Tell me a wonderful rescue story of an animal that would have died without you?

Okay. About 28 years ago I was working at a place that had a fence around the whole property. The owner had an old car, junker at the back of the lot. In good weather I used to go to the back of the lot beyond the junker to sit under a tree to have my lunch. One day I noticed movement under the junker. Checking it out it was a pup. I called to it but it would not come out from under the car so I tossed my sandwich under and went back inside. The next day I went out and looked for the pup. It was there and was watching me from the under the car, still would not come out. I had brought an extra sandwich and tossed it to the pup. It wouldn't come out and get it till I left. That evening I bought a few cans of dog food. I started giving the dog a dish of food and talking to it from under the tree while I ate. The pup got to where she'd come out and eat as long as I sat still. After feeding her for a little over a week she started coming to me when I called. She was so thin she wasn't as thick as my hand from palm to back. When she walked her back end kept falling over. I thought she was injured or crippled. Turned out she was just weak from not eating for who knows how long. After she ate for two weeks she could walk okay. I decided to take her home. She was obviously blind in one eye but that didn't seem to slow her down. The day I took her home we stopped of at a vet first because I had kids and a cat and didn't want to take home diseases or anything. The vet examined her. She was malnurished still and still thin though not quite as thin. She had been physically abused. But he said she was healthy despite it all. Living with her it became obvious she had been beat with brooms & mops and burned with cigarettes. She ate good, gained weight. She was fearful for a long time. If any picked up a pack of cigarettes she ran and hid, same if you tried to sweep a floor. Eventually she overcame her fears and trusted us. She was one of the most friendly and loving dogs I ever had. I had her for almost 17 tears before I lost her, She was the Sunshine of my life. I will forever miss her.