Rusk, 67, a former machinist and painter who admitted on a 1992 medical exam to drinking a six-pack of beer a day and occasionally using "amphetamine and IV crank, " blamed his shortness of breath on brake pads even though he worked part-time as a car mechanic and started smoking in 1951.
Durham, North Carolina (CNN) -- The first week of each month, Karen and Jerry Vaneman pack their car for a four-hour drive from Asheville, North Carolina, to the medical complex at Duke University.