Against All Odds

The heart of a giant can live in the tiniest of bodies. For most of his young life, 8-year-old Anthony suffered in silence and watched in horror as his father beat and brutalized his mother. In the fall of 2004, it all came to a head. Neighbors say they witnessed Anthony's father, Tony Sukto, mumbling and pacing in his yard wielding a large knife. Then, at 4 a.m., dispatchers received a desperate 911 call from a terrified 8-year-old boy.

As the 911 operator tried to keep Anthony on the phone, the call took a frightening turn. Anthony's father, who had just killed his wife, and brutally stabbed his son, returned to the house.