jaron still comes home regularly when he gets off work. >> jaron. >> hello. >> do you know who i am?coming here the first time at 3 years old. >> it would probably be in the driveway asking my dad are my dad. >> do you remember asking him that? >> uh-huh. >> what did he say? >> he said yes, i am. >> were they tough parents? pushy.h but not they got the job done. here i am now. >> his parents are very proud of him. >> he was the victim of shaken baby syndrome. so a lot of things they told us that he couldn't do or he wouldn't be able to do he's done. he'll never be able to run.er he'll neve able to ride a bike. well, when you're a police officer, you have to run. >> we watched together and we remembered a story that began nearly a quarter century ago. a story of love at first sight. jaron's mom might calltc a mamade in >>heaven. i love watching that. jaron and his mom are both teaching martial arts to kids ai a commuty center. jaron feels so gratefulor the life that he was able to live and he likes to give back in any can.e he's out there all the time working with kids. >> you want to

but one family watching ed esday's child" that day saw something special in jaron.the day i saw him was television, your show, and for some reason it was like a magnet that we wanted that child. e >> reporter:l taylor and his wife sarah both active in the air force had been thinking about adopting before being fe transrred here from colorado. >> and we had just started the n process when we got a assignment here to the washington, d.c. area. >> reporter: they had found a home but timing was wrong. they needed to get settled, but sarah called to ask aboy.t jaron any >> we knew that that was the one that we wanted to try to adopt. >> i said, if i can'tave that one, then i don't want any. >> reporter: the call led to several visits with jaron. earl says from the very first he knew there was no turning back. >> and the first day that i saw him he came to me and asked me, he says, are you my daddy? and i says, yes, i am. >> reporter: sarah was convince and jaron the first overnight visit. >> one evening in my bedroom watching television.at he looked up e and he said, you

jaron spends a lot of his spare time mentoring kids.his mom teach martial arts to kids ages 3 to 8 in fort washington. as jaron and others prepare to celebrate their moms,auryn >>> we've got the "today" show up next on nbc 4. head up to new york and catch sheinelle jones and peter xander nganding by. >> good morni. coming up on a saturday morning here on "today" an american woman rescued by french commandos in west africa after being held hostage nearly a month. high is she and why was she there. >>> and victoria secret rethinking its strategy and the #metoo movement. >> and a world war ii vet fulfills the dream of a lifetime walking across the stage 70 years after earning her college degree. >> a good way to start this da mother's weekend. her story and a lot more when we get started on a saturday morning here on "today." david, have a great weekend. >> thas, guys. you, too, and happy mother's day weekend sheinelle. >> thank you, see you in a bit. >> and toon alis and peter, too. >> thanks. >>> see you in about 15. >>> more than 500 ap

jaron still comes home regularly when he gets off work. >> jaron. >> hello. >> do you know who i am?> yes, ma'am. >> it's so crazy to see you agn. he's now a police officer in anne arundel county, maryland and he still remembers things about coming here the first time at 3 years old. >> it would probably be in the driveway asking my dad are youd my >> do you remember asking him that? >> uh-huh. >> what did he say? >> he said yes, i am. >> were they tough parents? >> tough but not pushy. they got the job done. here am now. >> his parents are very proud of him. >> he was the victim of shaken . baby syndrom so a lot of things they told us that he couldn't do or he wouldn't be able tohe's done. he'll never be able to run. he'll never be able to ride a bike. well, when you're a police officer, you have to run. >> we watched together and we s rememberedry that began nearly a quarter century ago. a story of love at first sight. jaron's mom might call it a match ma in heaven. it was so wonderful beng with them. tron spends a lo of his spare time, he's a police officer. he mo he ntors kids. h

but sara called to ask about jaron anyway. >> we knewthat was the one we wanted to try to adopt. >> id if i can't have that one, then i don't want any. >> reporter: the call led to several visits with jaron. aerl says from the veryfirst he knew there was no turning back. >> the first day i saw him, he came up to me and he asked me, he said are you my ddy. and i said yes, i am. >> reporter: sara was convinced on jaron's first overnight visit. >> we were in my bedroom watching televidon. he loo up at me and says you know, i love you. i just t didn't know whatdo after that. >> although social workers warn tabtd long term effects of jaron's mistrement as an infant. >> hied a -- they advocated ritalin. i said all he needs is attention and love and direction. >> reporter: they brought him home to this house, and more than 20 y seemed to fly by, and jaron still comes home regularly when he gets off work. >> hello. >> do you know who i am? >> yes, ma'am. >> it's so great to see you again. >> reporter: he's now a police officer in maryland but still remembers things about coming here the first

jaron they have international support only on a paper. i mean clearly the mean janet has a limited international support and because it's clearly those countries that you have mentioned i mean some of them are not immediately a part of this this discount flipped i mean clearly. britain they are more you know the more busy with the brics that the germans they never taken any really position politically in the sky and of course when it come to italy and france these are clearly they are conflicting partners and each one of them look at libya as as a place of as a center of interest for them and so so i don't think that that their support clearly the support that can be done is from the international community from is really to tell mr have to or to back up to stop this nonsense to stop killing these innocent people both from these are all libyans i read it makes no difference can live i'm thinking of killing humans they're all dying for him do you think should the international community really wants to conflict to stop do you think they're