARED THERE WAS SHANE VAN BOENING. HE WAS FRESH OFF WINNING HIS FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, 317 00:40:27,691 --> 00:40:34,198 SEALING HIS STATUS ATOP THE SPORT. HE CONFIDED TO US THAT HE'D SLEPT WITH THE TROPHY FOR A 318 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:39,470 MONTH. VAN BOENING IS MOBBED AT POOL TOURNAMENTS BUT CAN STILL WALK THROUGH AN AIRPORT UNBOTHERED. 319 00:40:39,537 --> 00:40:47,878 >> HE'S NO LeBRON JAMES, AND I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND THAT, AND I RECOGNIZE THAT, AND IT'S OUR JOB TO TURN THAT AROUND. 320 00:40:47,945 --> 00:40:57,054 IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TURN THAT WORLD NUMBER ONE PRIZE MONEY FROM $80,000 TO A MILLION, SO IT'S PRIZE MONEY, IT'S MORE 321 00:40:57,121 --> 00:41:02,092 EVENTS, AND LET'S GET THESE PLAYERS KNOWN. YOU'VE GOT TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THEM. 322 00:41:02,159 --> 00:41:10,134 >> Reporter: ARE THEY LOVABLE? >> YES, SOME OF THEM. >> Reporter: THE HEALTH OF THE SPORT ALSO DEPENDS ON MINTING A 323 00:41:10,201 --> 00:41:17,508 NEW GENERATION OF ELITE PLAYERS. SO THIS TOURNAMENT HAD A JUNIOR DIVISION HELD ALONGSIDE THE PROS, AND NAMED, WHAT ELSE, THE 324 00:41:17,575 --> 00:41:23,514 SHANE VAN BOENING JUNIOR OPEN. >> FUTURE PROS? >> OH, YEAH, DEFINITELY, DEFINITELY, THEY HAVE SO MUCH 325 00:41:23,581 --> 00:41:29,486 PASSION FOR THE GAME. I'M GOING TO SHOOT THIS. >> Reporter: BACK AT THE POOL HALL IN RAPID CITY WE EXPERIENCE 326 00:41:29,553 --> 00:41:44,735 POOL'S HIGHS AND LOWS IN THE SAME HOUR. DIDN'T LET ME HIT A BALL. EVER THE SPORT'S GENTLEMAN SHANE 327 00:41:44,802 --> 00:41:50,007 VAN BOENING WOULDN'T LET US LEAVE WITHOUT SETTING UP A TRICK SHOT. POOL MAY OR MAY NOT CLEAN UP ITS 328 00:41:50,074 --> 00:41:55,613 ACT BUT ANY SPORT THAT CAN PROVIDE THIS PURE SIMPLE THRILL. >> GO RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE? >> RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. 329 00:41:55,679 --> 00:42:09,760 >> YOU RECKON IT WILL SURVIVE JUST FINE. >> OH, OH. YOU GOT THAT.