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It's the morning of March 22nd, 1979.

In Washington, D.C. Spring has already arrived.

The sun shines brightly on the nation's capital and smiling couple stroll down streets near the national mall.

A taxi door slams and a 36 year old man steps out onto the sidewalk.

His name is Jim Creswell and unlike everyone around him, he's wearing a dark brown suit and a grim expression.

Today is supposed to be Creswell's day off.

He's a regional inspector for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the federal agency that oversees the nation's nuclear power plants.

Right now, Creswell would rather be at home with his wife and daughter back in Chicago, but Creswell has an important task, much more important than taking a day off.

Today, he's going to meet with two commissioners from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and he's going to tell them something they have to hear.

Creswell approaches a tall, looming building, the headquarters of the agency.

He takes a deep breath and enters.

But as he walks through the vast building, Creswell starts to wonder if this trip was a mistake.

He's going behind his boss's backs and that could land him in very hot water.

But he doesn't feel he has much of a choice, not when so many lives might be at stake.

Soon, Creswell steps into the conference room.

Two men are sitting at a large oak table and on the table, Creswell spots a letter.

He immediately realizes that it's his letter which he sent to the agency detailing a recent incident at a nuclear power plant in Toledo, Ohio.

It's a letter that could make Creswell a hero and save lives from a nuclear meltdown or it could end his career.

Creswell closes the door, takes a seat.

One of the men leans forward and picks up the letter.

It's Peter Bradford, one of the commissioners who runs the agency.

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