Video: Man reunited with theft victim who helped him get on path to recovery

DONNA: 11-NEWS REPORTER LISA
ROBINSON FIRST BROUGHT US THE
STORY OVER THE SUMMER AND HAS
THIS SPECIAL 'STATE OF
ADDICTION' REPORT.
LISA: IN AUGUST KAITLYN SMITH
AND AERIC MCCOY WERE RE-UNITED
AT THE AIRPORT.
SMITH BROUGHT MCCOY HOME FROM
FLORIDA AFTER A 28 DAY STAY IN
REHAB.
FROM THE AIRPORT SHE TOOK HIM
STRAIGHT TO THE JOHNS HOPKINS
BROADWAY CENTER FOR ADDICTION
FOR A COMPREHENSIVE 90 DAY
PROGRAM.
WHEN I SAW HIM GET OFF THE
PLANE I FELT LIKE I KNEW HE WAS
GOING TO THE RIGHT PROGRAM.
I HAD BEEN CONCERNED THAT MAYBE
HE WAS'T IN THE RIGHT PROGRAM SO
I WAS HAPPY THAT HE WAS ON HIS
WAY INTO GOOD HANDS.
LISA: SMITH AND MCCOY WERE
BROUGHT TOGETHER BY THIS PURSE.
IT WAS STOLEN FROM SMITH AND
MCCOY FOUND IT IN A WEST
BALTIMORE ALLEY WHERE HE USED
HEROIN.
HE SAW A BILL INSIDE THE PURSE
WITH SMITH'S ADDRESS AND DECIDED
TO FIND HER.
I JUST HEARD A VOICE THAT
SAID, YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT.
LISA: MCCOY REVEALED HE WAS
USING HEROIN AND WANTED TO GO TO
REHAB.
SMITH TOLD HIM IF HE FOUND A
PLACE SHE WOULD GET HIM THERE.
HE FOUND THE PROGRAM IN FLORIDA.
SMITH FLEW HIM THERE.
SINCE COMING BACK HE HAS MADE
PROGRESS.
HE IS EARNING MONEY DOING
LANDSCAPING FOR SMITH AND
OTHERS
HE HAD OWNED A LANDSCAPING
BUSINESS UNTIL HE PAWNED OFF HIS
EQUIPMENT FOR DRUG
>> WILL I FEEL LIKE A NEW
PERSON.
BEFORE I WAS 60 POUNDS LIGHTER I
.
I WAS BASICALLY GOING THROUGH
THE MOTIONS OF PERSON USING
NARCOTICS.
LISA: AT THE INTENSE OUTPATIENT
PROGRAM AT THE BROADWAY CENTER,
MCCOY GETS COUNSELING, AND HELP
PLANNING HIS FUTUR
DO YOU THINK YOU CAN MAKE IT
THIS TIME?
I KNOW I CAN MAKE AT THIS
TIME.
I GOT EVERYBODY'S SUPPORT.
GOT YOUR SUPPORT, ALL THE
PEOPLE WHO DONATED AND I GOT MY
FAMILY BACK.
LISA: SO MANY TIMES MCCOY'S
FAMILY TRIED TO HELP HIM.
I ASKED WHY HE'S ABLE TO STOP
USING WITH SMITH'S HELP.
>> I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT
HER.
I DON'T WANT TO DISAPPOINT
ANYBODY ELSE.
LISA: SMITH SAYS SHE'S GLAD SHE
BECAME INVOLVED WITH MCCOY'S
RECOVERY.
>> I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH.
I FEEL REALLY GRATEFUL IT'S
OPENED MY EYES TO THE HUMAN SIDE
OF ADDICTION THAT CAN HAPPEN TO
ANYONE.
LISA: WHILE GETTING BACK ON HIS
FEET MCCOY IS ALSO DEALING WITH
PICKING UP THE PIECES OF HIS
LIFE, LIKE BUYING A SCOOTER FOR
TRANSPORTATION TO DO ODD JOBS.
THE GO FUND ME PAGE SMITH SET UP
FOR HIM HAS HELPED HIM RECOVER
SOME OF HIS LANSCAPING
EQUIPMEN
IN THE SPRING HE HOPES TO
RE-ESTABLISH THE BUSINESS HE
LOST
>> LANDSCAPING, CUTTING GRASS,
PLANTING TREES.
TRYING TO MAKE THE OUTSIDE WORLD
A BETTER PLACE.
>> THE PURSE REMINDS ME EVERYDAY
THINGS CAN BE LOST AND CAN BE
RECOVERED, JUST LIK PEOPLE
MIGHT LOSE THEMSELVES IN
ADDICTION BUT THEY CAN RECOVER.
DONNA: NICE STORY.
THE GO FUND ME PAGE IS STILL UP
AND RUNNING.
KAITLYN SMITH HOPES EVENTUALLY
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Video: Man reunited with theft victim who helped him get on path to recovery

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