It was summer 2019 when CBS News first met middle school math teacher, Finn Lanning and his student Damien.
"He's a 1 student who always stands out. And then one day he just came to me and 2that he was not coming back to school," Lanning said.
Lanning sat his student down and had a (n) 3 with him. He then 4 Damien had a kidney disease and that he was 5 to leave school and move into a hospital as social services couldn't find a foster family (寄养家庭) 6 to meet his medical needs.
But here's the real problem: Damien 7 needed a transplant（移植）.But a lot of times it's 8 to get a transplant if someone doesn't have a 9 to return to after the operation.
"It hit me like a ton of bricks. I mean, you 10 can't sit across from somebody you 11 and hear them say something like that when you know you can 12 them," Lanning said.
That's how Lanning became a foster parent. He13Damien — medical needs and All— although he claimed that he 14 his childless life, "I never15 I could leave school after work and take one of them home with me and still 16he said.
Damien refused to get too 17 though they got along very well. That's 18 he'd seen fairy tales fall apart before, "They'll be 19 with you one day and then just kick you out the next," Damien said.
Lanning 20 he's not going anywhere, whether Damien believes it or not.
