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[narrator] <i> In Tennessee,</i>
<i> a suspect resists arrest</i>
<i> and steals a patrol car.</i>

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I could see
that he was driving
towards me.

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I knew that that was
probably not going
to be survivable.

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[narrator] <i> In Los Angeles,</i>
<i> a light plane crashes</i>
<i> onto railroad tracks.</i>

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<i> There was a huge train</i>
<i> coming in our direction.</i>

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There was no way that
this train was going to be
stopping in time.

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[narrator] <i> And in Florida,</i>
<i> an armed suspect flees.</i>

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<i> Twenty-four miles northwest</i>
<i> of Nashville, Tennessee,</i>

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<i> is Pleasant View.</i>

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I've been in law enforcement
since 2002, full-time.

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<i> Community is everything.</i>
<i> That's why I do this job.</i>

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It brings me a peace of mind
in my heart and in my soul.

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[Tad Wheeler]
<i> We're pretty tight knit</i>
<i> in the department.</i>

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It's more like
a family atmosphere.

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<i> Lieutenant Miller</i>
<i> knows my whole family.</i>

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We've been through
a lot together in this job.

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[Miller]
<i> Chief Wheeler and I</i>
<i> are best friends.</i>

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We're kind of those people
that nobody better jump
between us

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because now they're going
to have to fight us both.

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[narrator]
<i> A Montgomery County officer</i>
<i> makes a traffic stop</i>

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<i> on a vehicle</i>
<i> with tinted windows.</i>

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<i> Further checks showed</i>
<i> the driver, Andrew Timmerman</i>
<i> had a suspended license.</i>

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[Miller]
<i> Somebody that's driving</i>
<i> on a suspended license,</i>

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that was enough
to be concerned about.

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Something's not right
with this situation.

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I don't have any other...

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[Wright]
<i> Drugs are an issue here.</i>

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Drug-induced or drug-motivated
type crimes are almost
a daily occurrence.

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[narrator]
<i> With the perpetrator</i>
<i> resisting arrest,</i>

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<i> the officer stays</i>
<i> at a safe distance</i>
<i> while he calls for backup.</i>

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[Miller] <i> When you hear that</i>
<i> not only does he have</i>
<i> the vehicle</i>

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<i> but he is armed</i>
<i> with another weapon.</i>

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<i> That's the worst of the wors</i>
<i> of scenarios for us.</i>

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It's incredibly scary.

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We got a call that
a patrol car had been stolen

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from a Montgomery County
sheriff's deputy.

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<i> A lot of thoughts,</i>
<i> I guess, run through my head</i>

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The safety of the deputy
himself, was he okay?

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Had he been shot?

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<i> A patrol car</i>
<i> that is being driven</i>

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<i> by someone who's</i>
<i> just committed</i>
<i> a serious crime,</i>

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<i> who obviously is driving</i>
<i> at a high rate of speed,</i>

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<i> he has no regard</i>
<i> for anyone's safety.</i>

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They're dangerous.
They're desperate.

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[Miller]
<i> I'd started monitoring</i>
<i> the radio better</i>

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<i> and listened to what</i>
<i> was going,</i>
<i> heard the directions.</i>

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Once I'd heard for sure
that he was going down
Highway 49

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towards Triangle Road,
I figured I could get ahead
of them there

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and maybe cut them off there.

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[Miller] <i> I thought,</i>
<i> this guy is totally</i>
<i> out of control.</i>

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<i> He was going to end up</i>
<i> hitting somebody</i>

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<i> in a passenger car</i>
<i> that was trying</i>
<i> to get away from him,</i>

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<i> thinking that they're</i>
<i> yielding to a legitimate</i>
<i> police officer.</i>

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The chance of somebody
getting hurt or killed
was very high at that point.

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<i> Our job is to catch this guy</i>

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[Wright]
<i> There were officers</i>
<i> that were following</i>

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and then officers
that were coming
in front of him,

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to meet him head on.

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<i> It gets real intense.</i>

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<i> I was 500 or 600 yards</i>
<i> behind him when he come</i>
<i> off the interstate.</i>

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<i> He was traveling at</i>
<i> a real high rate of speed</i>

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and he really just
pulled away from me.

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[Wheeler] <i> When you take</i>
<i> four to five jurisdictions</i>
<i> and put them together,</i>

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dispatch is kind of
the backbone that gives us
the intel that we need.

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[Wright] <i> His radio was tune</i>
<i> to the Montgomery County</i>
<i> law enforcement channel.</i>

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We're on a completely
different radio system
and channel

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<i> in Cheatham County.</i>

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<i> So he probably didn't hear</i>
<i> how we were coordinating</i>
<i> over the radio.</i>

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[Wright]
<i> The fact that he has</i>
<i> a suspended license</i>

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<i> would give</i>
<i> a possible indication</i>

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<i> that he's had a previous</i>
<i> criminal history.</i>

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<i> And if you're dealing</i>
<i> with someone who's</i>
<i> been in prison,</i>

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<i> they are very desperate</i>
<i> to get away</i>

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and they will do desperate
and dangerous things
to get away.

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[Miller] <i> You just have to re</i>
<i> on your instinct.</i>

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The road he actually
started down was Highway 49.

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So thinking that, okay,
I can probably go down
and cut him off

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at Triangle Road,

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and I started to get there
to set up.

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<i> When I first saw that vehicl</i>
<i> come over the hill,</i>

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<i> I immediately thought,</i>
<i> he is going a lot faster</i>
<i> than he should be.</i>

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<i> Yeah, I knew this was</i>
<i> our suspect vehicle</i>

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<i> and I knew right then,</i>
<i> I was the only one</i>

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<i> that had the best chance</i>
<i> to try to stop this.</i>

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<i> I could kind of see</i>
<i> that he was fixated on me</i>
<i> and driving towards me,</i>

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<i> I was thinking that I'm fixi</i>
<i> to get hit by this car.</i>

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<i> And this is going to hurt.</i>

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I knew that that was probably
not going to be survivable.

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<i> As I got hit,</i>

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<i> the wheels were still turnin</i>
<i> towards me</i>
<i> and he started rolling again</i>

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<i> And I thought he was going t</i>
<i> try to run over me again.</i>

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<i> I'm trying to draw my pisto</i>
<i> and I can't get</i>
<i> my arm to work.</i>

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I don't know how bad I'm hurt,
but I know I'm hurt.

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<i> I didn't know</i>
<i> what his intention was</i>

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<i> or if he was going to kill m</i>

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I knew I couldn't
get up in time
to jump out of the way.

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I knew I didn't have time
to spin around
and draw my weapon.

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<i> The best thing that I could </i>
<i> was to stay upright to get h</i>

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<i> and possibly get knocked</i>
<i> out of the way</i>

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<i> rather than get trapped</i>
<i> underneath the vehicle.</i>

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I just figured
the best thing I can do is
brace myself for an impact

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and hopefully
get knocked down.

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<i> I knew I was hurt, but I wa</i>
<i> able to get my radio out.</i>

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<i> The most important thing</i>
<i> I could do at that point</i>

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was to keep
relaying information.

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<i> I still wanted to make sure</i>
<i> we got him caught</i>
<i> before somebody else got hur</i>

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That was the biggest thing
right then
that kept me conscious.

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[Wheeler]
<i> That's not something you eve</i>
<i> expect to hear on the radio</i>

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<i> is that anybody,</i>
<i> as a police officer,</i>
<i> has been hit.</i>

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Ken was my priority
at that point.

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[Wright] <i> He's capable of</i>
<i> stealing a patrol car</i>
<i> and injuring two officers.</i>

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He's most definitely
capable of killing someone.

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<i> As I arrived,</i>
<i> a couple of officers</i>
<i> were already there.</i>

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<i> He was laying on the ground</i>
<i> but he was still</i>
<i> able to function.</i>

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[Miller] <i> Chief Tad Wheeler.</i>

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<i> He's the one that came to m</i>
<i> and started taking care of m</i>

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<i> and helping</i>
<i> assess my injuries.</i>

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Then I was totally done,
at that point. I let it all go
and let him take care of me.

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He's my best friend.

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<i> We had cars coming in</i>
<i> from all different counties</i>
<i> at that point.</i>

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<i> They were coming from</i>
<i> every county surrounding us</i>

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<i> to try to swarm our county</i>
<i> and just flood it</i>
<i> with patrol cars</i>

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<i> to try to find this guy</i>
<i> at all costs.</i>

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<i> He's an imminent danger</i>
<i> to the the public</i>

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<i> to the point where</i>
<i> deadly force was</i>
<i> probably necessary.</i>

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<i> For a police officer</i>
<i> to have to use deadly force</i>

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<i> it's the most dramatic</i>
<i> and intense moments</i>
<i> of their whole career.</i>

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<i> You might have to</i>
<i> use your firearm</i>
<i> to kill somebody.</i>

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<i> A big concern</i>
<i> at the end of a pursuit</i>
<i> is how it's going to end.</i>

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<i> The suspect is either</i>
<i> gonna run,</i>
<i> he's either gonna fight.</i>

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[narrator]
<i> Andrew Timmerman pled guilt</i>
<i> to various offences</i>

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<i> including resisting arrest,</i>
<i> theft of property,</i>

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<i> and evading arrest</i>
<i> risking death or injury.</i>

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<i> He was sentenced to two day</i>
<i> in the county jail</i>

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<i> and ten years' probation.</i>

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[Miller] <i> I'd been maimed up</i>
<i> pretty hard.</i>

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<i> I had a couple of broken rib</i>

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<i> But I was pretty fortunate.</i>

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<i> I'd made my peace</i>
<i> a long time ago</i>
<i> that this could happen to me</i>

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<i> I did ask Chief Wheeler</i>
<i> to be the one</i>
<i> to go notify my wife.</i>

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I knew I could trust him
to get that message
and take care of her.

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[Wheeler]
<i> I think going through</i>
<i> what we went through that da</i>

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<i> standing there with Ken,</i>

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it made us appreciate
those moments
that we do have.

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<i> Ultimately, the base</i>
<i> of this job is to help peopl</i>

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<i> It comes with dangers,</i>
<i> we know that</i>

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<i> and we accept it</i>
<i> when we go out there</i>
<i> and do it every day,</i>

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<i> but ultimately,</i>
<i> we're there to help people.</i>

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[Wright] <i> I think that</i>
<i> Lieutenant Miller acted</i>
<i> very heroically that day.</i>

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He risked his life
to try to help stop
this person.

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[Miller]
<i> That tremendous outpouring</i>
<i> of support, that brotherhood</i>

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it's very humbling to know
that all those guys and girls
would come for me,

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little old me, to help me out.

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<i> It just makes me</i>
<i> want to try harder</i>
<i> to make them proud</i>

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<i> and to do it for them,</i>
<i> because they did it for me.</i>

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[narrator]
<i> In Los Angeles, California,</i>

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<i> twenty-five miles north</i>
<i> of downtown</i>

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<i> is the community of Pacoima</i>

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LAPD's foothill division
covers Sunland to... Pacoima

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and also the Sun Valley areas.

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[Aboyte] <i> Being able to adapt</i>
<i> I think, is the biggest</i>

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<i> attribute a police office ca</i>
<i> have, really.</i>

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<i> Simple radio calls</i>

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might turn into something big
and you need to be able
to adapt to that.

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[Cavestany] <i> I was actually</i>
<i> returning to the station fro</i>
<i> another call.</i>

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<i> In the distance,</i>

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I noticed a fairly
large object.

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<i> It was at a little above</i>
<i> street level and it was</i>
<i> approaching the intersection</i>

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Did I really see that?

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And it took me a second
to realize that, yes, it was
a plane and it was very low.

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[indistinct dispatcher voice]

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[Cavestany] <i> When I got</i>
<i> to the intersection.</i>

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<i> That's when I saw the plane</i>
<i> had crash landed on</i>
<i> the railroad tracks.</i>

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It was a profuse amount
of fuel leaking

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<i> from the wings.</i>

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<i> I was expecting to see eithe</i>
<i> heavily injured people</i>
<i> or dead bodies.</i>

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<i> But thankfully, I could see</i>
<i> that the pilot was breathin</i>

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and obviously suffered some
injuries, but he was moving
around.

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[Sherock] <i> I'm at the station</i>

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<i> I hear my colleague Sergean</i>
<i> Cavestany broadcast that</i>
<i> he observed</i>

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go down at the Whiteman
Airport

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<i> about a block or two away.</i>

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<i> We just dropped everything</i>
<i> we were doing, we rushed</i>
<i> to our car, and</i>

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immediately went to the scene
to try to help out and do

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anything we could
to assist them.

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[Lucky] <i> I work for a stringe</i>
<i> company called OC Hawk news</i>

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<i> I have these</i>

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radios and scanners that are
in my car

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<i> I can listen to the police,</i>

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fire radios, the sheriffs.

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<i> That day I heard</i>

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<i> radio traffic that they saw</i>

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<i> a plane crash happen.</i>

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We were the first on scene
to meet with Sergeant
Cavestany at the location.

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<i> I didn't really know what</i>
<i> to expect.</i>

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[Cavestany] <i> There were some</i>
<i> civilians that were about t</i>

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<i> try to get him out of</i>
<i> the airplane.</i>

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<i> I told them</i>

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leave him alone. Leave him
where he's at.

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<i> If he had any sort of neck</i>
<i> injury or spinal injury</i>

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<i> and I was to move him,</i>
<i> that could make it worse.</i>

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You know, leave him paralyzed
or anything like that.

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<i> Once the fire department get</i>
<i> there, they can stabilize hi</i>

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<i> and then remove him</i>
<i> from the wreckage.</i>

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<i> We got the acknowledgement</i>
<i> that the rail lines had</i>

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<i> been notified to stop any</i>
<i> train activity.</i>

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[Sherock] <i> Oh it was all quie</i>

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and it seemed like the scene
was, you know, secured.

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[crossing bells ringing]

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<i> And then I noticed the bell</i>
<i> and the lights flashing.</i>

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<i> And the train arm started</i>
<i> to go down, you know,</i>
<i> indicating an oncoming train</i>

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You know, maybe the arms
malfunctioned because I think
the plane hit one of them.

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<i> There can't be a train comin</i>
<i> Like, how could this get</i>
<i> any worse?</i>

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[crossing bells ringing]

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[Sherock] <i> Sure enough</i>

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there was a huge train
coming in our direction.

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[train horn blaring]

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[Cavestany] <i> I thought for su</i>

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that that train would've
seen us

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<i> and would start pressing on</i>
<i> his brakes. But I turned bac</i>

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<i> to the train and now it was</i>

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a 100 yards, or less, away
from us.

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<i> All of us at the scene</i>
<i> realized</i>

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<i> that there was no way that</i>
<i> this train was gonna be</i>
<i> stopping in time.</i>

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[train horn blaring]

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[radio chatter]

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[Lucky] <i> When I get there,</i>
<i> I get my camera out</i>

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and I press record.

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<i> And then, that's when</i>
<i> it happened.</i>

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[loud crash]

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I was thinking everyone in
the vicinity of where the
plane was is probably dead.

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[train horn approaching]

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[crashes]

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Damn.

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[Sherock] <i> I remember lookin</i>

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<i> at this completely demolishe</i>
<i> plane.</i>

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And I just looked at it and
I thought, you know, I almost

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<i> died right now.</i>

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[men yelling in the distance]

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[Cavestany] It wasn't until I
watched the bodycam video

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that I realized how close
we were.

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[crossing bells ringing]

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[train horn blaring]

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[loud crash]

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[Sherock] <i> We got the pilot o</i>
<i> and I felt like an attorney</i>

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<i> just waiting to figure out,</i>
<i> you know, what's gonna happe</i>
<i> to us.</i>

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00:26:32,024 --> 00:26:34,592
Is the plane gonna explode? Or
is the plane gonna be thrown

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on top of us and crush us
to death?

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[Aboyte] <i> I can just hear th</i>
<i> crumpling of the metal from</i>

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<i> when that train made</i>
<i> impact on the plane.</i>

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I think that's what really
truly scared me. When I heard
that.

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[Sherock] I think I got about
ten or 15 feet

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with the pilot and my
colleagues, and I fell
to the ground.

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[Aboyte] <i> I was telling the</i>
<i> pilot, Mark, "You're okay,</i>
<i> Mark. We're here with you.</i>

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<i> "We're still with you." And</i>

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I think I repeated it several
times to him but I definitely
feel like I was saying it to

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myself as well.

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[Cavestany] <i> I sent a unit</i>

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to go check on the occupants
of the train and

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<i> thankfully, everybody was ok</i>
<i> on there.</i>

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[bells tolling]

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[Sherock] <i> Everybody was</i>
<i> worried about the pilot.</i>

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<i> And ultimately,</i>
<i> we learned that</i>

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his injuries were pretty...
somewhat severe,

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<i> but he was supposedly gonna</i>
<i> make a full recovery.</i>

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[Aboyte] <i> He was just barely</i>
<i> trying to take off from the</i>
<i> airport.</i>

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But I didn't ascertain why he
had crashed or what kinda

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<i> issue his airplane had</i>
<i> sustained that caused him</i>
<i> to try to perform</i>

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<i> an emergency landing.</i>

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[Cavestany] <i> I made</i>
<i> the decision to</i>

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leave the pilot where he
was at, initially.

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<i> If it had turned out to be</i>
<i> a tragic situation,</i>

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00:28:19,665 --> 00:28:22,933
<i> that would've been one of th</i>
<i> decisions I would've had</i>
<i> to live with. Which</i>

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would've resulted in the death
of my officers and the pilot.

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Um, apologies... Uh...

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Sorry, I get a little
emotional with this, 'cause...

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<i> My wife kept on watching th</i>
<i> videos over and over and ove</i>

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<i> She told me she didn't know</i>
<i> how to react.</i>

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She doesn't know whether
to be mad, sad, or proud.

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And she said she felt like she
was a mixture of all of those.

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And I told her, I'm like
"You're absolutely right.

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You every right
to be every single

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one of those."

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[Lucky] <i> If they didn't run</i>
<i> in there and pull that guy o</i>

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<i> that guy would not be</i>
<i> alive today.</i>

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They are the true heroes.

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[narrator] <i> The National</i>
<i> Transportation Safety Board </i>

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<i> still investigating</i>
<i> this incident.</i>

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<i> Every time I hear a</i>
<i> train horn, wherever I'm at</i>
<i> it reminds me of the inciden</i>

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<i> You know, what'll happen?</i>

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I think about it every time.

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[narrator] <i> On the northeast</i>
<i> coast of</i>

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<i> Florida is Flagler County.</i>

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00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:51,388
<i> Deputy Brandon Fiveash from</i>
<i> the Flagler County Sheriff'</i>

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<i> Office is on motorcycle</i>
<i> patrol.</i>

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[Fiveash] <i> It's a clear day,</i>
<i> it's a beautiful day.</i>

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<i> My partner and I's route</i>
<i> on the west side of</i>
<i> our county.</i>

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Doing some speed enforcement
on a state road 100 west
Flagler County.

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[siren blaring]

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[narrator] <i> Deputy Fiveash</i>
<i> spots a silver sedan</i>

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<i> going 95 miles an hour in</i>
<i> a 60 miles</i>

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00:30:19,318 --> 00:30:21,218
<i> an hour zone.</i>

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00:30:21,220 --> 00:30:23,654
<i> I immediately activated my</i>
<i> emergency lights</i>

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00:30:23,722 --> 00:30:25,923
and siren and try to
catch up to the vehicle.

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00:30:25,925 --> 00:30:28,025
[siren blaring]

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00:30:28,027 --> 00:30:31,695
<i> At which time, I then observ</i>
<i> what appeared to be a male'</i>
<i> hand throw objects from the</i>

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00:30:31,697 --> 00:30:33,063
<i> passenger side window.</i>

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00:30:34,033 --> 00:30:35,699
I believed it to be narcotics
at the time.

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I get the driver information.
I go back to my motorcycle
at the time.

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<i> Now I need to</i>

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try and identify
the passenger.

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<i> The passenger</i>

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said that he did not have any
identification on him.

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00:31:47,406 --> 00:31:49,740
<i> And he gave a date of birth</i>
<i> younger than what he looked</i>

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00:31:50,809 --> 00:31:52,809
So I did have a little bit of
a red flag of

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00:31:52,811 --> 00:31:56,213
"Hey, this might not be
accurate or correct."

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00:31:56,215 --> 00:31:58,949
But I gave him the benefit
of the doubt to provide
the information.

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Head's up.

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00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:23,073
My partner was beginning
to start to look for objects

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00:32:23,075 --> 00:32:25,609
<i> that were thrown out</i>
<i> the window while I continue</i>
<i> trying</i>

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00:32:25,611 --> 00:32:28,111
to piece all this together and
figure out what was really
going on.

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00:32:42,928 --> 00:32:44,728
<i> Flagler advisory, he's got</i>
<i> a signal zero.</i>
<i> He's taking off.</i>

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00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,301
<i> The driver was forced out o</i>
<i> the vehicle with a firearm.</i>

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00:32:52,304 --> 00:32:53,636
We got a signal zero.
He's taking off.

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00:32:55,708 --> 00:32:58,608
<i> This vehicle is now fleeing </i>
<i> a roadway into the public.</i>

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00:33:00,713 --> 00:33:02,212
[engine starts]

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00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:11,822
<i> My thought is to try and</i>
<i> prevent any harm to</i>

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00:33:11,824 --> 00:33:14,057
passing motorists and
civilians that are
in the area.

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00:33:14,059 --> 00:33:16,626
[wind rushing]

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00:33:19,631 --> 00:33:22,299
<i> At this point, I just neede</i>
<i> additional resources</i>

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00:33:22,301 --> 00:33:24,301
<i> in the direction of where</i>
<i> this vehicle is travelling.</i>

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00:33:31,443 --> 00:33:34,811
[Staly] <i> I heard the deputy</i>
<i> get on the radio stating tha</i>

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00:33:34,813 --> 00:33:37,114
the vehicle that he'd stopped
on a traffic stop was

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00:33:37,116 --> 00:33:38,715
<i> now fleeing from him.</i>

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00:33:39,618 --> 00:33:41,551
And he was armed.

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00:33:42,421 --> 00:33:47,624
<i> An armed individual with</i>
<i> deputies in pursuit is a ver</i>
<i> dangerous combination.</i>

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00:33:52,131 --> 00:33:53,663
<i> It's all hands on deck.</i>

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00:34:01,740 --> 00:34:03,372
[Fiveash] <i> My job is to</i>

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00:34:03,374 --> 00:34:06,743
keep eyes on the vehicle until
additional units can arrive
and take over.

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00:34:07,913 --> 00:34:10,247
<i> Inside a motorcycle you're</i>
<i> open to the elements.</i>

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00:34:10,315 --> 00:34:13,250
<i> Should something happen,</i>
<i> you have no additional</i>
<i> protection for you.</i>

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00:34:18,957 --> 00:34:22,526
<i> Since additional vehicles</i>
<i> begin to show up, I give the</i>
<i> priority in the pursuit.</i>

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00:34:29,701 --> 00:34:31,501
[Staly] <i> The area that the</i>
<i> vehicle</i>

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00:34:31,503 --> 00:34:33,336
<i> is entering is a residentia</i>

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00:34:33,405 --> 00:34:34,204
<i> neighborhood.</i>

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00:34:35,808 --> 00:34:37,407
It's very high-risk for anyone

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00:34:37,409 --> 00:34:38,675
<i> around it.</i>

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00:34:44,917 --> 00:34:48,318
<i> It could be kids out playing</i>
<i> so it's dangerous.</i>

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00:34:57,763 --> 00:35:02,132
[narrator] <i> The suspect speed</i>
<i> into, and then out of, the</i>
<i> residential neighborhood.</i>

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00:35:04,736 --> 00:35:08,105
<i> By now, even more units hav</i>
<i> joined the chase.</i>

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00:35:16,915 --> 00:35:21,151
I was off-duty and I was
driving my patrol car to get
an oil change.

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00:35:25,624 --> 00:35:29,860
<i> I heard the vehicle pursuit</i>
<i> going through on the radio.</i>

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00:35:29,961 --> 00:35:32,796
<i> Having my patrol vehicle an</i>
<i> all my equipment with me,</i>

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00:35:32,798 --> 00:35:35,799
I felt that if I can help in
any way, then I should help.

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00:35:40,706 --> 00:35:44,374
<i> I recall hearing on the radi</i>
<i> that he was driving</i>
<i> aggressively and</i>

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00:35:44,376 --> 00:35:46,510
going through red lights.

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00:35:46,512 --> 00:35:49,646
<i> In the moment, we're just</i>
<i> thinking about staying safe</i>
<i> and making sure that</i>

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00:35:49,714 --> 00:35:51,648
<i> the motorists are safe</i>
<i> around us,</i>

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00:35:51,750 --> 00:35:54,084
and trying to anticipate what
his next move is gonna be so

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00:35:54,086 --> 00:35:55,519
that we can properly capture
him.

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00:35:58,056 --> 00:35:59,822
[Reckenwald] <i> I'm US1 and</i>
<i> I fell into the chase.</i>

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00:36:01,460 --> 00:36:04,961
You don't know what you're
running into, you don't know
who you're chasing, you don't

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00:36:05,063 --> 00:36:08,298
know what their intentions are
so there's all kinds of things
that can go wrong.

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00:36:08,300 --> 00:36:10,300
All kinds of things that can
go south real quick.

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00:36:14,840 --> 00:36:17,040
[indistinct radio chatter]

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00:36:17,109 --> 00:36:19,309
<i> I'm the second patrol car i</i>
<i> the pursuit.</i>

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00:36:25,918 --> 00:36:27,918
<i> He was such a danger</i>
<i> to society.</i>

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00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:30,220
We had to get him apprehended.

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00:36:31,056 --> 00:36:33,623
[siren blaring]

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00:36:43,936 --> 00:36:47,704
[narrator] <i> Deputy Fiveash's</i>
<i> motorcycle is damaged durin</i>
<i> the chase.</i>

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00:36:49,808 --> 00:36:52,809
[Fiveash] <i> I was losing air i</i>
<i> the rear tire.</i>

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00:36:52,811 --> 00:36:56,713
<i> At that point, I notified</i>
<i> dispatch and additional unit</i>
<i> that I was going to be out o</i>

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00:36:56,715 --> 00:36:58,615
<i> the pursuit at that time.</i>

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00:36:58,617 --> 00:37:02,118
<i> It started with me. So then</i>
<i> now not being able to be the</i>
<i> at the end is</i>

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00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:03,253
not a good feeling.

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00:37:03,322 --> 00:37:05,422
[siren wailing]

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00:37:05,424 --> 00:37:08,625
[narrator] <i> Back on the road</i>
<i> the chase reaches a critica</i>
<i> point.</i>

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00:37:20,138 --> 00:37:23,306
[Reckenwald] The interstate
creates a huge concern

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00:37:23,308 --> 00:37:28,044
<i> because when he cuts across</i>
<i> lanes of traffic, he could</i>
<i> easily clip another vehicle</i>

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00:37:28,113 --> 00:37:31,848
causing a major incident on
the interstate.

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00:37:58,910 --> 00:38:02,112
<i> When you travel at those</i>
<i> speeds, you start to lose</i>
<i> friction between the tires a</i>

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00:38:02,114 --> 00:38:05,749
<i> the roadway, so it's easier</i>
<i> to lose control.</i>

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00:38:05,850 --> 00:38:08,418
<i> We have to get this suspect</i>
<i> off the road so</i>

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00:38:09,855 --> 00:38:11,955
we're gonna go until
he's caught.

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00:38:23,302 --> 00:38:27,837
[narrator] <i> Police units bloc</i>
<i> every exit from the parking</i>
<i> lot, boxing in the suspect.</i>

386
00:38:31,310 --> 00:38:33,410
[Reckenwald] <i> Once he stops,</i>
<i> what is he gonna do?</i>

387
00:38:33,412 --> 00:38:37,881
Is he going to exit that
vehicle with a firearm?

388
00:38:37,883 --> 00:38:41,885
[Staly] <i> He could go inside t</i>
<i> furniture store and hold</i>
<i> people hostage.</i>

389
00:38:41,887 --> 00:38:44,220
Or he could pull the rifle out
and start shooting

390
00:38:44,222 --> 00:38:45,455
<i> at our deputies.</i>

391
00:38:47,626 --> 00:38:49,826
[illegible radio chatter]

392
00:38:57,903 --> 00:39:00,937
[Reckenwald] <i> He exits his</i>
<i> vehicle while the vehicle</i>
<i> is still in motion.</i>

393
00:39:01,006 --> 00:39:03,606
<i> So the vehicle actually roll</i>
<i> and collides with a parked</i>
<i> vehicle.</i>

394
00:39:10,415 --> 00:39:15,418
I positioned my car in a way
that I stopped him from

395
00:39:15,420 --> 00:39:17,220
<i> moving forward.</i>

396
00:39:18,523 --> 00:39:22,058
<i> I saw the suspect running</i>
<i> towards a major roadway wit</i>
<i> high volume traffic.</i>

397
00:39:23,261 --> 00:39:24,728
I draw my taser,

398
00:39:34,106 --> 00:39:35,705
<i> I deploy my taser at him.</i>

399
00:39:42,247 --> 00:39:44,748
<i> Then that gives us enough</i>
<i> time to</i>

400
00:39:44,816 --> 00:39:45,948
<i> safely apprehend him.</i>

401
00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:53,123
He actually got tackled onto
the hood of my car.

402
00:39:54,626 --> 00:39:57,360
<i> And I still have a dent on t</i>
<i> hood of my car from that</i>
<i> incident.</i>

403
00:40:06,204 --> 00:40:08,138
After the suspect was
apprehended,

404
00:40:09,541 --> 00:40:11,741
<i> I then walked over</i>
<i> to the vehicle.</i>

405
00:40:14,045 --> 00:40:17,914
<i> And then I could see the AR-</i>
<i> rifle in the backseat.</i>

406
00:40:32,097 --> 00:40:34,931
His name was Serome Bell,
and I'm familiar with him.
We've had a couple

407
00:40:34,933 --> 00:40:37,300
<i> cases with him while I was</i>
<i> in narcotics.</i>

408
00:40:37,302 --> 00:40:40,203
<i> And actually, I think he wen</i>
<i> to prison on one of</i>
<i> my charges.</i>

409
00:40:43,942 --> 00:40:48,511
[Staly] <i> So he had given</i>
<i> the deputy a fictitious nam</i>
<i> and quite often that happens</i>

410
00:40:54,219 --> 00:40:57,720
[FIveash] <i> Once the suspect w</i>
<i> secured and arrested down</i>
<i> in Daytona,</i>

411
00:40:57,722 --> 00:41:02,158
I returned back to the
original location and began
to look for the items that had

412
00:41:02,227 --> 00:41:04,060
been thrown out.

413
00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:13,436
<i> We ultimately found several</i>
<i> different baggies containin</i>
<i> retinol and cocaine.</i>

414
00:41:19,544 --> 00:41:23,513
[narrator] <i> Serome Bell was</i>
<i> found guilty of multiple</i>
<i> crimes including</i>

415
00:41:23,515 --> 00:41:26,716
<i> theft, drug, and firearm</i>
<i> offences.</i>

416
00:41:26,718 --> 00:41:30,086
<i> He was sentenced to five yea</i>
<i> in prison.</i>

417
00:41:30,088 --> 00:41:35,825
<i> The driver of the vehicle h</i>
<i> stole was not previously kno</i>
<i> to him and faced no charges</i>

418
00:41:35,827 --> 00:41:37,360
<i> in relation to this incident</i>

419
00:41:39,965 --> 00:41:41,631
[Staly] <i> This guy did a arme</i>
<i> carjacking</i>

420
00:41:41,633 --> 00:41:46,035
in front of a deputy sheriff.
Now, criminals are dumb,

421
00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:47,637
<i> but he gets the cake.</i>

422
00:41:49,207 --> 00:41:51,207
[Gamarra] <i> The pursuit ended </i>
<i> going on for</i>

423
00:41:51,209 --> 00:41:54,143
quite a while. It started in
...and ended in
Daytona beach.

424
00:41:54,913 --> 00:41:56,312
<i> So, at least half an hour.</i>

425
00:41:57,616 --> 00:41:59,916
[Reckenwald] <i> Considering th</i>
<i> route that was travelled</i>

426
00:41:59,918 --> 00:42:01,951
<i> and the length of time,</i>

427
00:42:01,953 --> 00:42:04,420
<i> and the fact that there was </i>
<i> loss of life, no injuries,</i>

428
00:42:04,422 --> 00:42:06,923
that was a huge win
for law enforcement.