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It's early evening on January 26, 1996. Jeffrey Wigan sits on the edge of an unmade bed and takes several deep breaths.

Tonight, Wigan is in a hotel room in Louisville, Kentucky, and he's trying to keep calm.

But that's difficult because Wigan is well aware that in 15 minutes, he's going to become famous.

The CBS Evening News is about to run a clip from his soon-to-air 60-minute interview.

In it, Wigan made shocking accusations about the tobacco industry.

Wigan takes some comfort, knowing that many will commend him for exposing Big Tobacco's lies.

But over the last few years, he's also made many powerful enemies.

His appearance on TV tonight will surely make that list grow bigger.

Wigan's eyes dart anxiously around the cramped hotel room.

A wave of nausea begins to build in his stomach.

He feels tired. Tired of hiding here like an animal.

This small hotel room has been Wigan's home for the past two weeks, ever since his wife, Lucretia, kicked him out of the house.

She'd been frightened that morning two weeks ago because she opened their mailbox and found a single bullet.

It was the last straw. That was it, she told Wigan.

Wigan rises and pulls back the window curtain of the hotel room.

He stares across the street, gazing at the tall building that houses Brown and Williamson, his old employer.

Wigan searches the 26 floors and notices that his old office is dark.

So is the rest of the building, with one exception, the 18th floor legal department.

The lights up there never go out. Wigan shakes his head.

He can imagine all the B&W lawyers up there working around the clock to ruin his life.

Wigan drops the curtain and turns on the TV.

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