A Promise Kept: Why One Man Risked Everything to Save Five Strangers

cold comfort when Carter imagined the scene at the curb: five children being loaded into three separate cars, screaming for their brothers and sisters as they were driven in opposite directions. He knew that once they were separated by county lines and different surnames, the chances of them ever reuniting were slim to none. That realization drove him to take drastic, life-altering measures.

In a matter of weeks, Carter transformed his modest life into a sanctuary for a family he hadn’t yet been granted. He drained his modest savings account