A Woodrow man says he lost his pregnant fiancé to heroin. Now, he's sharing his story with the hope that he'll be able to help others struggling with addiction.

"This is where I found Sharissa, on the floor here," said Frank DeGaetano of the place where his 25-year-old pregnant fiancé Sharissa Turk died of a drug overdose.

"I was hysterical crying, and my hands were shaking like this," he recalled.

DeGaetano discovered Turk unconscious in their Jefferson Boulevard apartment on March 1, 2016. He says she was carrying their baby girl, who was due one month later.

Police say Turk died from an apparent drug overdose.

"I found Xanax pills next to her and a bag of heroin when I found her dead by the stairs,” said DeGaetano.

Turk first stepped into the public spotlight after appearing as a "blue fairy" in a viral video about drug abuse. In 2013, she also pleaded guilty to drug charges.

DeGaetano says Turk's addiction was fueled by depression. He says while trying to cope with traumatic events in her past, she turned to drugs, and was abusing heroin and pills for about a decade.

"She tried to stop on her own, she was doing good for a while and then she started back up,” he said. “That's why we told the doctor what was going on so the doctor would help us so we wouldn't lose the baby," he continued.

Police say Turk was supposed to start an inpatient drug program the day she passed away.

"This is the last note that I got from her, so I hang it up here as a reminder of how much she loves me," DeGaetano said, pointing to his refrigerator. The note says, "Doing this for our family, us 3."

"I wanted to be a dad. I was ready to be a dad. And they both got taken away from me," he said.

According to the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office, there have been 45 overdose deaths on Staten Island so far this year.

Top Island lawmakers are supporting a bill that would provide $100 million in federal grants to help nonprofits and treatment centers in hard-hit areas like Staten Island.

Congressman Dan Donovan is behind a push to clarify that the grants would also be used to help pregnant women trying to treat their addiction.

"I wish they had something before, when my fiancé was alive, but I guess it's better we can help other people now," DeGaetano said.

He said he hopes his story serves as a wake up call for others struggling with addiction.

"Drugs took away my child, took away my fiancé and a beautiful future I should have had,” DeGaetano said. “Drugs don't just hurt the people who are doing drugs. They hurt the people around you who love you. You got to think before you do that next drug."