Corporal Crosby News Today

Lt. Thaddeus L. Roderick was the only Farmington casualty of The Great War [World War I] and Cpl. George E. Crosby was the first Farmington man to die in World War II.

But corporal chris denton is recovering from a back injury, so hes riding shotgun with corporal phillip crosby. >> just really excited to finally get back to work, but i knew there were some limitations that i was going to have. >> several hours into their shift, its turning out to be an uneventful evening. not a bad first night as corporal denton eases his way back into the job. >> wed had a few service calls. i think we might have made a traffic stop or two. nothing stressful, nothing really b...

Burning alive on his watch, corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> were trying to just create a big space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and tried to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. >> just to give us access to the driv...

So hes riding shotgun with corporal phillip crosby. >> i was just really excited to finally get back to work, but i knew there were some limitations that i was going to have. >> several hours into their shift, its turning out to be an uneventful evening. not a bad first night as corporal denton eases his way back into the job. >> wed had a few service calls. i think we might have made a traffic stop or two. nothing stressful, nothing really big. >> but at 1:38 a.m. their night goes from zero to ...

>> horrified at seeing someone burning alive on his watch, corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> were trying to just create a big space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and tried to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. >> jus...

Corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> were trying to just create a big enough space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and started triek to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. cover your eyes. >> just to try to give us access ...

Corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> were trying to just create a big space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and tried to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. >> just to give us access to the driver. >> holy -- >> i need hel...

Corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> were trying to just create a big enough space to try to pull him out. >> corporal denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinction wisher went dry, i even turned it over and started trying to break out the windshield just to try to give us access to the driver. couldnt see anything inside the car. theres smoke everywhere. >> ...

Burning alive on his watch, corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> were trying to just create a big space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and tried to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. >> just to give us access to the driv...

Corporal crosby starts tearing at the passenger door, bending and pulling it away from the car. >> were trying to just create a big space to try to pull him out. >> corporate denton grabs a fire extinguisher from the patrol car. >> we got to use this fire extinguisher. >> hoping to fight back some of the flames. >> when the fire extinguisher went dry, i even turned it over and tried to break out the windshield. >> cover your eyes. >> just to give us access to the driver. >> holy -- >> i need hel...