Never see? her daughter has since turned 13 and her son graduated high school. he was definitely a guardian angel put in place for a reason. reporter: thanks to police officer ebony giorgio, she got a gift she will cherish the rest of her life. martin savage, cnn, pence co-a. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m john berman with brianna keilar. fast moving developments. lightning fast. and now afghanistan is a country on the brink. overnight, more cities fell to the taliban, including the country s second largest kandahar. insurgents have now taken at least 14 provincial capitals in a week long blitz, and military experts now say they expect that the afghan government will lose control of the capital soon.