A law enforcement officer reflects on the 2008 raid on the FLDS Yearning for Zion Ranch in Texas, where more than 400 children were removed from the fundamentalist community, according to the Idaho State Journal. The operation remains one of the largest child-welfare actions in U.S. history.

The officer describes the children's situation tugging at his heart during the removal operation. The raid followed allegations of underage marriage and abuse at the ranch led by Warren Jeffs. Most children were eventually returned after courts found the state's blanket removal legally flawed, though investigations continued. The FLDS is a fundamentalist group not affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.