In South Carolina, a single call for help turned into a reminder of how one act of kindness can transform a life. A 13-year-old boy, overwhelmed by tension at home, dialed the police. He wasn’t in danger or rebelling—just exhausted from feelings too heavy for his age. On the other end of that call was Officer Gaetano Acerra. When Acerra arrived, he saw more than a routine case. The boy admitted he was simply tired—of sharing a cramped room, of sleeping on an air mattress that deflated each night, of not having anything to call his own.
