‘Sound of Freedom’ is real, not QAnon fantasy says anti-trafficking hero who inspired hit
CBS News’ straight coverage of the real-life raid in Colombia that rescued over 50 children and inspired the movie.The sting operation was led by Tim Ballard, a former Homeland Security special agent from California. Having worked undercover on child trafficking cases formore than a decade, he quit his law enforcement job in 2013 to hunt down pedophiles abroad and free the children they enslaved. The story not only raised awareness about the mushrooming issue of child sex-trafficking and exploitation, but it turned Ballard and his nonprofit, Operation Underground Railroad, into the object of media interest.He was profiled in Forbes with the headline “Meet a guy who has devoted his life to freeing slaves” and appeared on a series of networks.