When Keith Edmonds was just 14 months old, his life was nearly stolen before it even began. One violent act — an unimaginable moment of cruelty — changed everything.
It was November 18, 1978, in Flint, Michigan. The toddler’s cries had upset his mother’s boyfriend, who, in a fit of rage, pressed Keith’s tiny face against a scorching electric heater. The burns covered half of his face — deep, searing wounds that doctors said no child could possibly survive.
