Jesse Whitten, 33, was on his usual patrol duty as a Santa Rosa, California, police officer when he chanced upon destiny.
The father of three and his wife have just recently adopted a baby girl from a homeless woman he encountered that fateful night. The officer met the woman last spring when she was pregnant with the child. She had been suffering from a drug addiction.
As they began talking, he realized he’d met her other two children at a foster youth camp. They formed an instant connection and soon enough he introduced his wife Ashley to the woman. At this point, the woman had been trying to get clean after multiple tries, and convinced the Whittens to adopt her unborn baby so she could have a stable home. Despite their initial misgivings, the couple finally agreed to do it. Thus, they officially welcomed the baby, now named Harlow Whitten, into their family.
Image: The Whitten Family