1 00:00:16,984 --> 00:00:18,184 [police sirens wailing] 2 00:00:18,218 --> 00:00:19,588 [narrator] In Oklahoma... 3 00:00:19,620 --> 00:00:20,950 [police officer speaking] 4 00:00:24,391 --> 00:00:26,191 [narrator] Police hunt a murder suspect. 5 00:00:27,094 --> 00:00:28,294 [police officer speaking] 6 00:00:31,064 --> 00:00:32,604 [narrator] Who’s about to strike. 7 00:00:32,633 --> 00:00:33,373 [dog barking] 8 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:34,170 [police officer speaking] 9 00:00:34,201 --> 00:00:35,441 It’s the perfect place to hide. 10 00:00:35,469 --> 00:00:37,369 [police officer speaking] 11 00:00:43,310 --> 00:00:44,310 [gunshots] 12 00:00:44,344 --> 00:00:45,514 [police officer exclaiming] 13 00:00:48,916 --> 00:00:50,246 [narrator] Then, in Texas... 14 00:00:52,119 --> 00:00:53,589 winter at its worst. 15 00:00:54,488 --> 00:00:56,188 [man] This was snowmaggedon. 16 00:00:56,223 --> 00:01:00,433 [narrator] And a rescue attempt goes horribly wrong. 17 00:01:00,460 --> 00:01:03,860 It’s only a matter of time before you’re going under. 18 00:01:03,897 --> 00:01:06,297 [indistinct talking over radio] 19 00:01:08,802 --> 00:01:12,442 This huge sheet of ice has broken off and we’re all sinking. 20 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:30,090 [narrator] 50-miles south east of Tulsa, Oklahoma, 21 00:01:31,391 --> 00:01:33,231 is the city of Muskogee. 22 00:01:39,566 --> 00:01:40,896 [reporter 1] Breaking news this morning, 23 00:01:40,934 --> 00:01:43,944 Tulsa police are investigating the city’s latest homicide. 24 00:01:43,971 --> 00:01:45,511 [reporter 2] When police arrived around two, 25 00:01:45,539 --> 00:01:47,939 they found a man dead between these apartments. 26 00:01:47,975 --> 00:01:50,945 They also found a woman injured in one of the apartments, 27 00:01:50,978 --> 00:01:53,348 she had been shot in the head. 28 00:01:53,380 --> 00:01:55,780 But she was conscious and talking 29 00:01:55,816 --> 00:01:57,476 before she was taken to the hospital. 30 00:01:58,986 --> 00:02:01,186 [Officer Gilbreth] We had reached out to the Tulsa Police Department, 31 00:02:01,221 --> 00:02:02,721 and they gave us the suspect name, 32 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:04,964 Demontre Bruner. 33 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:09,703 They also advised that he had pretty strong ties 34 00:02:09,730 --> 00:02:10,760 between Tulsa and Muskogee. 35 00:02:18,005 --> 00:02:19,645 [911 operator speaking] 36 00:02:20,641 --> 00:02:22,841 [911 caller speaking] 37 00:02:27,614 --> 00:02:28,524 [911 operator speaking] 38 00:02:31,385 --> 00:02:33,225 [911 caller speaking] 39 00:02:36,023 --> 00:02:37,593 [911 operator speaking] 40 00:02:40,527 --> 00:02:41,957 [Officer Gilbreth] When dispatch give that... 41 00:02:41,995 --> 00:02:43,695 that information out, I was like, 42 00:02:43,730 --> 00:02:45,170 "Wait a minute." 43 00:02:45,198 --> 00:02:47,668 If this is a legit call, 44 00:02:47,701 --> 00:02:50,041 it could be about the homicide in Tulsa. 45 00:02:50,070 --> 00:02:52,370 And so I went ahead and responded. 46 00:03:01,548 --> 00:03:02,818 [police officer speaking] 47 00:03:03,283 --> 00:03:04,683 [man speaking] 48 00:03:05,452 --> 00:03:06,922 [police officer speaking] 49 00:03:06,953 --> 00:03:08,393 [man speaking] 50 00:03:09,690 --> 00:03:12,630 [Officer Leach] We receive anonymous tips all the time. 51 00:03:12,659 --> 00:03:14,159 We don’t know which ones are actually credible, 52 00:03:14,194 --> 00:03:15,164 or which ones... 53 00:03:15,195 --> 00:03:16,325 which ones aren’t. 54 00:03:16,730 --> 00:03:17,860 [man speaking] 55 00:03:20,067 --> 00:03:21,127 [police officer speaking] 56 00:03:23,503 --> 00:03:24,773 [man speaking] 57 00:03:29,743 --> 00:03:31,443 [police officer speaking] 58 00:03:31,478 --> 00:03:32,708 [man speaking] 59 00:03:32,746 --> 00:03:33,976 [police officer speaking] 60 00:03:35,682 --> 00:03:37,022 [police officer 2 speaking] 61 00:03:38,785 --> 00:03:42,315 [Officer Leach] The subject we talked to was pretty genuine. 62 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:45,225 He seemed very, very concerned. 63 00:03:45,258 --> 00:03:47,758 He knew that that guy was dangerous. 64 00:03:47,794 --> 00:03:50,964 We were fairly positive that the suspect 65 00:03:50,997 --> 00:03:52,497 was in Muskogee. 66 00:03:53,500 --> 00:03:55,970 But he didn’t have an exact location, 67 00:03:56,002 --> 00:03:58,742 he only knew the general area. 68 00:03:58,772 --> 00:04:01,512 I notified some units on the other side of town 69 00:04:01,541 --> 00:04:03,241 to respond to that area. 70 00:04:06,379 --> 00:04:10,479 [narrator] Minutes later, another call comes into 911. 71 00:04:10,517 --> 00:04:11,817 [phone ringing] 72 00:04:11,852 --> 00:04:13,192 [911 operator speaking] 73 00:04:13,220 --> 00:04:14,990 [911 caller speaking] 74 00:04:15,021 --> 00:04:16,861 [911 operator speaking] 75 00:04:16,890 --> 00:04:18,560 [911 caller speaking] 76 00:04:31,071 --> 00:04:32,411 [911 operator speaking] 77 00:04:34,241 --> 00:04:35,681 [911 caller speaking] 78 00:04:51,358 --> 00:04:53,488 Having a homicide suspect loose 79 00:04:53,527 --> 00:04:56,757 is one of the most dangerous calls that we can get, 80 00:04:56,797 --> 00:04:58,767 in our career. 81 00:04:58,799 --> 00:05:01,599 The phrase, "They have nothing to lose," fits perfect. 82 00:05:02,636 --> 00:05:04,596 And the fear is, who else are they gonna hurt? 83 00:05:06,239 --> 00:05:07,639 [Officer Gilbreth] I got on the radio 84 00:05:07,674 --> 00:05:10,414 and asked Officer Foreman who was working on that side of town 85 00:05:10,443 --> 00:05:11,913 to respond to the house. 86 00:05:12,746 --> 00:05:14,046 [police officer speaking] 87 00:05:18,084 --> 00:05:18,894 [police sirens wailing] 88 00:05:18,919 --> 00:05:19,749 [female officer speaking] 89 00:05:21,388 --> 00:05:22,518 [male officer speaking] 90 00:05:27,561 --> 00:05:28,801 [Officer Leach] While I was responding, 91 00:05:28,829 --> 00:05:31,999 Officer Foreman notified all the units that the suspect 92 00:05:32,032 --> 00:05:34,202 spotted his patrol car and took off running. 93 00:05:35,468 --> 00:05:36,598 [police officer speaking] 94 00:05:41,241 --> 00:05:43,141 [distant police sirens] 95 00:05:43,176 --> 00:05:45,746 [muffled voices] 96 00:05:46,947 --> 00:05:48,247 [woman speaking] 97 00:05:52,485 --> 00:05:53,685 [police officer speaking] 98 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:55,960 [woman speaking] 99 00:06:06,766 --> 00:06:08,596 [police officer speaking] 100 00:06:08,635 --> 00:06:11,405 [woman speaking] 101 00:06:11,438 --> 00:06:12,608 [police officer speaking] 102 00:06:12,639 --> 00:06:15,439 [woman speaking] 103 00:06:16,009 --> 00:06:18,849 [police officer speaking] 104 00:06:20,747 --> 00:06:22,577 [police officer 1 speaking] 105 00:06:27,287 --> 00:06:28,517 [police officer 2 speaking] 106 00:06:30,123 --> 00:06:31,463 [police officer 1 speaking] 107 00:06:34,060 --> 00:06:35,260 [police officer 2 speaking] 108 00:06:38,498 --> 00:06:39,798 [Officer Griffith] Knowing that the suspect 109 00:06:39,833 --> 00:06:42,003 is wanting to kill someone else... 110 00:06:42,035 --> 00:06:44,775 we definitely need to get this subject off the streets. 111 00:06:44,804 --> 00:06:46,474 [Officer Dean] I arrived on scene 112 00:06:46,506 --> 00:06:49,036 and I was given a photograph of the suspect. 113 00:06:49,509 --> 00:06:51,039 A mugshot. 114 00:06:51,077 --> 00:06:54,407 There’s somebody that is armed and has 115 00:06:54,447 --> 00:06:56,717 potentially already taken another human life. 116 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:58,520 And we need to go find him. 117 00:06:58,551 --> 00:07:01,051 There’s a confidence and the understanding 118 00:07:01,087 --> 00:07:03,357 that this is my job and this is what I’m doing 119 00:07:03,390 --> 00:07:05,660 but this is absolutely the most scary event 120 00:07:05,692 --> 00:07:07,132 that I’ve ever been a part of. 121 00:07:08,995 --> 00:07:10,655 [Officer Leach] Once Lieutenant Dean arrived, 122 00:07:10,697 --> 00:07:14,667 we got a plan together and decided to step off and start the track. 123 00:07:16,069 --> 00:07:16,939 [police officer 1 speaking] 124 00:07:18,271 --> 00:07:19,711 [police officer 2 speaking] 125 00:07:24,678 --> 00:07:25,908 [police officer 1 speaking] 126 00:07:30,750 --> 00:07:32,190 [police officer 2 speaking] 127 00:07:35,522 --> 00:07:36,692 [police officer 1 speaking] 128 00:07:41,027 --> 00:07:42,397 [police officer 2 speaking] 129 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:45,470 [Officer Griffith] As a canine officer, 130 00:07:45,498 --> 00:07:47,598 my role is to watch my dog. 131 00:07:49,002 --> 00:07:50,602 By being able to read your dog, 132 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:53,437 he will lead us in the right direction, 133 00:07:54,174 --> 00:07:55,344 [Officer Griffith speaking] 134 00:07:56,443 --> 00:07:57,883 When tracking somebody in an urban area, 135 00:07:57,911 --> 00:07:59,851 canines are extremely important. 136 00:07:59,879 --> 00:08:02,749 They have the ability to pick up scents, 137 00:08:02,782 --> 00:08:05,822 sights, uh, hear things that a human 138 00:08:05,852 --> 00:08:08,222 would be unable to detect. 139 00:08:10,423 --> 00:08:11,723 [police officer 1 speaking] 140 00:08:14,861 --> 00:08:16,661 [police officer 2 speaking] 141 00:08:16,696 --> 00:08:19,466 [Officer Dean] The canine officer is the most vulnerable. 142 00:08:19,499 --> 00:08:22,299 For Officer Griffith, this is one of the most dangerous calls 143 00:08:22,335 --> 00:08:23,265 he’ll ever go on. 144 00:08:25,572 --> 00:08:27,942 He’s got a leash in one hand, he’s got a flashlight in the other. 145 00:08:29,376 --> 00:08:31,736 So both of your hands are full, 146 00:08:31,778 --> 00:08:34,648 he has no way for a weapon to protect himself. 147 00:08:34,681 --> 00:08:37,651 Which is where, all of the other officers they come into play. 148 00:08:38,918 --> 00:08:40,148 [Officer Griffith speaking] 149 00:08:41,688 --> 00:08:43,158 [dog barking] 150 00:08:48,161 --> 00:08:52,431 As we being the track, we come to a storage shed 151 00:08:52,465 --> 00:08:53,625 behind the house. 152 00:08:55,468 --> 00:08:56,668 [police officer speaking] 153 00:09:02,776 --> 00:09:03,776 [dog barking] 154 00:09:04,944 --> 00:09:07,654 [Officer Dean] If a suspect is armed with a weapon, 155 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:09,480 they don’t have to be accurate with that weapon 156 00:09:09,516 --> 00:09:10,616 at a close distance. 157 00:09:10,650 --> 00:09:11,920 [dog barking] 158 00:09:11,951 --> 00:09:12,821 [Officer Griffith speaking] 159 00:09:14,921 --> 00:09:15,691 [dog barking] 160 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:22,630 [Officer Griffith] We send Loki into the shed first 161 00:09:22,662 --> 00:09:24,062 before we send the other officers in. 162 00:09:26,032 --> 00:09:28,072 [police officer 1 speaking] 163 00:09:28,101 --> 00:09:28,971 [police officer 2 speaking] 164 00:09:29,002 --> 00:09:30,542 [muffled voices] 165 00:09:30,570 --> 00:09:32,000 [police officer 2 speaking] 166 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:34,543 [police officer 1 speaking] 167 00:09:38,144 --> 00:09:40,854 The longer that we’re not on his track 168 00:09:40,880 --> 00:09:43,850 or the longer that we’re not finding him, the harder it is. 169 00:09:44,284 --> 00:09:45,524 [dog barking] 170 00:09:46,986 --> 00:09:48,016 [Officer Griffith speaking] 171 00:09:49,656 --> 00:09:51,486 After we cleared the shed, 172 00:09:51,524 --> 00:09:54,234 Loki picks up the track, and we continue east bound. 173 00:09:56,563 --> 00:09:57,663 [Officer Griffith speaking] 174 00:09:59,833 --> 00:10:01,773 The neighborhood that we’re in, 175 00:10:01,801 --> 00:10:04,441 there’s, uh, not a lot of distance between each house. 176 00:10:06,406 --> 00:10:08,506 [Officer Griffith speaking] 177 00:10:11,644 --> 00:10:12,954 [dog whining] 178 00:10:12,979 --> 00:10:14,009 [Officer Griffith speaking] 179 00:10:20,353 --> 00:10:22,663 [Officer Dean] There’s grown up vegetation 180 00:10:22,689 --> 00:10:23,959 trees, brush. 181 00:10:23,990 --> 00:10:28,090 Dilapidated properties that have not been mowed in years. 182 00:10:28,728 --> 00:10:30,128 [Officer Griffith speaking] 183 00:10:32,665 --> 00:10:34,995 [Officer Dean] The suspect could be anywhere. 184 00:10:35,034 --> 00:10:38,044 Every bush is a threat, every tree is a threat, 185 00:10:38,071 --> 00:10:39,771 every corner is a threat. 186 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:42,944 We know he’s really, really close. 187 00:10:43,510 --> 00:10:44,580 [dog barking] 188 00:10:44,611 --> 00:10:45,541 [Officer Griffith speaking] 189 00:10:47,714 --> 00:10:49,584 It’s a perfect place to hide. 190 00:10:51,751 --> 00:10:53,791 For every minute that passes, 191 00:10:53,820 --> 00:10:55,450 the advantage could be on him. 192 00:10:56,689 --> 00:10:59,929 He has the ability to sneak past our perimet er. 193 00:10:59,959 --> 00:11:02,329 Has the ability to find a hiding pla ce 194 00:11:02,362 --> 00:11:05,362 that we just aren’t able to find him. 195 00:11:06,966 --> 00:11:10,066 Or establish an area that he could set up an ambush. 196 00:11:11,804 --> 00:11:12,974 [police officer 1 speaking] 197 00:11:15,208 --> 00:11:16,238 [Officer Griffith speaking] 198 00:11:16,276 --> 00:11:17,336 [police officer 1 speaking] 199 00:11:21,414 --> 00:11:22,554 [Officer Griffith speaking] 200 00:11:22,582 --> 00:11:23,622 [dog barking] 201 00:11:29,088 --> 00:11:31,218 Knowing that he was a homicide suspect, 202 00:11:31,257 --> 00:11:34,227 and still potentially had the murder weapon, 203 00:11:34,260 --> 00:11:37,100 we were more alert than we probably usually would’ve been. 204 00:11:37,630 --> 00:11:38,530 [dog barking] 205 00:11:38,565 --> 00:11:39,505 If he had felt cornered, 206 00:11:40,633 --> 00:11:42,503 there was the potential that, 207 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,395 if we were gonna be in a gun battle, 208 00:11:44,437 --> 00:11:46,307 it very well could be on this track. 209 00:11:46,339 --> 00:11:47,669 It was just a matter of 210 00:11:48,741 --> 00:11:50,411 when we were gonna encounter him. 211 00:11:56,015 --> 00:11:56,945 [Officer Leach speaking] 212 00:12:06,993 --> 00:12:09,333 [Officer Griffith] As a suspect’s running and kicking up dirt, 213 00:12:09,362 --> 00:12:10,402 kicking up grass. 214 00:12:11,364 --> 00:12:13,274 That is what Loki is picking up. 215 00:12:15,868 --> 00:12:18,468 I was very confident that Loki was on the track. 216 00:12:18,504 --> 00:12:19,614 [muffled voices] 217 00:12:20,873 --> 00:12:22,373 [Officer Griffith speaking] 218 00:12:25,178 --> 00:12:27,478 We come up to a street, 219 00:12:27,513 --> 00:12:31,123 and go a little bit north as Loki’s pulling us. 220 00:12:31,551 --> 00:12:32,721 So we stop, 221 00:12:32,752 --> 00:12:35,222 because some of the other officers want to look 222 00:12:35,255 --> 00:12:38,365 behind a privacy fence on the west side of the street. 223 00:12:38,391 --> 00:12:39,491 [Officer Griffith speaking] 224 00:12:51,838 --> 00:12:53,538 [Officer Leach] We were kind of just shining our lights, 225 00:12:53,573 --> 00:12:56,613 across the street and I looked down the alley, 226 00:12:56,643 --> 00:13:01,013 and I seen something crouched over in the bushes. 227 00:13:01,047 --> 00:13:03,317 And at that time, the suspect stood up 228 00:13:03,349 --> 00:13:04,279 and ran across the alley. 229 00:13:04,984 --> 00:13:06,454 [Officer Griffith speaking] 230 00:13:07,887 --> 00:13:08,547 [Officer Leach speaking] 231 00:13:10,490 --> 00:13:11,990 [Officer Griffith speaking] 232 00:13:12,025 --> 00:13:13,565 [Officer Leach speaking] 233 00:13:13,593 --> 00:13:14,633 [Officer Griffith speaking] 234 00:13:14,661 --> 00:13:15,561 [Officer Leach speaking] 235 00:13:15,595 --> 00:13:17,035 [indistinct radio chatter] 236 00:13:17,063 --> 00:13:18,603 [Officer Griffith speaking] 237 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:20,431 [Officer Leach speaking] 238 00:13:20,466 --> 00:13:21,496 [Officer Griffith speaking] 239 00:13:23,736 --> 00:13:26,066 We were all so amped up, 240 00:13:26,105 --> 00:13:27,965 we were trying to move as fast as possible, 241 00:13:28,007 --> 00:13:29,477 and we did need to slow it down. 242 00:13:29,509 --> 00:13:30,979 [indistinct radio chatter] 243 00:13:31,010 --> 00:13:33,050 [Officer Griffith speaking] 244 00:13:35,515 --> 00:13:39,425 [indistinct radio chatter] 245 00:13:41,087 --> 00:13:43,057 [Officer Leach speaking] 246 00:13:58,604 --> 00:14:00,274 [Officer Griffith speaking] 247 00:14:00,306 --> 00:14:01,206 [gunshots] 248 00:14:01,240 --> 00:14:02,940 [Officer Leach speaking] 249 00:14:04,777 --> 00:14:06,707 [police officer speaking] 250 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:10,384 [gunshots] 251 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:15,089 [Officer Griffith] I look at Loki, 252 00:14:15,121 --> 00:14:16,891 he kind of... 253 00:14:16,923 --> 00:14:18,663 looks at something. 254 00:14:18,691 --> 00:14:22,091 And as soon as I look to see what Loki’s looking at, 255 00:14:22,128 --> 00:14:23,898 that’s when the suspect fired at us. 256 00:14:25,031 --> 00:14:28,401 [Officer Leach speaking] 257 00:14:28,434 --> 00:14:30,504 I knew the gunshot was really close to us ’cause 258 00:14:30,536 --> 00:14:32,936 the muzzle flash, I could feel the concussion of the gun 259 00:14:33,740 --> 00:14:34,770 immediately. 260 00:14:35,808 --> 00:14:37,538 [police officer 1 speaking] 261 00:14:37,577 --> 00:14:39,037 [police officer 2 speaking] 262 00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:42,854 [Officer Griffith] I fell backwards, 263 00:14:42,882 --> 00:14:45,322 and tried to find the best cover that I could. 264 00:14:45,351 --> 00:14:47,351 [gunshots] 265 00:14:49,355 --> 00:14:50,415 [Officer Shane Leach speaking] 266 00:14:50,456 --> 00:14:52,116 [Officer Tyler Griffith speaking] 267 00:14:52,158 --> 00:14:53,258 [dog barks] 268 00:14:56,162 --> 00:14:58,162 [Officer Leach] When he shot, we tried to move 269 00:14:58,197 --> 00:14:59,767 and get cover as fast we could, 270 00:14:59,799 --> 00:15:02,199 not knowing how many more shots were getting ready to come our way. 271 00:15:02,235 --> 00:15:03,205 [Lt. Dean speaking] 272 00:15:07,306 --> 00:15:09,636 I’m quite certain that I walked into an ambush. 273 00:15:09,675 --> 00:15:11,405 [Officer Leach speaking] 274 00:15:11,444 --> 00:15:14,284 [Lt. Dean] I know that he has the upper hand. 275 00:15:14,313 --> 00:15:15,753 Get to cover! Get behind cover! 276 00:15:15,782 --> 00:15:16,852 [Officer Leach] I got him! I got him! 277 00:15:16,883 --> 00:15:19,223 What we’re looking at it’s in total darkness. 278 00:15:19,252 --> 00:15:21,722 -[gunshots] -[Officer Leach] Oh! Shot’s fired! 279 00:15:21,754 --> 00:15:23,824 The muzzle flash goes off. 280 00:15:23,856 --> 00:15:26,286 -[gun shots fired] -[Officer Leach] Shot’s fired! 281 00:15:26,325 --> 00:15:29,055 [Lt. Dean] I have no clue where in that darkness he is. 282 00:15:31,097 --> 00:15:34,667 And I know that I’m standing underneath a street light, 283 00:15:34,700 --> 00:15:35,730 and he can see me. 284 00:15:37,036 --> 00:15:38,766 [Lt. Dean] Time slows down. 285 00:15:38,805 --> 00:15:42,215 Everything around you stops. 286 00:15:42,241 --> 00:15:47,011 And you become extremely focused on the threat at hand. 287 00:15:48,181 --> 00:15:49,781 A bullet may be a size of a 9 millimeter, 288 00:15:49,816 --> 00:15:52,646 but it feels like it’s a size of a grizzly bear when it’s coming at ya. 289 00:15:52,685 --> 00:15:54,085 [Lt. Dean speaking] 290 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,150 [Officer Leach] I could see him. 291 00:15:55,188 --> 00:15:56,388 [Officer Leach speaking] 292 00:15:59,826 --> 00:16:03,096 And I fired six rounds back towards the suspect 293 00:16:03,129 --> 00:16:05,099 and tried to give other officers 294 00:16:05,131 --> 00:16:07,801 that didn’t know where he was at time to find cover. 295 00:16:07,834 --> 00:16:09,304 [Officer Leach speaking] 296 00:16:11,337 --> 00:16:12,967 [Officer Kevin Gilbreth speaking] 297 00:16:13,005 --> 00:16:14,235 [Lt. Dean speaking] 298 00:16:14,273 --> 00:16:15,113 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 299 00:16:15,141 --> 00:16:16,181 [Officer Leach speaking] 300 00:16:16,909 --> 00:16:18,709 [Lt. Dean speaking] 301 00:16:21,981 --> 00:16:23,881 [Lt. Dean speaking] 302 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:25,516 [Officer Leach speaking] 303 00:16:25,551 --> 00:16:26,521 [Officer speaking] 304 00:16:26,552 --> 00:16:28,092 -[Lt. Dean speaking] -[Officer Leach speaking] 305 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:28,820 [Officer speaking] 306 00:16:28,855 --> 00:16:29,995 [Officer Leach speaking] 307 00:16:32,558 --> 00:16:33,488 [Lt. Dean speaking] 308 00:16:36,696 --> 00:16:37,956 [Officer speaking] 309 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:40,767 I have no clue if any of the five officers 310 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,140 that were with us had been hit or the dog. 311 00:16:43,169 --> 00:16:44,069 [Officer speaking] 312 00:16:44,103 --> 00:16:46,173 [Lt. Dean speaking] 313 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:47,465 -[Officer 1 speaking] -[Officer 2 speaking] 314 00:16:47,507 --> 00:16:49,777 [Lt. Dean speaking] 315 00:16:49,809 --> 00:16:52,039 [Officer Leach] Everybody briefly checked their selves for a minute. 316 00:16:52,078 --> 00:16:54,248 No one on our side had been struck. 317 00:16:54,280 --> 00:17:00,450 So we were able to proceed forward with trying to make contact with that suspect. 318 00:17:00,486 --> 00:17:02,686 [Officer Leach] We didn’t know if he was just laying down playing possum 319 00:17:02,722 --> 00:17:06,492 waiting for us to come closer so that he could begin shooting at us again, 320 00:17:06,526 --> 00:17:08,926 or if he had been hit and injured. 321 00:17:10,363 --> 00:17:12,303 [Officer speaking] 322 00:17:15,501 --> 00:17:17,641 [Officer Leach speaking] 323 00:17:18,738 --> 00:17:19,808 [Lt. Dean speaking] 324 00:17:21,073 --> 00:17:22,373 [Officer Leach speaking] 325 00:17:26,479 --> 00:17:28,409 -[Officer Gilbreth speaking] -[Officer speaking] 326 00:17:28,447 --> 00:17:29,777 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 327 00:17:32,018 --> 00:17:33,188 [Lt. Dean speaking] 328 00:17:34,020 --> 00:17:35,290 [Officer Leach speaking] 329 00:17:36,322 --> 00:17:37,562 [Lt. Dean speaking] 330 00:17:39,825 --> 00:17:41,055 [Officer Griffith speaking] 331 00:17:47,233 --> 00:17:49,033 [Officer speaking] 332 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:50,298 [Officer Leach speaking] 333 00:17:53,372 --> 00:17:54,312 [Officer Leach speaking] 334 00:17:55,241 --> 00:17:56,111 [Officer speaking] 335 00:17:56,976 --> 00:17:58,576 [Officer Griffith speaking] 336 00:17:58,611 --> 00:17:59,551 [Officer Kevin Gilbreth speaking] 337 00:17:59,579 --> 00:18:00,379 [Officer Griffith speaking] 338 00:18:00,413 --> 00:18:01,383 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 339 00:18:06,652 --> 00:18:07,692 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 340 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:08,850 [Officer speaking] 341 00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:10,158 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 342 00:18:11,891 --> 00:18:13,961 [Officer Gilbreth] I am just keeping the suspect covered. 343 00:18:15,127 --> 00:18:17,627 And I do not know if he’s been hit or not. 344 00:18:17,663 --> 00:18:19,163 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 345 00:18:26,939 --> 00:18:31,079 He is not responding to any commands that we’re giving him. 346 00:18:32,211 --> 00:18:34,081 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 347 00:18:35,247 --> 00:18:38,147 We can see the suspect’s left side. 348 00:18:39,986 --> 00:18:42,286 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 349 00:18:42,321 --> 00:18:46,361 [Lt. Dean] We could not see his head. I could see his left shoulder... 350 00:18:46,392 --> 00:18:48,132 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 351 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,630 ...and left leg. 352 00:18:50,663 --> 00:18:52,003 -[Officer speaking] -[Officer Leach speaking] 353 00:18:52,031 --> 00:18:53,471 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 354 00:18:59,672 --> 00:19:00,972 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 355 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:08,148 [Lt. Dean] What I’m thinking is he’s gonna pop up any second. 356 00:19:09,382 --> 00:19:10,282 I know he is. 357 00:19:15,588 --> 00:19:18,388 [Lt. Dean] A ballistic shield at this point would be very important 358 00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:24,004 ’cause it’s gonna provide another level of protection, uh, for an officer. 359 00:19:24,030 --> 00:19:28,930 Our ballistic vests only covers kind of our vital organ area. 360 00:19:28,968 --> 00:19:31,038 Where a ballistic shield is gonna be able to provide 361 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:34,270 more cover to our head and even lower into our torso. 362 00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:36,381 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 363 00:19:46,786 --> 00:19:48,086 -[Officer 1 speaking] -[Officer 2 speaking] 364 00:19:48,587 --> 00:19:49,687 [Officer 1 speaking] 365 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:55,359 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 366 00:20:02,902 --> 00:20:04,072 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 367 00:20:04,103 --> 00:20:05,443 [Lt. Dean speaking] 368 00:20:07,673 --> 00:20:09,373 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 369 00:20:31,297 --> 00:20:33,467 [Lt. Dean] I’d know if he’s gonna make that move, 370 00:20:33,499 --> 00:20:36,199 he’s gonna try and make it as fast as he can. 371 00:20:38,471 --> 00:20:40,611 [Officer Gilbreth speaking] 372 00:20:40,639 --> 00:20:42,769 [Lt. Dean] When I first see him, and we get 373 00:20:42,808 --> 00:20:46,478 all the way up to him, he is laying completely prone. 374 00:20:46,512 --> 00:20:50,182 There’s no blood, no signs of injury, 375 00:20:50,216 --> 00:20:51,946 nothing that we can see down either arm. 376 00:20:51,984 --> 00:20:54,394 The gun is still inside his right hand. 377 00:20:56,388 --> 00:20:57,618 [Lt. Dean] 2-40, heads up. 378 00:21:00,192 --> 00:21:04,562 [Lt. Dean] His breath sounds from the distance that I was at, uh, to him 379 00:21:04,597 --> 00:21:06,897 sound, uh, very labored. 380 00:21:06,932 --> 00:21:09,702 And I believed at that point that he had been struck. 381 00:21:13,305 --> 00:21:16,905 I had one officer step on his arm that’s got the gun in it, 382 00:21:16,942 --> 00:21:19,412 uh, so that he can’t raise it up. 383 00:21:19,445 --> 00:21:23,255 Uh, another officer reaches down and takes the gun out of his hand. 384 00:21:23,282 --> 00:21:25,122 And at that point, we’re able to roll him over, 385 00:21:25,151 --> 00:21:28,121 and that’s when I saw the injury to his head and his shoulder, 386 00:21:28,154 --> 00:21:30,664 and I knew he was seriously injured. 387 00:21:30,689 --> 00:21:32,359 So now, I’m trying to get him help. 388 00:21:32,391 --> 00:21:33,331 [officer speaking] 389 00:21:35,828 --> 00:21:37,198 [Lt. Dean] I know he needs our help, 390 00:21:37,229 --> 00:21:39,399 and he’s still a human life. 391 00:21:40,332 --> 00:21:42,502 I did not want to kill this man. 392 00:21:42,535 --> 00:21:44,245 I wanted him to surrender. 393 00:21:44,270 --> 00:21:46,410 I wanted him to give up. 394 00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:48,038 I wanted him to quit shooting at us. 395 00:21:52,411 --> 00:21:55,611 [narrator] Despite emergency room doctor’s best efforts, 396 00:21:57,183 --> 00:22:01,023 21-year-old Demontre Bruner dies of his wounds. 397 00:22:02,354 --> 00:22:04,924 Police believe Bruner was responsible 398 00:22:04,957 --> 00:22:08,227 for the homicide of 19-year-old James Hendricks 399 00:22:10,462 --> 00:22:13,672 and attempted homicide of a woman in Tulsa. 400 00:22:15,467 --> 00:22:17,867 [Officer Leach] Once we learned that the suspect was dead, 401 00:22:17,903 --> 00:22:21,443 the kind of gravity of the situation started to settle. 402 00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:24,313 And you actually started to realize what happened. 403 00:22:24,343 --> 00:22:25,483 -[gunshots] -[Officer Leach] Oh! 404 00:22:25,511 --> 00:22:26,611 [Officer Leach speaking] 405 00:22:29,148 --> 00:22:32,118 And I think once he realized he was gonna get away 406 00:22:32,151 --> 00:22:34,391 that he resorted to his last option, 407 00:22:34,420 --> 00:22:36,660 which was to kinda battle it out. 408 00:22:38,991 --> 00:22:41,131 If we wouldn’t had encountered him on the night that we did, 409 00:22:41,160 --> 00:22:42,460 on the night that we did, 410 00:22:42,494 --> 00:22:44,704 there’s no telling how many more people 411 00:22:44,730 --> 00:22:46,970 that he would have potentially killed or injured. 412 00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:52,043 [Officer Gilbreth] I’ve been here 18 years. 413 00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:55,012 That is by far the 414 00:22:55,040 --> 00:22:59,140 most serious incident that I’ve ever been involved in. 415 00:22:59,178 --> 00:23:02,008 Um, you know, I’ve never had anybody shoot at me before. 416 00:23:03,949 --> 00:23:08,019 [Officer Griffith] It’s totally changed the way that I look at Loki. 417 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:10,923 Loki is definitely my best friend. 418 00:23:10,956 --> 00:23:17,056 He... He would die for any of the officers at our PD. 419 00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:21,704 It’s easy for me to risk my own life. 420 00:23:21,734 --> 00:23:26,004 It’s easy for, for me to make that sense in my own mind. 421 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:29,938 But having to sleep at night knowing that 422 00:23:29,975 --> 00:23:33,605 I risked my life and made them risk their life. 423 00:23:33,646 --> 00:23:35,746 Or asked them to risk their life. 424 00:23:35,781 --> 00:23:37,881 I guess I didn’t... I didn’t make them. 425 00:23:37,917 --> 00:23:40,817 But they... They chose to step up and go with me. 426 00:23:48,127 --> 00:23:49,187 [narrator] In Texas, 427 00:23:50,462 --> 00:23:52,602 10 miles northwest of Dallas, 428 00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:55,129 is the city of Irving. 429 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:01,872 February 2021. 430 00:24:04,610 --> 00:24:08,150 Winter is wreaking havoc across the US. 431 00:24:08,180 --> 00:24:13,290 And Texas is having its worst weather in almost 40 years. 432 00:24:13,319 --> 00:24:20,129 [Officer Allen] That is a once-in-a-long-time event that happens for north Texas. 433 00:24:20,159 --> 00:24:25,459 It was pretty much damage control during that entire week for our department. 434 00:24:25,497 --> 00:24:29,267 [Justin Graham] Not many people in this area are used to that kind of cold. 435 00:24:31,003 --> 00:24:34,273 We had broken water pipes all over the city. 436 00:24:34,306 --> 00:24:38,276 People without heat, people without electricity, needing help. 437 00:24:39,378 --> 00:24:40,648 We were having car wrecks all the time 438 00:24:40,679 --> 00:24:44,219 because no one down here is used to driving on that ice. 439 00:24:45,818 --> 00:24:48,318 We had to do the snow chains, 440 00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:50,864 and I don’t think we’ve had to deploy those too many times 441 00:24:50,889 --> 00:24:52,119 in the history of our department. 442 00:24:55,127 --> 00:24:58,757 We had actually to pull in some extra personnel during that time period 443 00:24:58,797 --> 00:25:02,327 to man different apparatus so we could make the calls. 444 00:25:03,802 --> 00:25:05,102 This was snowmageddon. 445 00:25:09,408 --> 00:25:12,438 After three to four days of cold, 446 00:25:12,478 --> 00:25:16,378 the weather was really sunny and it’s good. 447 00:25:16,415 --> 00:25:19,685 So I just called my friend. "Let’s go for a walk." 448 00:25:21,520 --> 00:25:23,790 On this day, things were starting to get back to normal. 449 00:25:25,190 --> 00:25:27,230 [Graham] It was starting to thaw out a lot. 450 00:25:27,259 --> 00:25:29,999 All the roads were pretty much cleared. 451 00:25:30,029 --> 00:25:31,759 [Fowler] Like you could actually drive on them without 452 00:25:31,797 --> 00:25:33,267 feeling like you’re gonna crash everywhere. 453 00:25:38,904 --> 00:25:41,414 I wanna say it was in the 40s, maybe 50s. 454 00:25:41,440 --> 00:25:44,140 Which at the time probably felt like 100 degrees. 455 00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:45,836 But we clearly weren’t there yet. 456 00:25:47,579 --> 00:25:51,549 We were sitting near to the lake, and we were just enjoying and talking. 457 00:25:51,583 --> 00:25:55,893 Then suddenly we saw, like, there are few people on the ice. 458 00:25:57,289 --> 00:26:00,689 [Fowler] Uh, I was on Highway 114 when the call came out. 459 00:26:02,127 --> 00:26:02,987 [dispatcher speaking] 460 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:07,674 [narrator] A call comes in to 911. 461 00:26:08,901 --> 00:26:11,271 The caller seems confused. 462 00:26:11,303 --> 00:26:15,843 But says that someone’s fallen in an unidentified icy lake. 463 00:26:17,643 --> 00:26:20,583 Their first call note, they almost didn’t make sense to me. 464 00:26:20,612 --> 00:26:22,182 It was something like it said... 465 00:26:22,214 --> 00:26:24,354 I think it said, "hole in the water" or something like that. 466 00:26:24,383 --> 00:26:26,223 [siren wails] 467 00:26:27,019 --> 00:26:30,119 [dispatcher speaking] 468 00:26:30,155 --> 00:26:33,855 Our fire dispatch got the information and immediately put 469 00:26:33,892 --> 00:26:37,362 the swiftwater team on alert, but, at that point, they didn’t know where it was. 470 00:26:37,396 --> 00:26:40,096 Whoever called 911 wasn’t real familiar 471 00:26:40,132 --> 00:26:43,372 with where he actually was or she was actually at. 472 00:26:43,402 --> 00:26:46,342 [narrator] More 911 calls come in. 473 00:26:46,371 --> 00:26:49,841 The callers say that there’s a second person in the water. 474 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:54,446 Which they now identify as Thomas Jefferson Lake. 475 00:26:55,314 --> 00:26:57,524 [siren wails] 476 00:26:57,549 --> 00:27:00,149 [Fowler] And all started to process what we were dealing with. 477 00:27:00,185 --> 00:27:01,915 And I knew that... 478 00:27:01,954 --> 00:27:04,224 We need to get there quick ’cause it’s going to be cold. 479 00:27:08,393 --> 00:27:12,203 Where I was when I first heard the call, I was two to three minutes out. 480 00:27:14,233 --> 00:27:17,403 Judging by the, the notes that were coming out on the call, 481 00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:21,406 I knew that more than likely if I was one of the first responders on scene 482 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:25,180 that there would be a need to probably go into the waters. 483 00:27:27,045 --> 00:27:29,205 The clock is working against them very quickly. 484 00:27:31,016 --> 00:27:34,746 We’re about a mile and a half to two miles from Thomas Jefferson Park. 485 00:27:34,786 --> 00:27:38,716 Even en route, we were thinking, "It’s cold outside. It’s been cold outside." 486 00:27:38,757 --> 00:27:42,057 We know the water’s gonna be cold, regardless of how icy it is. 487 00:27:42,094 --> 00:27:44,534 You have to start thinking about hypothermia, 488 00:27:44,563 --> 00:27:46,333 what treatment do we need to do? 489 00:27:46,365 --> 00:27:48,705 Um, how fast do we need to get them out there? 490 00:27:48,734 --> 00:27:50,404 How long have they been in the water? 491 00:27:51,470 --> 00:27:52,900 [Yadav] We just had normal clothes. 492 00:27:52,938 --> 00:27:57,508 We just take those clothes, and we just make a long rope kind of thing. 493 00:27:57,543 --> 00:28:00,713 And we just threw there, and it was not reaching to them. 494 00:28:01,747 --> 00:28:03,377 Everyone was scared. 495 00:28:04,716 --> 00:28:06,916 Till the time we were trying, the cops came. 496 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:11,760 So I turn on Meadow Creek, and I remember I forgot how big that lake was. 497 00:28:14,026 --> 00:28:15,986 I had no idea how deep that water was. 498 00:28:20,666 --> 00:28:22,066 And I got flagged down immediately. 499 00:28:24,136 --> 00:28:26,196 [dispatcher speaking indistinctly] 500 00:28:28,073 --> 00:28:30,083 I went straight on the sidewalk with my car. 501 00:28:33,278 --> 00:28:35,048 I remember seeing a couple civilians 502 00:28:35,080 --> 00:28:37,750 that were doing their best to help out, and they had, like, T-shirts tied together. 503 00:28:37,783 --> 00:28:39,823 And they had tried everything they could, but they just... 504 00:28:39,851 --> 00:28:42,451 I think they ran out of things to tie together to try to help them. 505 00:28:51,597 --> 00:28:53,867 In my bag I keep a throw rope. 506 00:28:53,899 --> 00:28:57,539 So I had played this, this thought process through my head before. 507 00:28:57,569 --> 00:28:59,999 But I had played it through my head without ice 508 00:29:00,038 --> 00:29:01,808 and without it being really, really cold. 509 00:29:02,574 --> 00:29:03,444 [Officer Fowler speaking] 510 00:29:12,517 --> 00:29:16,987 I could tell immediately she was in a worst spot than he was. 511 00:29:17,022 --> 00:29:20,062 He was, obviously, not doing great but still holding on. 512 00:29:21,460 --> 00:29:24,760 She still had some strength but she was definitely going downhill. 513 00:29:25,931 --> 00:29:28,571 My biggest concern was, was definitely her. 514 00:29:39,711 --> 00:29:42,651 [Officer Fowler speaking] 515 00:29:51,189 --> 00:29:54,429 I was totally worried I was going to through the rope off like 10 feet to the side. 516 00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:16,610 I mean, they grabbed it, and you could tell 517 00:30:16,648 --> 00:30:18,948 immediately they did not have much strength to do anything. 518 00:30:21,453 --> 00:30:23,863 And that’s kinda when I realized that this was... 519 00:30:23,889 --> 00:30:25,989 This was as far as I had planned for. 520 00:30:29,061 --> 00:30:31,261 [sirens approaching] 521 00:30:34,232 --> 00:30:36,172 And that’s when Officer Allen showed up. 522 00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:41,765 [woman speaking] 523 00:30:41,807 --> 00:30:42,967 [Allen] When I saw him 524 00:30:43,008 --> 00:30:44,878 I knew we’re gonna be able to figure it out together. 525 00:30:46,144 --> 00:30:47,354 Well, as soon as I got there. 526 00:30:47,379 --> 00:30:50,749 Uh, I ran up to the edge of the pond. 527 00:30:50,782 --> 00:30:52,622 I linked up with Officer Fowler. 528 00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:57,787 And saw that there was still two people in the water. 529 00:31:00,826 --> 00:31:03,326 This is an issue and can quickly 530 00:31:04,129 --> 00:31:06,029 escalate into tragedy. 531 00:31:06,064 --> 00:31:07,404 [woman speaking] 532 00:31:08,467 --> 00:31:09,197 [man speaking] 533 00:31:10,869 --> 00:31:12,669 [Allen] What happens to the human body 534 00:31:12,704 --> 00:31:15,914 when it’s exposed to, uh, below freezing water. 535 00:31:15,941 --> 00:31:17,681 It quickly goes into hypothermia 536 00:31:17,709 --> 00:31:19,779 and you start losing a lot of senses 537 00:31:19,811 --> 00:31:22,111 as your body’s trying to keep the core warm. 538 00:31:24,015 --> 00:31:26,315 And if you are getting exhausted 539 00:31:26,351 --> 00:31:29,391 because you’re just trying to keep yourself above the water line. 540 00:31:31,256 --> 00:31:33,656 Well, it’s only a matter of time before you’re 541 00:31:33,692 --> 00:31:34,692 going under. 542 00:31:35,827 --> 00:31:38,297 [woman speaking] 543 00:31:38,330 --> 00:31:39,530 [Officer Brendan Fowler speaking] 544 00:31:39,564 --> 00:31:41,234 [Allen speaking] 545 00:31:41,767 --> 00:31:42,797 [Fowler speaking] 546 00:31:46,505 --> 00:31:48,415 When Officer Allen got there I thought we would be able 547 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:49,610 to prepare a plan and everything. 548 00:31:49,641 --> 00:31:51,581 He was already dropping his gear and saying, 549 00:31:51,610 --> 00:31:53,380 like, "I’m a really good swimmer," and he was going in. 550 00:31:53,412 --> 00:31:54,382 And I was like, "All right then." 551 00:31:54,413 --> 00:31:56,783 [man speaking] 552 00:31:57,949 --> 00:31:58,649 [Fowler speaking] 553 00:32:02,187 --> 00:32:04,187 Wouldn’t want to try swimming in a vest 554 00:32:04,222 --> 00:32:07,732 long sleeve shirt, and my duty belt on. 555 00:32:07,759 --> 00:32:09,829 You know, I’m thinking, "All right, I’m gonna have to drop 556 00:32:09,861 --> 00:32:11,831 as much gear as I can." 557 00:32:11,863 --> 00:32:14,933 So I figured I would go down in my pants and undershirt, 558 00:32:14,966 --> 00:32:16,996 and that would give me the best opportunity to move, 559 00:32:17,502 --> 00:32:19,372 stay buoyant, 560 00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:22,614 and while trying to help other people get out of the pond. 561 00:32:23,942 --> 00:32:24,712 [Fowler speaking] 562 00:32:26,611 --> 00:32:27,911 We wanted to see 563 00:32:27,946 --> 00:32:30,106 you know, how strong was this ice, could we break it 564 00:32:30,148 --> 00:32:30,978 from where we were. 565 00:32:32,184 --> 00:32:34,054 I tried to put a foot down. 566 00:32:34,085 --> 00:32:36,045 Uh, on the ice to break it, and it 567 00:32:36,087 --> 00:32:39,287 was like going into a slushie it went down about mid-calf and 568 00:32:39,925 --> 00:32:40,965 and I didn’t know 569 00:32:40,992 --> 00:32:42,762 if it was like that the whole way 570 00:32:42,794 --> 00:32:44,734 part way, I didn’t know if the ice would break 571 00:32:44,763 --> 00:32:46,333 when I got halfway out there. 572 00:32:46,364 --> 00:32:50,374 And I didn’t want to add more problem to the situation. 573 00:32:50,402 --> 00:32:52,172 [siren wailing] 574 00:32:53,705 --> 00:32:56,205 [Allen speaking] 575 00:32:57,142 --> 00:32:58,682 [Fowler speaking] 576 00:33:06,518 --> 00:33:07,548 [Fowler speaking] 577 00:33:08,153 --> 00:33:09,023 [man speaking] 578 00:33:11,056 --> 00:33:12,486 [Graham] Once they go under 579 00:33:12,524 --> 00:33:15,564 the current of the water pulling them around and if they can’t 580 00:33:15,594 --> 00:33:17,734 find where they went in 581 00:33:17,762 --> 00:33:19,632 it’s a sheet of ice above their heads. 582 00:33:19,664 --> 00:33:21,934 And potentially, not being able to find anybody 583 00:33:21,967 --> 00:33:23,867 which is worst case scenario. 584 00:33:24,536 --> 00:33:25,596 [Fowler speaking] 585 00:33:25,637 --> 00:33:26,367 [Allen speaking] 586 00:33:26,404 --> 00:33:27,514 [Fowler speaking] 587 00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:38,315 [Allen speaking] 588 00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,120 [Fowler speaking] 589 00:33:44,155 --> 00:33:46,155 [Allen] Uh, when the fire department arrived 590 00:33:46,191 --> 00:33:49,091 a huge wave of relief came over me. 591 00:33:49,127 --> 00:33:52,527 I knew they would have a plan, tools 592 00:33:52,564 --> 00:33:55,734 to help these folks better than me and Officer Fowler. 593 00:34:00,539 --> 00:34:01,809 The police officers were out there 594 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,910 trying to instruct them to grab the rope, 595 00:34:03,942 --> 00:34:05,912 and hang onto it so we could pull them out. 596 00:34:08,179 --> 00:34:10,149 And this is where that dexterity 597 00:34:10,181 --> 00:34:12,621 and coordination of the victims 598 00:34:12,651 --> 00:34:14,051 they, it just wasn’t there anymore. 599 00:34:14,085 --> 00:34:15,985 They were, they were in there for... 600 00:34:16,021 --> 00:34:17,521 Getting to the point of too long. 601 00:34:19,791 --> 00:34:22,991 The last thing we ever want to do is get in the water. 602 00:34:23,028 --> 00:34:24,458 That’s where mistakes happen. 603 00:34:24,496 --> 00:34:25,496 That’s where 604 00:34:25,530 --> 00:34:27,600 worst outcomes can happen by getting in the water. 605 00:34:28,600 --> 00:34:29,630 [EMT speaking] 606 00:34:29,668 --> 00:34:30,498 [Allen speaking] 607 00:34:30,535 --> 00:34:32,395 [Fowler speaking] 608 00:34:32,437 --> 00:34:34,237 [Allen speaking] 609 00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:37,012 [Allen] You know, we’re hyper focused on the folks in the water 610 00:34:37,042 --> 00:34:39,212 the fire department’s still behind the planning curve. 611 00:34:41,146 --> 00:34:44,216 Watching her face, you could tell she was going downhill 612 00:34:44,249 --> 00:34:45,219 very, very, quickly. 613 00:34:45,250 --> 00:34:47,020 [indistinct chatter] 614 00:34:47,052 --> 00:34:48,322 Their fine motor skills 615 00:34:48,353 --> 00:34:50,793 being reduced with trying to hold on to the rope. 616 00:34:52,090 --> 00:34:54,130 We’re watching hypothermia get worse. 617 00:34:58,997 --> 00:35:02,767 [Graham] One of our guys immediately grabbed the ladder off the apparatus. 618 00:35:02,801 --> 00:35:04,301 Perfect tool for the situation. 619 00:35:07,238 --> 00:35:11,238 A typical ladder was the initial plan to get out to the victims. 620 00:35:11,276 --> 00:35:14,246 Have them grab hold of that and let us pull them out. 621 00:35:15,380 --> 00:35:16,510 [man speaking] 622 00:35:17,749 --> 00:35:18,449 [Fowler] Grab the... 623 00:35:19,217 --> 00:35:20,247 Grab the ladder. 624 00:35:20,285 --> 00:35:21,855 They don’t know, I wouldn’t know. 625 00:35:21,886 --> 00:35:23,346 [Graham] One of the victims started 626 00:35:23,388 --> 00:35:25,058 becoming unresponsive. 627 00:35:25,090 --> 00:35:27,390 Not following any commands whatsoever, 628 00:35:27,425 --> 00:35:29,785 and was really struggling to stay afloat. 629 00:35:32,364 --> 00:35:34,674 The man is doing his best 630 00:35:34,699 --> 00:35:36,999 to keep the woman up still. 631 00:35:37,936 --> 00:35:38,766 [Allen speaking] 632 00:35:39,738 --> 00:35:42,538 [Yadav] We all was completely shocked. 633 00:35:42,574 --> 00:35:45,984 We don’t know what’s gonna happen in the next moment. 634 00:35:46,011 --> 00:35:49,351 The wife went inside the water at least three to four times. 635 00:35:51,950 --> 00:35:53,280 [Allen speaking] 636 00:35:57,355 --> 00:35:58,355 [Allen] I had one mission 637 00:35:58,390 --> 00:36:00,360 and that was to keep these two people alive. 638 00:36:04,195 --> 00:36:06,855 [Graham] I believe she was seconds away from going down and drowning. 639 00:36:14,472 --> 00:36:16,372 [Fowler speaking] 640 00:36:16,408 --> 00:36:19,608 [Allen] She went under so I just shot out onto the ladder. 641 00:36:21,346 --> 00:36:22,346 [woman] Good. 642 00:36:23,915 --> 00:36:25,745 [Graham] Police officer grabbed her 643 00:36:25,784 --> 00:36:28,124 by the arms pulled her up above the water line. 644 00:36:28,153 --> 00:36:30,893 We, uh, attached a rope to that ladder. 645 00:36:30,922 --> 00:36:33,792 So we could pull the police officer and that victim out. 646 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:36,195 Hopefully, without the ice breaking. 647 00:36:36,227 --> 00:36:37,797 [Fowler] You get off the ice. 648 00:36:38,229 --> 00:36:39,429 So, problem one 649 00:36:39,464 --> 00:36:41,974 and that’s keep her head above the water. 650 00:36:43,702 --> 00:36:46,372 The urgency to keep her from going under. 651 00:36:48,707 --> 00:36:50,337 [man] Nice, it’ll go up. 652 00:36:50,375 --> 00:36:51,945 [Allen] Focus that last draw 653 00:36:51,976 --> 00:36:53,336 -[Fowler] Right here? -Get off the ice. 654 00:36:54,179 --> 00:36:56,149 [man speaking] 655 00:36:56,181 --> 00:36:58,821 [Allen speaking] 656 00:37:03,621 --> 00:37:04,821 [man speaking] 657 00:37:04,856 --> 00:37:06,356 [Allen speaking] 658 00:37:08,693 --> 00:37:10,733 I was face to face with her and him 659 00:37:10,762 --> 00:37:13,032 and she’s in a real bad way, 660 00:37:13,064 --> 00:37:15,604 like, a sense of shock on her face. 661 00:37:15,633 --> 00:37:17,403 The man’s not nearly as bad 662 00:37:17,435 --> 00:37:22,365 but his physical limitations to the exposure are pretty bad. 663 00:37:22,407 --> 00:37:24,537 The only thing I can do is just keep her up. 664 00:37:28,279 --> 00:37:29,709 [Graham] The other victim 665 00:37:29,748 --> 00:37:31,518 you could tell he was getting fatigued 666 00:37:31,549 --> 00:37:33,419 and he wasn’t able to follow commands either. 667 00:37:35,120 --> 00:37:37,890 It wasn’t looking a whole lot of good outcomes 668 00:37:37,922 --> 00:37:39,462 for these two individuals. 669 00:37:48,700 --> 00:37:50,200 [Graham] So we really didn’t know how deep it was. 670 00:37:50,235 --> 00:37:53,145 It was at least 8 feet, is what we were guessing, if not 10. 671 00:37:54,539 --> 00:37:56,169 We got the longer ladder out there. 672 00:37:57,242 --> 00:37:59,012 I jumped on that ladder. 673 00:38:03,782 --> 00:38:06,482 two, three feet from the second victim 674 00:38:06,518 --> 00:38:08,248 I could hear the ladder 675 00:38:08,286 --> 00:38:11,386 that I was on was actually starting to break off the ice and sink into the water. 676 00:38:14,392 --> 00:38:16,392 I yelled at the police officer, 677 00:38:16,427 --> 00:38:19,297 "You grab one. I’m gonna grab the other one. 678 00:38:19,330 --> 00:38:22,330 We gotta go get ready to go under because we’re about to get wet." 679 00:38:29,440 --> 00:38:30,640 [man speaking] 680 00:38:33,645 --> 00:38:37,325 [Graham] This was one of those moments where it was time to go. 681 00:38:40,318 --> 00:38:44,188 [Allen] This huge sheet of ice had broken off and we’re all sinking. 682 00:38:45,623 --> 00:38:48,033 I get submerged in the water myself. 683 00:38:48,960 --> 00:38:50,460 It’s just a shock to your system. 684 00:38:51,729 --> 00:38:53,729 This is all going downhill. 685 00:38:53,765 --> 00:38:55,805 -[indistinct chatter] -[siren wailing] 686 00:38:57,202 --> 00:38:58,842 I got a hold of the back of her pants 687 00:38:58,870 --> 00:39:01,970 ’cause the ladder is no longer helping her at all. 688 00:39:02,006 --> 00:39:05,036 And I’m trying to drag my way back in. 689 00:39:05,076 --> 00:39:08,706 But my ladder is sliding down into the hole 690 00:39:09,647 --> 00:39:10,777 taking us all with it. 691 00:39:13,117 --> 00:39:14,947 [Graham] It was immediately numbing. 692 00:39:16,087 --> 00:39:17,657 I couldn’t feel my legs at all. 693 00:39:22,961 --> 00:39:24,301 We had to grab our victims 694 00:39:24,329 --> 00:39:26,799 and then it’s just do whatever you can to get out. 695 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:29,730 [man speaking] 696 00:39:33,805 --> 00:39:35,645 [Allen] I felt my left foot hit the ground. 697 00:39:35,673 --> 00:39:37,943 It was a big sigh of relief thinking, 698 00:39:37,976 --> 00:39:40,806 "Okay, I think we’re all gonna make it." 699 00:39:41,512 --> 00:39:43,012 Still had a hold of the female 700 00:39:43,047 --> 00:39:44,747 so I knew that I could get her 701 00:39:44,782 --> 00:39:47,352 to more help to get her out of the water. 702 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,885 And then went back and the male was still in the hole 703 00:39:49,921 --> 00:39:51,821 doing the best he could to come toward the shore. 704 00:39:51,856 --> 00:39:54,126 So I just reached back, grabbed ahold of his shirt and 705 00:39:55,026 --> 00:39:56,326 pulled him in as well. 706 00:39:58,029 --> 00:39:59,899 [man speaking] 707 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,104 [Graham] It was a full team effort. 708 00:40:05,136 --> 00:40:06,396 The ladders we huge. 709 00:40:06,437 --> 00:40:08,607 That was the game changer for us. 710 00:40:10,241 --> 00:40:13,111 There were a firefighters, chiefs, 711 00:40:13,144 --> 00:40:16,714 battalion chiefs, bystanders chipped in. 712 00:40:16,748 --> 00:40:18,718 They grabbed pretty much the sides of the ladder 713 00:40:18,750 --> 00:40:22,350 and they were pulling, pulling these ladders out of the water for us. 714 00:40:22,387 --> 00:40:25,757 So we could extricate these people from the ice. 715 00:40:26,324 --> 00:40:27,324 [siren wailing] 716 00:40:29,727 --> 00:40:31,327 [siren blaring] 717 00:40:41,739 --> 00:40:43,939 We’re out of the water, out of the ice 718 00:40:43,975 --> 00:40:47,515 and immediately go into medical mode. 719 00:40:47,545 --> 00:40:49,505 She was starting to become unconscious 720 00:40:49,547 --> 00:40:51,277 so we get her in the back of the ambulance. 721 00:40:52,150 --> 00:40:54,590 There was six or eight paramedics 722 00:40:54,619 --> 00:40:58,059 in the back of this ambulance treating these individuals. 723 00:40:58,089 --> 00:41:01,089 We, uh, immediately did warming techniques 724 00:41:01,125 --> 00:41:04,825 making sure these victims don’t become fatalities. 725 00:41:07,031 --> 00:41:09,231 The on scene time for us 726 00:41:09,267 --> 00:41:11,897 was 15 minutes between the rescue 727 00:41:11,936 --> 00:41:16,066 and by the time they departed the scene which was awesome for us. 728 00:41:18,209 --> 00:41:20,279 [narrator] The victims are husband and wife. 729 00:41:21,312 --> 00:41:22,412 They were out walking 730 00:41:22,447 --> 00:41:24,777 and taking pictures of the frozen lake. 731 00:41:26,084 --> 00:41:29,154 When the wife stepped onto and fell through the ice. 732 00:41:31,289 --> 00:41:32,589 Her husband went to help, 733 00:41:33,624 --> 00:41:35,434 but also fell into the water. 734 00:41:37,195 --> 00:41:39,435 Both victims made a full recovery. 735 00:41:40,999 --> 00:41:42,499 [Fowler] You don’t need to learn how to swim 736 00:41:42,533 --> 00:41:45,303 or how to survive the cold in North Texas. 737 00:41:45,336 --> 00:41:47,296 It was a life or death scenario and it’s probably something 738 00:41:47,338 --> 00:41:48,868 that they didn’t know what to do. 739 00:41:49,474 --> 00:41:50,574 And I don’t blame them. 740 00:41:50,608 --> 00:41:52,308 I mean it’s not something that the average person 741 00:41:52,343 --> 00:41:54,143 would know how to do anything with. 742 00:41:54,178 --> 00:41:56,678 [Graham] It really did get within just a few minutes 743 00:41:56,714 --> 00:42:00,894 of a recovery, and then it was a victim rescue. 744 00:42:01,586 --> 00:42:03,546 Very, very close. Very close. 745 00:42:05,323 --> 00:42:08,163 [Allen] Knowing how bad that my hands felt 746 00:42:08,192 --> 00:42:12,102 just from being in the water a short amount of time that I was. 747 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:15,470 I can’t imagine what that man and woman must have felt like. 748 00:42:16,467 --> 00:42:17,997 People call for the police. 749 00:42:18,036 --> 00:42:18,966 They expect 750 00:42:19,003 --> 00:42:21,343 Superman to show up and they deserve that. 751 00:42:22,273 --> 00:42:24,013 I agree with that. 752 00:42:24,042 --> 00:42:25,642 That’s what we should be prepared for. 753 00:42:27,712 --> 00:42:30,552 That was the first time I have seen 754 00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:33,081 such kind of incident in my life. 755 00:42:33,117 --> 00:42:36,147 He doesn’t even think once about his life. 756 00:42:36,187 --> 00:42:37,717 But still he took that risk. 757 00:42:39,223 --> 00:42:40,663 So I was proud of them. 758 00:42:40,691 --> 00:42:41,691 That’s really great.