HOT NEWS: 20 Years Ago, Dolly Parton Rescued Abandoned Twin Girls

Twenty years ago, country music legend Dolly Parton faced the most life-changing moment of her life—not on the stage, but in the quiet stillness of a freezing Tennessee night.

Known to millions for her golden voice, sparkling personality, and philanthropy, Parton found herself confronting a situation no fame or fortune could have prepared her for.

It was a bitterly cold evening in December, and Dolly was returning from a charity performance in Sevierville when she saw something that stopped her in her tracks. Near the gates of her estate, wrapped in thin

blankets and left in a small basket, were two newborn baby girls—twin sisters, abandoned and crying softly into the winter night. Read more below