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Now to an incredible story of selflessness. a police officer's encounter with a heroin addicted woman affected him so much that he was compelled to help in an extraordinary way. here's cnn's ed lavandera explaining in this beyond the call of duty. >> heroin and crystal meth controlled crystal's life. >> it is everything. >> reporter: the strangling grip of addiction has left her homeless on streets of albuquerque, new mexico. >> i did give up. i just decided this was going to be my life. >> reporter: living in a tent in the brush. along side a highway. >> i know how bad it is, you know, i'm th...

Now to an incredible story of selflessness. a police officer was compelled to help in an extraordinary way. >> heroin and crystal meth controlled crystal champ's life. >> it is everything. >> the strangling grip of addiction has left her homeless on the streets of albuquerque, new mexico. >> i did give up, you know. i just decided this was going to be my life. >> living in a tent in the brush alongside a highway. >> i know how bad it is, you know. i am the first one to know how bad my situation is, and -- >> for crystal, the thought of a guardian angel walking into her life was unimaginable, b...