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Twilight zone. >> i don't 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 wasn't 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 facility that reached out to us and helped offer them the opportunity to go into rehab and that's whe...

Her guardian angels. >> i don't know where he came from, but i'm really happy he was here. i couldn't have prayed for this to happen the way it did because, you know, he basically adopted us, too. >> reporter: ryan speaks with them daily and says they're taking the first steps to getting sober. is there a message you want to take away from your story? >> everybody is redeemable. tom and crystal had value. hope had value. by following that, look where it's led. it's led to wonderful things happening. >> reporter: do you feel like you have this moment you want to make the most of it? >> it's act...

Join energy upgrade california and do your thing. tonight, ryan holets will attend the state of the union address. the albuquerque, new mexico, police officer, he has been hailed as a hero and appropriately so after adopting a baby born to a homeless heroin addict. his body camera was rolling when he encountered the woman in the process of shooting up. >> how far along are you? >> eight months. >> oh, my gosh.

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. >> what's it been like for you? >> it's 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: you're going to kill your baby. >> reporter: it changed all their lives. baby hope is doing well and becaus...

Why are you doing that stuff? it is going to ruin your baby. you're going to kill your baby. >> ed lavandera is here. you covered this story from the beginning. it is an amazing story of compassion. >> unbelievable. that's 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 adopt the baby without having the initial conversation with his wife. baby is doing well as you see in...