looks like you guys are getting ready to shoot up over here. reporter: in september, albuquerque police officer ryan holets found crystal eight months pregnant shooting up with her partner tomorrow nearly three weeks after that chance encounter, crystal gave birth to baby hope and officer holets and his family offered to adopt the baby. they guide the baby through the painful withdrawals from heroin and crystal meth. today, baby hope is doing well, bright-eyed and smiling. there s a smile. reporter: but the story didn t end there for officer holets. he basically adopted us, too. reporter: the accolades mean nothing if he can t help crystal and tom. they re not obviously my family members and i met them a couple of months ago but i feel like the same way that i would feel if they were my brother and
my sister. reporter: after the story aired on cnn, several rehab center as round the country offered to help crystal and her partner, but the grip of heroin is so strong that crystal believes she can t leave this life. i know what it takes for me to get sober and it is not easy. because you re scared? yeah, i m scared that i ll get clean and, you know, not find the comfort that i find in my life like this. reporter: a rehab interventionist approached crystal and tom and there was a breakthrough. they both agreed to leave their life of addiction behind and take the offer to enter a rehab center in florida. we re trying to quit, though, all right? reporter: ryan holets with a smile escorted them to the airport. what does it mean to you that ryan and his family haven t given up on you, that they re still trying to help you? i think that he really
believes me in. he s my personal angel, you know, on earth here. i don t know where he came from, but i m really happy. i m really happy he s here. reporter: but when officer holets and the rehab team arrive at the airport for their flight to florida, crystal and tom unravel. i don t want to do this. i m happy. i m fine being here. i don t want to do this. reporter: ryan holets looked on heartbroken. we tried. we tried to get them into the rehab and they wouldn t go. reporter: crystal and tom missed the flight. i think that s a testament to just how strong addiction is and what it makes people do isn t logical. do you give up on them? i ll never give up. i won t. you could walk away if you