Crystal Champ News Today

We have an update for you. well check in with the officer and the woman he helped rescue from the streets to see how the baby is doing. heres cnns ed lavandera. >> reporter: the last time we saw crystal champ she couldnt break the grip of addiction to heroin and crystal meth. >> i dont want to do this. im happy. im fine being here. >> reporter: she refused to board a plane to a drug treatment facility. but a few days after this, crystal and her partner tom did get on that plane. this is crystal ...

Break the addiction to crystal meth. >> im happy. im fine being a freaking heroin addict on the street. >> she finally broke down to drug treatment. she did get on that plane. this is crystal champ now, nearly six months sober. a lot has changed since the last time we saw you. >> yes. a lot has changed. >> in a good way. >> yeah. in a very good way. >> the moment that was so painful to watch was outside the airport there and you saying you were perfectly happy being a homeless heroin addict. >> ...

Twilight zone. >> i dont know where he gets it from, he basically adopted us too. >> everybody is redeemable. tom and crystal had value. hope had value. and by following that, look where it led. it led to wonderful things happening. >> that was crystal champ you heard from, the birth mother. ryan holets always said it wasnt enough just to adopt this baby, he wanted to get help for the birth parents. crystal and her partner tom. because of the first story we did, there was a florida treatment fac...

December when an albuquerque police officer encountered this homeless couple shooting up heroin behind a convenience store. >> how far along are you? >> crystal champ was eight months pregnant. >> why are you doing that stuff? its going to ruin your baby. youre going to kill your baby. >> the moment changed all their lives. the family adopted crystals baby. baby hope is doing well. and because of the first story, a florida treatment facility offered to help crystal and her partner tom key. thats...

Of a homeless woman battling heroin addiction months ago. now holets and his wife, guests of the first family at the state of the union address. >> whats it been like for you? >> its amazing. >> reporter: the journey started last september when ryan holets, albuquerque police officer, encountered in homeless couple, shooting up heroin behind a convenience store. >> how far along are you? >> eight months. >> reporter: oh, my gosh. >> crystal champ was eight months pregnant. >> reporter: youre goi...

Why are you doing that stuff? it is going to ruin your baby. youre going to kill your baby. >> ed lavandera is here. you covered this story from the beginning. it is an amazing story of compassion. >> unbelievable. thats one of the messages that he hopes to use this platform of this day to express to people the conflict and the torment many of these people are going through. just to kind of recap the story, ryan holets in that situation, came across crystal champ, in that moment, offered to adop...

On the mother and the police officer who went beyond the call of duty. >>reporter: crystal champ flies a sign in an intersection. scrapping together the money she needs to live and to pay for the heroin that controls her life. crystal was at the center of a cnn story that touched tens of millions of people around the world. after the story ran, there were a lot of people worried about you and wanted to see good things happen for you and to get clean. how does that make you feel? what do you take...

Seen as flammable. i guess it is because its a lighter. its cute. jen is a huge fisherman, conservationist. >> babies love flammable things. >> thats right. you can take the thing out of it and youll be all right. now to an update on the cnn story that touched millions on social media. this police officer adopted an opioid addicts baby when he encountered her on the job. after the story aired, several rehab facilities across the country offered to help the babys mother and her partner. but did t...

Now have an update for you on a story that captured the attention of so many of you. this police officer who is adopting a baby from a mom who is homeless and addicted to drugs. cnns ed lavandera follows up on this officer who went beyond the call of duty and the mother he is so desperately trying to help. >> reporter: crystal champ flies a sign in an albuquerque, new mexico intersection. scrapping together the money she needs to live and to pay for the heroin that controls her life. crystal was...

And so -- >> reporter: three weeks later, crystal champ gave birth and ryan and his wife agreed to adopt the baby they named hope. >> ive gotten tired of seeing so many situations where i want to help, but cant. and in that moment, i realized that i had a chance to help. >> reporter: hope suffered through withdrawaling during weeks of medical treatment, but shes gaining weight now and doing well. >> her father and me love her, you know, very, very much. and we did not give her up because we didn...