THANKS VERY MUCH.
>>
DURING THIS
VERY COLD
WEEK
JAY BRINGS US A
VERY
WARM
STORY. ABOUT A YOUNG SUBURBAN
MAN WHOSE
LIFE HAS EXCEEDED THE
LOW EXPECTATION MANY PEOPLE
HAD
FOR HIM. AND
TEE VOTED PARENTS
WHO NEVER STOPPED BELIEVING
.
HERE'S
JAY.
>>
EVERYBODY DOING
GOOD?
GOOD.
>>Reporter: WHAT YOU NOTICE
RIGHT AWAY ABOUT SETH
GOLDBERG
IS THAT HE IS ONE OF THE
FRIENDLY
FRIENDLIEST AN MOST UP BEAT
PEOPLE YOU
WILL
EVER MEET ALSO
SOME THINGS
ABOUT SETH NOT
MEDLEY OBVIOUS. SETH IS ALMOST
COMPLETELY
DEAF
. HEARING AIDS
HELP A LITTLE AND HE'S A VERY
GOOD LIP READER
.
HE'S
ALSO
DEVELOPMENTALLY DISABLE
.
SEIZURE
DISORDER AND
FORM OF
MS.
>> HE DOESN'T DRIVE AT THE END
OF THE SHIFT ONE OR BOTH
PARENTS PICK HIM UP.
>> THIS IS
MY MOM
AND MY
DAD.
>>Reporter: HE ALMOST WASN'T
PART OF THIS FAMILY.
>> PEOPLE TOLD US
YOU ARE
CRAZY. YOU ARE GOING RUIN
YOUR
LIFE.
>>Reporter: MARLA AND TED
ADOPTED SETH 31 YEARS
AGO
WHEN
HE WAS 4
DAYS OLD.
>> SETH WAS FINE
. HE WAS LIKE
ANY OTHER YOU KNOW
BABY.
>>Reporter: BUT WITHIN A FEW
MONTHS THEY KNEW SOMETHING WAS
WRONG
. WHEN
TEST CONFIRMED
THE
HEARING HEALTH AND
DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS, EVEN
THE ADOPTION AGENCY SA
ID THAT
IT WAS OKAY TO BRING SEVENTH
BACK.
>>
I
WOULD NEVER CONSIDER
THAT.
>> THEY TALKED ABOUT IT LIKE A
BAG OF GROCERY. NOBODY IS
TAKING THAT CHILD AWAY FROM
ME.
IF.
>>Reporter: WELL SETH HAD A
LOT GOING AGAINST HIM FROM THE
START. HE WAS
LUCKY IN AT
LEAST ONE WAY.
HE LANDED IN
THE ARMS OF A MOTHER WHO KNEW
HOW TO LIVE
WITH ILLNESS.
>> A LOT
OF
PEOPLE COULDN'T
HANDLE
THIS. BUT EVERYBODY HAS
SOMETHING.
>>Reporter: EVERYBODY HAS
SOMETHING. ISN'T JUST A
PLATITUDE FOR MARLA
. IT'S BEEN
HER
LIFE
EXPERIENCE
. MARLA
HERSELF WAS A 28
OUNCE PREMIE
.
MORE RECENTLY THAT
OXYGEN TUBE
SHE WEARS IS BECAUSE
HER LUNG
COLLAPSED 6 YEARS
AGO.
>>
I
WOULD DO WHATEVER I
COULD
TO GET THIS CHILD
SOME CHANCE
IN, YOU KNOW
, SURVIVING IN
SOCIETY. BUT YOU KNOW
WHEN
AARON WOULD SAY I'M SCARED IS
HE GOING TO DIE. I COULDN'T
SAY
NO.
>>Reporter: AT 31 SETH
IS VERY
AWARE OF HOW FAR HE
HAS COME.
>> WHEN
I WAS LITTLE ACTUALLY
THE DOCTORS DID TELL MY
PARENTS
THAT I SHOULD BE
INSTITUTION
IDESED
BECAUSE I WAS I WA
SN'T
GOING TO TALK OR BE ABLE TO
WALK. I WASN'T GOING TO BE
ABLE TO SIT UP. LOOK
WHAT I'M
DOING RIGHT NOW. I'M SITTING
UP.
I
WALK. I'M TALKING
TO
YOU. I
TALK
.
THE.
>>Reporter: FAMILY GIVES
CREDIT TO GOOD
DOCTORS. GOOD
SCHOOL. SUPPORTIVE
COMMUNITY.
AND MUSCULAR
DYSTROPHY
DRUG.
IT WAS STILL EXPERIMENTAL WHEN
MARLA HEARD BIT
ON THE TELETHON
AND GOT
IN A TRIAL AS
A TODDLER
AND GOT IN A TRIAL AS A
TODDLER. SHE SAYS IT WAS LIKE
HE WOKE
UP.
>>
ONCE IT GOT INTO HIS BODY
THE
CHILD WAS TAKING STEPS WITH
A WALKER. HE HAD
STARTED
TO
SAY WORDS. IT WAS A SPARK
THERE.
>> YOU WANTED
THE APPLE
TOGETHER, RIGHT?
>>Reporter: AND SETH HAS COME
A LONG WAY. HE WENT FROM
BAGGER TO FULL-TIME CASHIER
.
HE PLAYS WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL.
HE PERFORMS IF
PLAYS. HE
EVEN
SITS ON THE DISABILITY
COMMISSION FOR THE VILLAGE OF
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS
. AND THROUGH
ALL THE DOCTOR
VISITS AND
HOSPITAL STAYS
AND SEIZURE AND
PAIN AND THERAPY
, THER
E SEEM TO
BE TWO THINGS THAT
KEEP
GOING.
ONE IS HIS POSITIVE ATTITUDE
ABOUT EVERYTHING.
AND THE
OTHER IS HIS LOVE OF
MUSIC.
>> EVEN THOUGH
HE REALLY
HAD A
SEVERE PROFOUND HEARING PROBLEM
THEY WOULD PUT HIS HAND ON
GUITAR
AND HE
COULD FEEL THE
VIBRATIONS.
>> THIS GENTLEMAN
RIGHT HERE
THIS IS PETER FROM PETER
PALL
AND MARY.
>>Reporter: MUSIC BROUGHT
TO
SOME OF THE PROUDEST MOMENTS.
>> HE GOT SO EXCITE
D WITH ANY
KIND OF
MUSIC. THAT WE TOOK
HIM WITH US TO A
PETER PAUL AND
MARY CONCERT
. ¶¶ ¶¶ I'M LEAVING
ON A
JET PLANE ¶¶ ¶¶
.
>>Reporter: WHEN THE TRIO
NOTED
16-YEAR-OLD SETH
IN THE
AUDIENCE AND SIGNING ALONG
WITH
THEIR SONGS,
THEY INVITED HIM
TO DO HIS SIGN LANGUAGE
ON
STAGE. HE'S PERFORMED
WITH
THEM NOW FOR 15 YEARS
.
>> THIS GENTLEMAN
RIGHT HERE
WHICH I AM VERY
, VERY PLEASED
WITH
THIS WITH JOSH
GROBIN.
>>Reporter: JOSH GROIN
IS
SEVENTH AFAVORITE SING B.A
YEAR
AGO SETH BEGAN TO
DREAM ABOUT
SHARING THE STAGE WITH HIM.
>> WHEN I FIRST HEARD THAT HE
WAS COMING TO
CHICAGO I WAS
TRYING TO FIND
WHO HIS
MANAGEMENT
IS.
>> SETH MAY DISABLED BUT
HE
KNOWS HIS WAY AROUND
THE I HOPE
NET AND
IS PERFECT SINCE. HE
FOUND THE
MANAGER
ON LINE.
>>
COME ON OUT SETH.
>>Reporter: IN THE SUMMER OF
2013
AT THIS FESTIVAL IN FRONT
OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND
NEARLY THAT MANY CELL
PHONE
CAMERA SETH JOIN HIS
IDOL ON
STAGE. ¶¶ ¶¶
STARY
STARY
NIGHT.
>>Reporter: HIS PARENTS IN THE
AUDIENCE BEAMING OF COURSE
.
BUT THEY WERE IN FOR A
SURPRISE
BUT THEY WERE IN FOR A
SURPRISE. THEY THOUGHT SETH
WOULD ONLY BE ON STAGE FOR THIS
ONE SONG AND THEY DIDN'T KNOW
THAT SETH AND
JOSH GROBIN HAD
SECRET
LY PLANNED
AN INCORE
ESPECIALLY FOR THEM.
>>
I WOULD LIKE
TO
INVITE SETH
BACK ON STAICHBILITY ALL OF A
SUDDEN OUT COMES SETH
.
>>
HE
WANTED TO BE SURPRISE FOR
MY PARENTS. BECAUSE
YOU WAKE
ME UP IS VERY, VERY POWERFUL
SONG. ¶¶ ¶¶
TALKING
ABOUT
SOMEBODY RAISING THE
PERSON UP
AND HELPING THEM WALK THROUGH
THE STORMY
SEA. ¶¶ ¶¶
ON MY
SHOULDER ¶¶ ¶¶
I HAVE HAD
PE
OPLE
OVER THEIR SHOULDER. HELPED
RAISE ME
UP
.
YOU RAISE ME UP ¶¶
¶¶
.
>> WHEN
YOU HAVE A CHILD YOU
JUST WANT THE BEST FOR
THEM.
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU
GAVE
BIRTH TO THEM OR
NOT
.
IF ¶¶ ¶¶
WHEREIN AM OPEN YOUR SHOULDER
,
YOU RAISE
ME UP ¶¶ ¶¶
.
>> HAVING A
DISABLED
CHILD
YOU
WORK EVEN HARDER
. YOU
WANT IT
SO BADLY FOR
THEM
. ¶¶ ¶¶ YOU
RAISE
ME
UP
MORE THAN
I
CAN SEE
¶¶ ¶¶
.
>> SETH SURPRISES US EVERY DAY
.
HE DOES
SUCH AMAZING
THINGS
THAT IN MY
WILDEST DREAMS I
NEVER
THOUGHT THAT
THIS WOULD
HAPPEN. ABOUT
.
>> CHICAGO TONIGHT.
THIS
IS
JAY. ABOUT.
>> THANK YOU
SO VERY
MUCH.
WE
LOVE
>> ON OUR WEB SITE YOU
CAN
WATCH SETH GOLDBERG
PERFORMANCE
WITH
JOSH GROBIN AND YOU CAN
ALSO FIND THIS
AND ALL CHICAGO
TONIGHT STORIES AND INTERVIEW