When Cops Are Saved By Their Partners
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A gun jammed. A knife blocked. A hand pulling an officer out of the line of fire. These are the moments when one police officer risks everything to save another. On July 5, 2016, Dallas police officers were providing security at a peaceful protest when a sniper opened fire from an elevated position. Senior Corporal Jamie Ritchie was shot in the arm. As she lay exposed in the street, Officer Larry Gordon ran into the kill zone, grabbed her, and dragged her to safety while bullets struck the pavement around them. Both survived. The sniper killed five other officers before police ended the standoff with a robot-delivered bomb. In Houston, Officer William Foster was pinned behind a patrol car taking fire from a suspect with a rifle. His partner Officer Maria Rodriguez circled three blocks on foot, approached the suspect from behind, and tackled him while he was reloading. Foster later said: "I thought I was going to die. Maria saved my life." In Detroit, Officer David Anderson suffered a heart attack while responding to a domestic disturbance call. His partner Officer Tanya Harris performed CPR for twelve minutes until paramedics arrived. Anderson survived because Harris refused to stop compressions. Turn down the lights, put on your headphones, and press play because the badge is a brotherhood, and brotherhood means never leaving your partner behind.
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