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Post by tcrashfx on Apr 2, 2007 3:36:35 GMT -5
How the LBPD won a race for life
By Wendy Thomas Russell, Staff writer Article Launched: 03/31/2007 10:32:41 PM PDT Long Beach Police Chief Anthony Batts had seen this emergency room countless times. But this was different. It was three days before Christmas, and two of Batts' officers had just been shot during a traffic stop on a downtown thoroughfare. Both had been hit above their bullet-proof vests. Blood was everywhere. The doctors and nurses at Long Beach Memorial Medical Center moved in a tense choreography - pressing, cutting, retrieving, hovering. Their stern faces conveyed a grim, unspoken truth. Batts stood between the injured men: a training officer and a rookie.
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Post by Felix on Apr 2, 2007 7:49:22 GMT -5
That is...a great story. Thank God it ended well for the two officers and their families. You read so many stories where the contrary is true.
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Post by Jay on Apr 2, 2007 17:59:37 GMT -5
That really sucks for Wade........Only his 12th day on the job and that happening.. I'm glad they both made it.
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Post by tcrashfx on Apr 2, 2007 20:18:46 GMT -5
That really was well written. I was all swolt up and I knew the ending!
Me too.
They endeavored to persevere.
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