 |  Maddie Ross, 27, plays with her son, Dexter as she returns home from a six-month residential substance abuse treatment program. Ross was homeless, suicidal and thought she would die by age 27 from her opioid and alcohol addiction, then she became pregnant.
"I think it really took Dexter coming into my life to see the world in a better perspective," said Ross. |  Ashley Hill, 24, of Roanoke and John Joplin, 74, of Rocky Mount, make calls from their cars while waiting to be rescued from a Roanoke Fire-EMS swift water rescue team. Rainfall covered much of Southwest Virginia, causing massive flooding. |
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