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>> reporter: drama came with it, huh? >> oh, yes, oh, yes. >> reporter: veronica tried for years to find annie a stable home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don't do that, veronica? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: don't cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don't bring her into your home. >> well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i'm sure the t...

Home. but after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive and stubborn, made a surprising decision to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don't do that, veronica? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: don't cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don't bring her into your home. >> well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i'm sure the thought was, okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn't know what she's doing. but it was very much, are you sure? you can't ...

And so i'm sure the thought was, okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn't know what she's doing. but it was very much, are you sure? you can't save everybody. >> reporter: but veronica was determined to try. she and her then-husband dennis adopted 10-year-old annie in january 2007. annie, who had bounced around from house to house, finally had a home, parents and brothers who adored her. >> she was the immediate cool big sister. she liked being the oldest, being in charge and teaching them all of this cool stuff. >> reporter: she was wanted, happy, making memories. opening gifts on christmas mor...

A stable home. after annie had been flung back to the state nine times, veronica, young, naive, and stubborn made a surprising decision. to adopt annie. did your superiors tell you, you know, we don't do that, veronica? >> oh, yes. >> reporter: don't cross that line. you have a professional relationship with this child. but don't bring her into your home. >> well, and that was very true. and because at the time, i also happened to be about six months pregnant. and so i'm sure the thought was, okay, crazy pregnant lady. she doesn't know what she's doing. but it was very much, are you sure? you ...

Won't stop it. >> i'm sorry, i want to jump in. she is right, some gun deaths cannot be prevented th. is very similar to the debate over airbags and seat belts from decades ago. the argument against putting them in cars was you won't save everybody. that's true. but just because there is a car accident where the car explodes and airbag wouldn't have saved anybody. doesn't mean that all airbags are failures. it really does, when you take the aggregate and you look at our country, the highest number of gun deaths per capita in the world. we could ask that question. >> sandra: is there any -- any...