THE >>> 7:00. >> I MEET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND GET TO TALK TO PEOPLE THAT AREN'T ALWAYS LIKE THE AND THEY HAVE THEIR OWN STORIES AND EXPERIENCES THEY SHARE WITH ME. >> BOY, WAS THAT EVER TRUE ON ONE FATEFUL NIGHT FOUR YEARS AGO. >> SEPTEMBER 9, 2017. I WAS DOWNTOWN WITH SOME FRIENDS. I TRIED TO MAKE IT BACK HOME AFTER HAVING A FEW DRINKS. >> JAKE --, A MINNESOTA NATIVE WITH OVER CHRISTMAS BREAK. HE WAS A CRIMINAL JUSTICE MAJOR AT TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY. >> IT WAS A PRETTY BUSY NIGHT. I THINK I ARRESTED TWO DRUNK DRIVERS. >> HE HEARD ANOTHER CALL ABOUT ANOTHER ERRATIC DRIVER. >> JONES HAD ALREADY GONE BACK TO THE STATION TO FILL OUT SOME PAPERWORK THAT WHEN HE HEARD ABOUT THIS CAR SWERVING HE HAD A FEELING THIS WAS A CAR HE NEEDED TO ANSWER. HE WAS RIGHT. >> AS SOON AS I GOT BACK ON 100 HE WAS RIGHT THERE IN MY FACE. HE WAS JUST WAITING ALL OVER THE PLACE. I FIGURED I DEFINITELY HAD TO MAKE A STOP. >> THE NEXT THING I REMEMBER BLUELIGHT AND SIRENS BEHIND ME. >> I KNOCKED ON HIS WINDOW AND I SAW JAKE COVERED IN BLOOD. INSTANTLY SMELLED THE STRONG ODOR OF ALCOHOL AND THAT HE HAD BEEN DRINKING. HE WAS PRETTY UPSET, EMOTIONAL ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON. BEATING HIMSELF UP BECAUSE HE FOUND OUT HE WANTED TO BE A COP SO HE THOUGHT HIS LIFE WAS OVER AND HE HAD RUINED EVERY CHANCE HE COULD GET WITH BECOMING OF AN OFFICER. >> I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS MY CALLING IN LIFE, TO GO DOWN THAT ROUTE AND HELP PEOPLE AND FEEL LIKE I COULDN'T DO THAT ANYMORE, REALLY AT THAT TIME I FELT LIKE THERE WAS NO POINT IN LIVING. I COULDN'T LIVE THAT OUT. >> HE COMFORTED ME AND SAID MY LIFE IS AN OVER. THERE MAY BE SOME WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE BUT THE JOURNEY CAN START TONIGHT. I DON'T REMEMBER SPECIFIC WORDS THAT HE TOLD ME BUT I REMEMBER HOW HE MADE ME FEEL. >> WHAT STICKS OUT TO ME IS INSTEAD OF SHAMING HIM, YOU INSPIRED HIM. >> RIGHT. I MEAN, I AM NOT THE ONE -- IT IS MY JOB TO SHAME ANYONE. A LOT OF US HAVE MADE MISTAKES. WE ARE NOT PERFECT BUT THE BIGGEST THING IS IF YOU MAKE A MISTAKE, TRY TO DO BETTER. DON'T BE THE SAME PERSON YOU WERE AT THAT TIME. >> NOW, JAKE ISN'T THAT PERSON. BECAUSE OF THAT PIVOTAL MOMENT, JAKE IS A COLLEGE GRADUATE, SOBER AND MARY. >> I AM SO PROUD OF HIM. >> THE COUPLE LIVE IN FT. WORTH. JAKE WAS ABLE TO CALL CHIPPER JONES VIA ZOOM AND OFFERED HIS GRATITUDE. >> FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU TO HIM. THAT IS WHAT I WOULD SAY. THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE THAT NIGHT AND POSSIBLY SOMEBODY ELSE'S. >> JAKE IS STILL DREAMING OF BECOMING AN OFFICER. >> I THINK HE WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN AND WE WILL SEE WHERE THE ROAD TAKES US. >> THANKS TO A TROOPER ON A MISSION, THAT ROAD IS TAKING HIM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. >> THAT IS WHAT I AM IN THIS JOB TO DO, TO HELP THE THE BEST PERSON I CAN BE WHILE MAKING SOMEBODY ELSE BETTER. . >>> TROOPER JOHNSON SAID HE LEARNED F
