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‘I Told Her I Would Stay’: Hero Police Officer Crawls Under Bus to Hold Trapped Woman’s Hand

I Told Her I Would Stay: Hero Police Officer Crawls Under Bus to Hold Trapped Womans Hand

West Valley City, Utah police officer Kevin Peck wedged between an icy street and the undercarriage of a commuter bus held hands with the badly injured Aryann Smith on Dec. 12, 2011. (West Valley City Police, Kevin Conde/Associated Press)

A Utah police officer is being called a hero after he crawled beneath a bus to comfort a woman who was pinned under it.

West Valley City police officer Kevin Peck was around the corner Monday when a transit bus struck 24-year-old Aryann Smith in a crosswalk, pinning her underneath and severely crushing both of her legs, Deseret News reported.

Peck said when he arrived on the scene, all he could see was Smith’s white shoe sticking out from under the bus.

“I figured that there was probably a victim lying on to the ground next to the bus or in front of the bus. And as I got a little bit closer, I could see a white tennis shoe underneath,” he told the newspaper.

Assessing the situation, he quickly discovered the woman had suffered severe injuries. He placed his body under the bus on the icy ground to take her pulse. After he took her hand, he didn’t let go until fire crews were able to lift the bus off her and pull her out.

“She was very scared. She asked me not to leave. So I said I would just stay under there with her until we got her out. And she started telling me about her family and where she was headed. She was actually going to see a little boy who was being watched by her mother just down the road around the corner,” Peck said. “I told her that I would stay there.”

He told Deseret News that Smith remained remarkably calm during the ordeal for the most part, though there were moments when she became very scared.

I Told Her I Would Stay: Hero Police Officer Crawls Under Bus to Hold Trapped Womans Hand

Rescue crews work to free Smith trapped underneath a transit bus. (Image source: YouTube)

“She was afraid she was going to die. And myself being under there, I‘m just praying and hoping for some reason the bus doesn’t move. We’re right next to the tire underneath the bus, just trying to reassure her and keep her calm,” he said.

He said he couldn’t see her face because it was covered with blood and her hair, but he could see how severely her legs were injured.

“I could basically see into her leg. I could see muscle and tendon and a kneecap,” he said. “She couldn’t move, she couldn’t get out. She told me she couldn’t feel anything below her waist, which was probably a good thing for her.”

Once they arrived, it took rescue crews several to lift the bus off and place a backboard under Smith, though Peck said it felt like it took much longer.

She was transported to the hospital and is doing well, according to Salt Lake City’s ABC affiliate. She has reportedly been moved from intensive care to post-operative recovery, and is not expected to lose her legs.

Peck visited her in the hospital just days after the accident and told ABC, “It was good for me to see her…see how she’s recovering. It was just a great experience.”

Police said the bus driver likely did not see Smith in the crosswalk before she was struck. The driver has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.

West Valley City put together this video with additional footage of the rescue:

Comments (119)

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  • South Philly Boy
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 3:05pm

    a GOOD MAN

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    • robert
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 4:19pm

      “A Utah police officer is being called a hero after he crawled beneath a bus to comfort a woman who was pinned under it.”

      What a really, really great guy! We need more like him. I would support those like him in law enforcement 1000%.

      If that bus had moved he could have lost his life, but he stayed to offer comfort and support to the woman. This is a perfect example of a true hero.

      What a great story. We need more uplifting stories like this one. I‘m sure they’re out there every day.

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    • boomboom
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 5:06pm

      God, please bless the both.

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    • Favored93
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 5:42pm

      This is the kind of story that reaffirms my faith in the police.
      I have NONE in my Government but it does my heart good to see good cops. They are STILL my heroes even though most of what they do now is revenue collection through tickets.
      The work they do requires them to put on a vest and stand between the public and a bullet and for that I give them thanks.
      I have turned into a skeptic when it comes to Law enforcement…. But the officers I still introduce to my four year old son as HEROES!!!

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    • MarsBarsTru7
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 6:08pm

      Free steak dinners for this guy for at least a month! People like this policeman give me hope. Thank you Blaze for finding and posting this story.

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    • Sicboy
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 11:55pm

      A brave man for sure. A good man? Only God only knows. A hero, typical press
      Over hyping a story. There are Hero’s in this world. I’m going to pass on this so called hero. Run into a burning building, put yourself in the line of fire or jump into a body of water half frozen with ice. Then you might get the Hero status you deserve.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 12:27am

      A good man and a good story. These two will be friends for life, for sure.

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    • TEXASGRANNY73
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 12:39am

      @Sicboy You of course would sit home and watch Rome burn as you wrote in another story. And then you write of running into a fire makes a hero. Thank you to the policeman who choose law and order as a profession and to those who go above and beyond the call of duty as this one did I for one call you a hero. This lady could have been a member of my family and in reality is a member of humanity and with courage you helped her. Thanks you.

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    • Alexandra1214
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 9:10pm

      God Bless this man …. and the woman too …. I call this …. Angels on Earth ….. Thank God for them both!!!

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    • blueblaze
      Posted on December 19, 2011 at 9:04am

      yea Robert, “we need more like him”, there’s plenty of cops like this officer. In fact, I would say 99% are like this guy but people on this site wouldn’t know that. They cry about the cops being revenue collectors, but it’s the same people crying who vote the fools in office who pass the laws. I really love the people who puff up and tell us all what type of guns they and their wives are carrying, they are the same aholes who leave the guns lying around their homes in reach of their kids or cry when someone breaks into the house and steals the guns because they didn’t lock them up.

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    • Dismayed Veteran
      Posted on December 19, 2011 at 12:28pm

      SicBoy

      I bet you have never had a traumatic wound and someone hold your hand while you wait for the medics. That officer did good.

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on December 19, 2011 at 1:13pm

      @BLUEBOY

      I’d say your 99% guess is about 49% off the mark. There are a lot of dirty or just plain incompetent police. There are of course good and bad people in every line of work including police officers, but the ratio is nowhere near 99% good. There’s a reason most departments do extensive psychological testing on candidates now, and it isn’t because the police have a history of hiring mentally stable people.

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    • MrsNix
      Posted on December 20, 2011 at 12:11am

      The overwhelming majority of our law enforcement, military, and civil service members are good, decent, and heroic. Honestly? I still have faith in people in the general sense. I think most people would do something like this, and common everyday people surprise themselves and rise to the occasion all the time.

      What a great story. I wish they’d report more of these.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:33pm

    Forgot to add, “I told her I would stay” carried real meaning. It was not an empty promise. He did what he said he would do not for his sake, but for hers.

    THAT alone made him a hero to me.

    Thank you, officer! GOD BLESS AND CONTINUE TO PROTECT YOU, in JESUS’ name, amen.

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  • kickagrandma
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:30pm

    He was “Tebowing” in action…. putting his life on the line for another…. and praying….and doing it without tweeting or facebooking or texting or saying, “Hey, look at me! Aren’t I special?” To me, that is the difference between REAL AMERICANS and the ows crowds and followers and hangers-on. What this policeman did (and other REAL POLICEMEN AND POLICEWOMEN do) makes him a hero in my book.

    Hard to beat that in anybody’s book. IMHO

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  • watashbuddyfriend
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:11pm

    What took so long to get a wrecker to lift the bus off?

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    • rpp
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 5:34pm

      When someone is pinned and seriously injured, it sometimes happens that whatever is pinning them is also acting as a tourniquet. As soon the person is free, they begin bleeding profusely and can die very quickly. In addition, they would have needed to properly plan how to move the bus to ensure they would not injure her further.

      In my mind, all of the responders here did very well. Certainly the officer who held that poor woman’s hand was brave and merciful. The other responders also supported and enabled him to stay there.

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  • slindsley
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:05pm

    For the nay sayers on this blog, I see a lot of hatred and contempt for our Police everyday. Just remember the next time you scowl at the actions of a Police Officer. That Police Officer that you called a jerk for writing you a ticket, spent 3 hours on the scene of a wreck where a drunk driver killed a family of four. That Police car you complained was driving too fast, responded to a child in distress. By the way, those jerks did CPR on a two year old that didn’t make it. They work hurt, sick, hungry, and tired. Because of their service, they die younger and have higher rates of Suicide and divorce than any other profession. They are continuously asked to do more with less and they do it with a smile on their face. Why? Because they love what we do but most importantly, because they care. Think about that before you bash your Police Officers. They are here for you. Maybe you should refrain from disturbing them during their meal break to tell them about your friends citation and how mean the Officer was to him. They carry weapons, wear body armor and do things most on here could never do. I for one know many and find them to be true servants who prepare daily to fight for their communities safety. If they appeare jaded at times, ask yourself this, how would it effect you if you had to greet people on a daily basis where you had to formulate a plan to kill them if they attacked you? That’s the realities of Police Work.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:23pm

      What are you talking about???? Most folks here have he utmost respect for the police.
      What I for one have no respect for are the union leaders bankrupting towns via collective bargaining and deceptive financial figures.

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    • Sheepdog69
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:24pm

      Wow, thank you for that. It’s comforting to know there are still some people out there that know we are not jack booted Nazi thugs, as Vman Mace likes to call us. Sad thing is, we would still come to his rescue also.

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    • usmc1063
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:29pm

      Well said. I’ve worked in the rescue field for many years. For the most part it is a Police Officer who was the first on the scene. Their actions more often than enought save lives that otherwise would be lost.

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    • Jubarnes87
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:37pm

      Amen. I have a sister in the academy, my brother in law is a sg. In our county’s sheriff force, and my husband is a reserve in the sheriffs force. I hardly hear positive, I always hear crap talking and grossly untrue rumors and gossip. Just goes to show what kind of quality people I live around. They give more than they ever receive.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 3:24pm

      Sheepdog, Jarhead, thank you for your service. I know you must be proud of your profession and your brother officer. We got your back…oorah, Semper Fi….

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    • slindsley
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 10:49pm

      Stoic one, Please read what I stated in the first line of my post….. It is obvious I was not talking to the vast majority here who support the police. I too have issues with Police Unions as it was learned not long ago the PBA is a subsidiary of SEIU. Their application has the SEIU logo on it. Which is why I am not a member of PBA. I agree with you and I refuse to give on dime to an organization I am sworn to combat by my very oath. I will not support any Union that gives money to an organization run by devout Marxists, who use the hard earned funds of its members to support the Progressives. I choose not to pay to be part of a union that gives monies to an organization that uses violent tactics against those who express their freedom of speech which ideas differ from theirs. I will never be apart of a Union that commits criminal acts to forward its agenda. I have been confronted and ridiculed. All I say is you don’t like it, bring it on. I know what I am capable of. I am not in the Union. My choice.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 12:13am

      Ditto!.

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    • ThankYouFounders
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 11:47am

      Not us…it’s you guys and your boy Obama with his “…the police acted STUPIDLY…” attitude. I saw where your Occupy losers were throwing bricks at the police the other day. Lovely bunch of people you are.

      This man is a great person. Kudos!

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    • Look4DBigPicture
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 1:25pm

      @slindsley….You have The Blaze confused with HuffPost. You’ll not find anything negative about police on this site, unless they’re coming from trolls like OWSers.

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 7:00pm

      GREAT piece, Blaze. When you find more, please post them. Our kids need to know who the real heros and real Americans and role models are.

      This just proves when Daddy (me) says to our 4 yr old, “Look! There’s a policeman (fireman, soldier, marine, etc)…they’re the good guys.”

      I’ve been on the “wrong side” of the law a couple times in my youth yet never had a “bad cop” experience. Guess it just depends on whether or not you own up to your mistakes as to how you view the experience. Still the good guys in my book & this awesome article proves it.

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  • Vet2you
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:02pm

    Regardless of opinion, this officer’s compassion speaks volumes. Here is an example of character, unselfishness and love that will no doubt be ignored by the main stream media.
    Instead, we are inundated with the glorification of “gangsta” criminality, behavior and mores.

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  • Passerby
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:02pm

    You have to harden your heart, with all the suffering in the world, but I cheered when I heard she would be ok.

    And good on the cop. Gives you hope for the human race.

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  • Krutch
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:59pm

    The heartless comments from some on this event leads me to doubt the sanity of those who made them. Would you have this woman die alone,if were you there? To comfot anyone at such a time is HUMANE! Who are you, like the chinese that just passed by the little girl that was run over last month? Bet you made the comments then about the cold treatment of that girl. I take it you who made the disparaging remarks are stupid libs. So full of yourselves that any effort by any policman to do good is met by disdain. Just because you hate does not mean we need to hear about it! Go back to your porn sites and quit mucking up the Blaze!

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  • larry25427
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:57pm

    A hero runs toward the problem not away from it. This makes this police officer a hero. Those who say“ he only did what most people would do” are not thinking of the same people that I know. Even if this was his job, he went way beyond the call of duty. In war time, these types of people are awarded medals. I don’t have a medal to give him but offer what I do have – My thanks and prayers for a job well done.

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  • Freedomlover40
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:34pm

    Some of these comments are silly like trying to define whether the officer was a hero or not, or what if it were a Muslim. It’s nice the officer was given recognition for his kind and selfless act. After all, could something go wrong when trying to lift a heavy bus off of someone?

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  • truthseekerusa
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:34pm

    Too often we forget the things that cops do but I remember a very dark night when my car stalled. I dialed 911 and a police car was there in minutes. Even after we knew a tow truck would be coming to where I was, the cop insisted that because I was a woman alone on a dark street, he would remain with me until the the driver of the tow truck could look after me. Anyone else have a story in which a police officer came to their aid?

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  • SerikFox
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:31pm

    Thank God for men like that.

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  • blazingaway
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:28pm

    This is what police officers should be doing.
    But come on with the news media making such a big deal out of him being under the bus.
    It was perfectly safe for him. What is important is that he was there to be of comfort to her.
    The kindness and thoughtfulness and resourcefulness of Americans is what is important here.
    What I want to know is why the bus drive hit her in the first place.

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  • Dicker
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:27pm

    Have we become so jaded that we cannot appreciate when someone goes beyond their duty to help someone in danger or distress? I am sure that the injured woman would consider officer Peck a hero
    That’s enough for me. God bless them both..

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  • LindaB11
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:27pm

    This policeman is what true heroes are made of! God Bless him and his family and the person he so kindly and compassionately gave comfort too!

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  • Bluenose177
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:23pm

    The Soros/Kos Trolls are out in force today I see……..What’s the matter, frustrated with not knowing what the comfort of a woman is like? or are you just pissed off that mom forgot the cheetos supply for the basement room, er I mean, for your liberal command center?

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  • Bobbyinwastate
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:19pm

    For heaven’s sake get your mind off politics. This man is a HERO meeting a HUMAN NEED!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:27pm

      Indeed, this is what it truly means to be American; we help each other regardless of the risk to ourselves, as he did in staying with the woman in her time of need.

      A hero he truly is — and I imagine in private he tells his friends that he only did what anyone else would have done in the same place.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 2:31am

      Agreed!

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  • kushisaac
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:48pm

    if the woman trapped were a Muslim, would Michele Bachmann have held her hand?

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    • stool
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:56pm

      If it were a Muslim then Muslim men would have started throwing rocks at her and would have certainly stoned her to death. There is no doubt whatsoever about that.

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    • extremist
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:00pm

      Kush, some would say that islam is The Bus, and every woman who is muslim….well, you get the picture.

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    • dupaws
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:07pm

      That was a really stupid comment.Had nothing to do with story, GET a life MORON.

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:07pm

      If that Muslim was wedged under the bus with a bomb strapped on them, would you hold their hand?

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:09pm

      If that woman were a Muslim, it would have been a Muslim male that was driving and intentionally ran over her.

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    • HopinForBetter
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:11pm

      And you thought that a necessary comment?

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    • Kansas Mom
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:17pm

      Yes, she would have held her hand……and even offer to pray with her. Don’t be a jerk. This is a wonderful story.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:27pm

      Troll alert .. Kush .. are you a Ron Paul supporter? .. or one of the Obama supporters posing?

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    • barber2
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:32pm

      NOT A CRAZY: Think you are mis-labelled…

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    • NOT A CRAZY
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:51pm

      @Barber2, Why do you think I ? Because I asked this Muslim (KushIssac) if he would hold another Muslims hand if they had a bomb strapped on? Or am I crazy because I told a Muslim that a Muslim would run over a woman Muslim? Or are you just stupid?

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    • RightThinking1
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 4:22pm

      @Kush
      Spoken like a true Paul fan, you guys have had too much Kool-Aid. Consider this, it being Utah, perhaps the cop is a Mormon, you know, like Mitt.

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    • 1casawizard
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 12:19am

      Yes.

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  • oeaoho
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:41pm

    They should put a drawing of this in their OWL coloring book.

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  • Vickie Dhaene
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:36pm

    Blessed with the Kindness in his heart.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:35pm

    Kevin,
    I am the first to criticize the police UNIONS for there political stands – However, Most cops get into the business to help people. You did and we are all proud and thankful for your actions.

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    • Darla_K
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 9:19am

      Tell that to the Seattle police department. Looks like the DOJ is stepping in to do something about the way the Seattle police officers are doing their job.

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  • CatB
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:28pm

    I saw this on the news this morning . .. what a wonderful MAN. God Bless and protect you. So glad that the young woman is doing well … she had a guardian angel.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:28pm

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    Hero would imply he lifted the bus off her and saved her.

    All he did was hold her hand. Anyone of us could have done that……………

    But Hero?

    We use that word to much…………..

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:38pm

      There’s a difference between a legitimate hero (the compassionate officer) and a super hero of the Hollywood persuasion.

      The biggest difference is that the first type is real and for the most part goes unnoticed and under-appreciated on a daily basis.

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    • randy
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:47pm

      You’re an idiot…… God Bless all the HEROS involved in the efforts to save this woman.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:48pm

      And you are a sour puss. You can call him whatever you want, in my book he is a hero.

      Tell me who licked the red off your candy today?

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Thank you for being bold and bringing that up SPANKDAMANKEY. The officer did his job by calming her until extraction teams could free her. I do appreciate the officer’s compassion, but he was doing his job. Is my auto mechanic a hero? He has to stand under my vehicle when he is working on it.

      The media tries too hard to sensationalize a story and The Blaze appears to be falling into the trap.

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    • HopinForBetter
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:16pm

      There are countless heroic acts every day. The degree of heroism varies, but is heroism never-the-less. Most go unrecognized. Daily performance of duty can be heroic.

      Get off your critical high horse and be thankful for men like this.

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    • truthseekerusa
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:24pm

      What a cold and heartless statement. That cop is a real life hero in my book. Anyone have an address for him? I would like to send him a note of appreciation.

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    • CatB
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:25pm

      Oh good Lord .. are you really this >>>? He did not have to stay under the bus … he was risking his life .. anything could have happened when they tried to lift the bus .. and YES .. he very well may have saved her life .. keeping her calm no doubt lessened the likely event of her going into shock or bleeding out if she had a laceration .. by keeping her calm. Hero is EXACTLY RIGHT!

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:35pm

      .
      An act of compasion does not raise one to Hero status……

      I would have crawled under the bus, so would any one of us I would hope. And that would not make you or me a Hero……………

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    • slindsley
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 1:42pm

      However spanky, not many jumped at the chance to hold her hand as the officer did, did they? If it were that simple, It would appear there would have been a line formed to do just that. However, the Officer was the only one who did just that. From your comment Spanky, you are no Police Officer. They do the job not for recognition but to serve. They are servants to those who smirk and say, he just did his job. The same smirk that turns to fear when they need him.

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    • 4theRepublic
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:08pm

      ONLY a Saint’s fan would be so negative about compassion. After they (Saint’s Fans as a whole) claim this whole time that a QB and a team are the hero’s of New Orleans for winning a super bowl after the travesty of Katrina. So which is it?

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 2:30pm

      @ SpankDaMonkey

      An act of compasion does not raise one to Hero status……
      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      In a world replete with arbitrary hatred and general nastiness………YES an act of selfless compassion towards a stranger in need MOST DEFINITELY raises one to hero status as a matter of perspective.

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 6:32pm

      .
      So last year when I stopped to help the guy who flipped his car, I was a Hero? I pulled him out, I dailed 911, got him a towel to help stop the bleeding, sat and waited 10 minutes for the cops to show up. And I was on my way. I did more for that guy than that cop did for that girl.

      The use of the word HERO is thrown around so much as to diminish it’s honor, Hell I’ve heard Barney Frank called a Hero…….

      I mean if he had pushed her out the way, and got crushed by the bus. That would have been an Heroic act, but hand holding just don’t rank………………….

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    • TSUNAMI-22
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 7:17pm

      @ SpankDaMonkey

      So last year when I stopped to help the guy who flipped his car, I was a Hero? I pulled him out, I dailed 911, got him a towel to help stop the bleeding, sat and waited 10 minutes for the cops to show up.
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      If what you say is true, then absolutely YES. You may think it meant little, and you may not have left the house that day with any intent on doing it, but let me ask you this….what would you have been if the guy flipped his car – was obviously alone – and you passed by without doing anything at all?

      What would that have made you?

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    • Dabldo
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 11:14pm

      Hero is an overused word now-a-days. We are so used to seeing self-centered people and actions that anything other than that has become near heroic BY COMPARISON. He didn’t cimb down a cliff and drag her up. He put himself in mild jepardy to be compassionate and ease her suffering. Hooray! Someone buy that man a dinner!

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    • TEXASGRANNY73
      Posted on December 18, 2011 at 12:19am

      No we don’t. Thank you officer. Feel certain this lady believes you are a hero and I do as well.

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  • jungle J
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:28pm

    he is not a hero he does what any police officer would do. our lives would be a living hell from the predators that live around us if it were not for the police and manly gun carrying men. Decide to be a man when you get unfemanized or chickafied.

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    • StrokerAce
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:48pm

      He is a Hero because he stayed with her under that bus. Their were many things he could have done and yet he chose to craw under a bus even when Fire and Rescue were “chalking” the side of the bus to give them more room to work. Extrication of any sorts is very nerve racking, dangerous, and has the potential to go wrong at any minute. I think he deserves some acknowledgement for going the extra mile as the first officer on scene.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:51pm

      There is no rule that an officer has to risk injury for another, it is not in his job description. The fact he went above his job description and comforted this woman makes him a hero in my book. A hero is anyone who looks beyond themselves, their safety to provide aid or comfort to others.

      Obviously, you are not one of these people and think of only yourself — selfish!

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on December 17, 2011 at 12:24pm

    What a good man. I am so glad she will survive, bless them both.

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