GOLDSBORO, N.C. (WITN) - A new state law is hoping to tackle human trafficking by requiring training for employees at vacation rentals.

Our WITN First Alert Investigates team looked into how the training works and found out more from a woman who escaped human trafficking as she weighs in on the legislation.

“It happens to you before you even realize that it’s happening,” said survivor Jackie Garrett.

A lot has changed for Garrett since she escaped human trafficking.

“I was doing whatever I could to put a roof over my head and feed my addiction,” she explained.

Today, she looks happier, healthier - and there’s a reason for that. She’s found freedom.

“There definitely is help out there,” Garrett said. “Even when it feels like you’re at your lowest, there are people who care.”

That mot

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