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To stop them? i mean, a civilian stop them or they go out and kill more civilians, we can't let them do that. we had to do what we did. >> what's the effect of this on the watertown police department? >> i think it has brought great pride to all the officers in the department, and i think it has brought everybody closer, you know. i see that there's more of a closeness within the department than there was before because people realizing that geez, you know, i might not be talking to joe or tim or john or miguel or jeff, he might not have been here today if things had gone differently. and i ju...

>> i think it has brought great pride to all the officers in the department, and i think it has brought everybody closer, you know. i see that there's more of a closeness within the department than there was before because people realizing that geez, you know, i might not be talking to joe or tim or john or migel or jeff, he might not have been here today if things had gone differently. and i just think there's a closeness that wasn't -- there's always been a closeness, but it brought us even closer. people realize their co-workers, they could have been burying them. >> that we could do that t...

That were all right, that saved all the law enforcement lives that were on that scene that night. that seems like more than luck to me. >> had a good crew that night. >> i know what it was, i know what it was. >> what was it? >> we had a lot of help from above, no doubt. no doubt. >> well, it's inconceivable that the job could have been done better or could have been done more heroically, i am going to call you heroes whether you like it or not. >> thank you. >> thank you very much for this, really appreciate it. >> thank you. >> if you're lucky, you are being served and protected in your loca...

Street, took a left running towards the other officers on scene and i holstered up, chased after him, tackled him. you know, he didn't, you know, get thrown back, it is not like the movies where you shoot somebody and they're thrown 10, 15 feet back, that's not reality. people can take the bullets and keep on fighting. >> tim, when did you come into this? >> i was by the cruiser, i knew if he was going to get away, he would kill more innocent people. i engaged him in gunfire. once i couldn't shoot him based on distance, i turned around, heard somebody hit, he went down to the ground, said i'm ...

An x through one of us or more of us and say funeral time for that person, we're very lucky. >> it's an amazing combination of decisions that you guys made that were all right, that saved all the law enforcement lives that were on that scene that night. that seems like more than luck to me. >> had a good crew that night. >> i know what it was, i know what it was. >> what was it? >> we had a lot of help from above, no doubt. no doubt. >> well, it's inconceivable that the job could have been done better or could have been done more heroically, i am going to call you heroes whether you like it or...