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Good morning. yes, david sweat is being watched over right now by doctors, and of course, police in that secure location of the albany medical center. officials there say they expect he will be there for several days. wounded but alive, convicted murderer and prison escapee david sweat is back in custody in albany, new york, after three weeks on the run. >> yay! >> thank you. >> reporter: applause and cheers greeted governor andrew cuomo. >> the nightmare is finally over. >> reporter: residents showed their appreciation for law enforcement, too. >> congrats to law enforcement, they're doing an...

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 in a hospital in stable condition. this happened a mile and a half from the canadian borderer in the...

Doing their jobs exceptionally. in the case of rudolph, young 19-year-old police officer by the name of jeff postal on routine patrol encountered him foraging for food in a dumpster. he called for backup and drew his weapon and the manhunt ended. sergeant cook, the veteran police officer doing his job as a supervisor in the perimeter, going likely from post to post checking on his guys encounters sweat this front of him. recognized who he had. sweat was not compliant. sweat took off running. only when with it became apparent he could make that tree line and continue to pose an imminent dangero...

He was alone when this happened. sergeant cook happens to be from troop b, which is this area. he knew the area very well. he was still alone and was a very courageous act. i said to sergeant cook, who has two daughters, 16 and 17, i said, well, you go home tonight, and tell your daughters you are a hero. with teenager girls that will probably last a good 24 hours and then you will go back to being a regular dad as i well know. this was an extraordinary situation in many ways. the prison in dannemora is over 100 years old. this is the first escape in 100 years. if you were writing a movie plot...

Correctional facility about 45 miles away to here. a look back reveals on june 6th when the initial jailbreak went down on clinton correctional. june 22nd when the first key piece of evidence surfaced. investigators were able to find dna that linked the two fugitives richard matt and david sweat to the area. june 26th the past friday when richard matt went face to face with federal agents and eventually lead to his death. and then of course yesterday the key moment when sergeant jay cook and david sweat went face to face eventually leading to his arrest ending so much uncertainty. there were s...