A heroic officer successfully performed a daring, action-movie maneuver during an emergency and saved one man's life.
Law enforcement is one of the most dangerous career fields. The men and women in those professions often see and interact with some of society's worst elements. They continually risk their safety and lives for the well-being of others. When most people run away from a disaster or an emergency, firefighters and police officers head towards it.
While those men and women are certainly heroic and completely deserving of respect and admiration, Hollywood movies commonly embellish their deeds. In many action films, firefighters and police officers have almost superhero abilities, pulling off impossible feats with little ease. Well, one police officer's heroic action does not require any embellishment. What she did was straight out of a movie!
A clip posted on YouTube captured the woman's brave move as she and her partner responded to the scene. The video explains that a driver was experiencing a medical emergency while heading down the road. The truck was swerving back and forth on the road, which could have resulted in deadly crashes.
The responding police vehicle can be seen pulling up next to the truck. While moving down the road, the officer can be heard telling the driver to "roll the back window down all the way!" and to "Stop the vehicle."
Unfortunately, as the officers explained, the driver was in a daze and did not respond to those instructions. The officer was left with only one move in trying to get the vehicle to stop.
With the police car only six inches away from the truck, the female officer begins to climb out of the police vehicle and into the truck. She goes from the police car to the truck while both vehicles continue to move down the road!
Once inside the truck, the police officer manages to stop the vehicle. She quickly put it in park and shut it off.
What an extraordinary and heroic move! She put her own life at risk as she saved the truck driver and other motorists from potential harm.
2 Timothy 1:7 "For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control."