fire when the officers pull him out of the car. 353, please. we ve extracted one. at that point, we re all in the bottom of the ditch, the grass around the car was on fire at that point, too. we re basically still surrounded by smoke and flame. we had to move him again after we had gotten him out of the car just because the flames were starting to get toward him again. his feet were still on fire. i remember pulling it out with my hands. and at that time, i immediately started trying to talk to him because i knew he d probably go into shock if we didn t, so i kept on trying to talk to him. i remember him saying, wow, i can t breathe. emergency responders arrive four minutes after crosby and denton. everybody just started doing their job as far as taking care of the accident scene. ems was taking care of sean. it was so hot, the car fire was so hot and the smoke was so much, i remember having to back off because i couldn t breathe. they re able to get the blaze
personal life wasn t going so well. i started drinking a lot. alcohol s a bad deal. and, you know, you do a lot of stupid stuff. a downward spiral almost ended sean s life. but after years of recovery and rehabilitation, he has a new set of legs and a new perspective. i miss a lot of things, but i see a lot more now. i mean, it s a different life. you notice things differently. you notice more about people and you see people s situations. the accident changes the lives of everyone involved that night. corporals crosby and denton are named policemen of the month by the national law enforcement officers memorial fund. not too many times that you take and pull somebody out of a vehicle that s on fire. sean donates the remains of his car to the fayetteville police department. it s part of a show and tell presentation he gives students on the dangers of drunk driving. the pain that i put my family through and the fact that i
under control in just a few minutes. the officers are treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns, but it s sean whose life hangs in the balance. after numerous skin grafts and more than ten surgeries, sean barnes wakes up from a chemically induced coma three weeks later to find that his life is forever changed. my mom was sitting there beside me in the hospital room, and she explained to me that, you know, i d been in a bad wreck. it came down to between me or the legs. sean remembers nothing about the accident. only that it was preceded by a night of heavy drinking with friends. i remember being dropped off at my apartment by the designated driver. somewhere in there, i don t remember actually leaving, but i did. i left the house after that. and actually, the very last thing i remember was ordering a crown and coke. after leaving the second bar on his own, sean says he drove home drunk, lost control of his car while rounding a curve and
up and he surrendered him. get down on the ground. he laid on the ground and i had him at gunpoint. yeah, i got him on the ground. popeye. i do got the driver. don t move. deep your hands down at your side! officer bermudez is rushed to the hospital. she has no broken bones, but she does need surgery on both niece. her recuperation is slow, but eventually she makes a full recovery. armando torres pleads guilty to felony aggravated assault of a public servant and is sentenced to 20 years behind bars. for officer bermudez, it s a traumatic day for sure, but amazingly one that has not changed her outlook on her chosen profession. i took this job for a reason, because i could help people. i also took this job to make sure that i could do whatever i could to try to stop people from
but do not do this. i have a family and kids. so do i, sir. i will let you go. do not do this, please. it became a worse crime when he actually pulled a gun on me. before that, it was just a basic traffic stop. i swear to god, i will let you go. they will come and get me tomorrow morning, i know. i will not. i will let you gone or your way. i m trying to hit my emergency button on my radio the whole time i m talking to him. when i did that, he looked down at what i m doing. i thought he s going to shoot me. they re checking on me right now. so i need to let them know that you re okay. i didn t think i m that fast that i could take out the threat before he does. i can get him to put the gun down. i m serious, i don t need this. amazingly, rivera does manage to defuse the situation. the driver puts the gun away in his back pocket. and i m like, okay, we can get through this. you know, we ll work through this. dude, i m sorry about this. i don t want to go to jail. i can t