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The cover of "the new york daily news" and "the post" the same headline. theyre both the same. blood sweat and cheers. talking about escaped killer david sweat. we start with a fox news alert. captured after three weeks on the run. >> one hero police sergeant taking down the wanted murderer as he canadian border. >> peter doocy is live. hey, peter. >> reporter: hey, it was easy to tell that something big was going down yesterday from our spot in malone as dozens of police vehicles with their sir...

Rookie police officer, a 19-year-old murphy north carolina police officer on patrol who encountered him, relied on his training and did all the right things. there are 800,000 people in this country that every morning get up and put on a uniform, strap on a gun, and pin on a badge and serve as that thin blue line between evil and the public they serve. its not that surprising. as the governor indicated, sergeant cook was a shift supervisor. he was on the perimeter. he was checking the perimeter....

Toure. two words for you. nightmare over. i can tell you everybody here is breathing a sigh of relief. theyre opening their windows. theyre going outside. kids are riding their bike. theyre able to sleep at night. i talked to an officer from malone living three quarters of a mile from here. he said his wife was stressed out. his kids were stressed out. they just couldnt lead a normal life. today they are. i want you to look behind me toure. this is an amish farm. this is where sergeant cook appr...

As you heard and the superintendent will go in to further detail mr. sweat was spotted by a new york state sergeant, is sergeant jay cook. he was approached this afternoon but the sergeant recognized mr. sweat. obviously from his description. he engaged mr. sweat. mr. sweat fled. the trooper gave chase. the trooper was unable to catch him on foot. at one point, the sergeant decided to discharge his weapon hitting mr. sweat twice in the torso. mr. sweat went down. help arrived plane sweat is now ...

>> you know what you were passing me a note to talk about whats involved in that type of. have you reached that treeline? you might have turned around if he had a weapon. its an interesting situation how that sergeant sergeant jay cook was able to take this guy not knowing, perhaps, everything. >> in the 90s, i was involved in a shooting with several police officers. i thank god there were a lot of officers that were able to come to the scene. he was firing his weapon at. . its the most frighten...

Now being praised for their actions. specifically that police sergeant jay cook being held a hero here. as for the people who are directly impacted this for a lengthy three week period theres a sense of relief. a few moments ago i went to a coffee shop and had a conversation with a store clerk and asked her how she felt about everything that went down yesterday she said shes, happy, obviously, but jokingly responded they wont have much to talk about anymore in this part of the country. it was a ...

>> david sweat was not armed when he was captured yesterday. he did have some things on him though. he had pop-tarts, bug spray, and maps carol. those two last things particularly interesting given that the rough terrain that he were navigating over the last three weeks as they made their way out away from the prison, and just to give you some perspective, he was about two miles south of the canadian border about 16 miles away from where his partner, richard matt was shot and killed. you know 13...

Back. polo this police officer who spotted him, who shot him, he is being hailed a hero. how did this all go down? >> reporter: like a hollywood movie, brooke. thats how it was described t. was a dramatic ending that took place yesterday. the police officer that spoke to governor cuomo said he was driving down the roads identified a suspicious individual. he claims he was able to identify him as david sweat, at which point sweat immediately makes a break for the tree line you see in the distance...

To hurt again. we heard from the family releasing a statement thanking the estimated 1200 men and women who were searching for these dangerous individuals and wevent went on to reflect on that tragic day. to have someone you loved shot ambushed shot 15 times and then run over with a car simply for stopping to check unusual activity in a town park is a main no one can understand if you have not been through it firsthand. this come froms the tarsia family. this weekend, carol, we expect they will ...

No longer a dangerous throat that community or to any of the neighboring towns. instead he is in serious condition at the albany medical center and a team of specialists is involved in his care. i said "serious" not critical. hes apparently doing a little bit better. the nightmare ended with one lone officer, and youre looking at him. new york state police sergeant jay cook. it was officer cook who spotted sweat near a barn in constable, new york, just two miles from the canadian border. but whe...