While off duty, Officer Jody Thompson responded to a harrowing child abuse call he wasn’t assigned to—and it changed his life forever. He arrived to find an 8-year-old boy in critical condition: bound by belts, covered in bruises, and shivering after being submerged in a trash can of cold water. Moved by the child’s suffering, Thompson immediately decided to foster—and later adopt—him. Months later, the Thompsons also welcomed the boy’s newborn sister into their home after learning of her birth while the children’s mother was incarcerated. Their story is a powerful testament to compassion and the transformative power of unconditional love.