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Cutting the pipe, cutting the chains and making way to the sewer pipe. the -- it was an extraordinary circumstance. and the first escape in over 100 years but 1 escape is 1 escape too many. >> also want to show you this. brand new video of david sweat being transferred by ambulance to the albany medical center under great, great police guard as you can see. we are also told that he is in stable condition after being shot twice in the torso. learning from new york's governor andrew cuomo shot twice in the torso by a new york state police sergeant on regular duty in the middle of the afternoon s...

As you know since he and richard matt used power tools to break out of a maximum security prison more than three weeks ago. we've been reporting matt was shot and is i would by a federal agent during a confrontation on friday. david sweat is being treated for his injuries before being transferred to another hospital where we hear he is in stable condition. rick leventhal in new york. rick? >> he reminded us how dangerous these two escaped killers were that they were in his words, very dangerous men. one of them killed a sheriff's deputy david sweat did, in a savage savage way. they were eager ...

Canadian border. that's where they started their search and then they fanned out a little along that border. and they got these guys. he is told to have non-life threatening injuries. his accomplice as you may know from our reporting, richard matt was shot and killed in a showdown with police on friday. the men escaped from a maximum security prison more than three weeks ago, and peter doocy is live in new york. peter? >> this all ended quietly by two major gunshots by sergeant jay cook. we spoke to the man whose property this all went down on this confrontation, shooting and arrest and he tol...

Same medical center. they're saying this is what we're going to be known for. i said, no, this is where he was captured an you're all safe. this community is so grateful. they cannot believe that 1,300 law enforcement officers today out and about and 1 found him so close to the border, so close to them. and captured him alive because they want answers. >> jean, stay with me. i want to show our viewers this image. what you are seeing now are the people jean's talking about going up to the officers in malone, new york, thanking them, thanking them for putting their life on the line for three wee...

And now, i turn you over to superintendent joseph dimico who runs the new york state police. superintendent? >> thank you, governor. good afternoon. i'll give you the facts that i know but i just caution that the shooting investigation into the apprehension of david sweat is ongoing so i'll give you whatever i do know, though. about 3:20 today, sergeant jay cook, assigned to troop b, spent most of his career here at sp malone, was on patrol. he was supervised perimeter posts up in the area and continued ground search. as he was driving down the road, he spotted a male who was basically jogging...