After living a life filled with addiction and time in prison, Burton chose to turn it all around and get clean.

The boy, upon seeing the brand-new basketball hoop immediately shouted 'thank you!' and started bouncing up and down with excitement.

Barefoot and hungry, the man seemed a bit dazed in the video footage released from the deputies' bodycams.

Mateo was able to take a driving test and then delivered packages to police, city officials and others in his UPS truck.

He's far from the youngest chess master - he comes in at number 28 - but he's set his sights on a new goal: To become the world's youngest grandmaster.

Paskalides saw that Monyay was a determined young woman and just needed that mentor figure in her life.

The oldest child is now 37, and some of them still keep in touch, emailing and visiting as they can - but Owens isn't done yet.

The sign means little to those who weren't familiar with his presence on that corner, but those who knew him know it's from him.

Not only has Mike racked up an impressive academic career for someone his age, he's also started two tech companies.

Thanks to the blessings from total strangers, he is in a very different place than where he started - and he plans on making the best of it.