Most drives to work pass without incident, but one morning for Malissa Sergent Lewis turned into a moment she would never forget.

Running behind schedule, Malissa, a compassionate resident of Harlan, Kentucky, chose an alternate route to get to her job. That small change brought her face-to-face with a sight she could not ignore: a garbage bag in the middle of the road, wriggling as if alive.

Startled but instinctively drawn to investigate, she stopped. That split-second decision would mark one of the most pivotal experiences of her life.

A Helpless Life Found Inside A Bag

Taking the back road to Kentucky Elementary School, where she works, Malissa spotted the unusual movement.

“I took a different route, a little bit quicker, it’s a little back road. And as I’m coming down the road, i

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