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Florida Trooper Uses Cruiser To Stop Driver From Crashing Into Thousands of 10k Runners
Heroine
My God!!! That could’ve been absolutely horrific. Everyday Shero. 🌺
A true hero 🦸♀️👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Very courageous
Respect
00:45 Correction: The Officer shall be recovering for the rest of her life. Complex trauma, PTSD, depression, etc
Reply to C. Garish; She did a her job and did it very well. She will eventually be healthy and fine. Stop all the nonsense moaning and complaining. Yes, life is tough. Move on.
Have a head on collision at high speed and let’s see you go back to work the next day………
I heard a case where a trooper hit a moose and flipped it over her car.
She was ok actually, but the insurance company made her take the rest off the summer off (paid) as a precaution.
That brave officer probably had deep muscle and neck damage….and at least a concussion.
Deserves a few weeks off at least for some R&R. Spend some time with her family.
Plenty of relaxing bubble baths and massages.
She will be back, I can tell.
I had a concussion, long story, not fun at all.
Took a few weeks for me to become normal too.
I was lucky…deadly lucky it was not worse.
Falling head first off a galloping thoroughbred, without a helmet, resulted in a concussion similar to what football players can get.
My arm went up apparently and acted as a cushion between my head traveling at almost 40MP to the packed August earth.
Don’t recall 2 hours.
After a few “failed reboots” I fully came to in a wheelchair in the hospital.
Very awkward turning around and confusingly saying “Hiiiiiiiii?” To the nurse pushing me.
So yea. I am cutting the officer some slack here.
😓 Gawd, the puking and dry heaves were the worst!
💥💥💥Fantastic! Most of our good & great cops don’t get the media coverage and our appreciation as they deserve. Media mostly loves to report only the bad ones (as they should) and occasionally covers a great one like this! Makes me proud.
Awesome work by that Trooper
Love it.
What a hero!!! All respect to her
What a great hero!!!
Thank you.
This trooper makes me know there are still good people out there. I HOPE she gets promoted
She’s already high rank but yes even more so
OR a medal
Big thanks.
Bravo to this trooper. An amazing selfless act truly deserving of praise and hopefully a medal for her actions. I’m happy to see officers who still put others before themselves.
Bravo a good cop finally
Defund the Police
Only in Florida…… 🙄
Thank you, Toni Schuck
Wish police officers had the same attitude as the troopers. State troopers are usually good guys. Cops on the other hand though…
Everywhere is a little different than the next
Thank you for your service Trooper! 🇺🇸
Based on the video, she did not use her cruiser, instead she got hit by the drunk driver.
Yeah, I watched the video over and over again to see is the Hero Troopers car moved at all in any significant way. What I saw as that the Offender’s Car was going too fast to be any longer really in control, and that when she tried to make a quick lane change to get around the Hero’s Cruiser , well, the tires broke traction and the car seemed to skid into the collision. But, to be fair, it would have been difficult for me to discern the quickest flick of the wrist that could have stuck the Cruiser out just another foot or two to make sure that the Offender wasn’t able to make it all the way around and past. But, yeah, but we also saw that she made no effort to turn out of the way. I’d go with making a Hero out of her.
Wow! The Lady Trooper needs the Highest Award for Valor On Duty that they have available…. and thank God for airbags!
This trooper is the type of person that children should look up to And want as their hero. Thank you for protecting us.
You want to talk about hero!!!! Hero status has her name next to it!!! A Godspeed recovery Trooper!!
Why are you recycling this story ? ? ? 1hr ago? This is old now.
She is so brave. Oh my gosh what heart
Thank you!
HERO!
WTF did I just watch? 😨
wow what a HERO
Good cop.
“We hope to have her back as soon as possible” how sweet
Shout out GM & her !
She deserves at least 1 year paid at home with vacation included
Is that what she wants or are you just projecting…not everyone wants a year away from their job.
The 1 in 10,000 decent cop.
Wrong 9,500 in 10,000
RESPECT!!!
truly heroic !
She is a true hero.
How do you drive past 2 police vehicles, see 3 more in front of you, see one of them moving directly toward you and you still go full speed? That’s not drunk, that’s intentional
Not that is protecting and serving your community 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Police are the best. GOD SPEED in your recovery officer lady. Stay strong. ❤️🔥 thank goodness all officer have a suv now instead of the cruiser.
Selfless act. The world is still good regardless of what gets shoved down our throats everyday by the media
Ya gotta admit, that was a pretty good intercept by the officer: She caught the oncoming car with just enough of the passenger side *corner* of the police cruiser to stop that car, but didn’t go _too far_ to the center of the car which would’ve likely killed both of them.
Good thing it was a Suburban and not a smaller cruiser
Reminds me of Happy Gilmore getting ready for hockey season in front of the baseball machine.
What a brave officer!!!!👍👊🤘
Still…
It is Florida…
Do not really care…
So, w/e…
OMG. Amazing bravery.
I agree with the DUI but serious bodily injury won’t hold up , the trooper deliberately took a hit …
Watch. She’ll get a lawyer and sue for damages saying it was excessive force.
@Dan Stanley she could possibly pull that off … we don’t really know if she was planning on driving into a crowd of people ? She was speeding drunk … that’s all we know .. somehow this officer is a hero for intentionally throwing our tax payer paid cruiser in the drivers way? driver prob had no idea there was an event and would have stopped … I dunno I just feel like you can’t assume in this situation
Amazing sacrifice. Excellent job. Glad she is ok. 👍👍
She deserves a promotion
Where you at black people?? You mean no atta boys?? Lol of course not
PR stunt isn’t going to work. We know these people are nothing but murderers and rapists with badges and guns.
That lady cop is a big time hero in my eyes 👍
Awesome show of bravery!
That is a true hero.
Only in Florida
Thank you officer 💪🙏
Alert !! Supreme Court and DOJ are compromised!
DOJ Garland
promised to hold Trump insurrectionists accountable, but he has not for the leaders and he is not cooperating with all other justice departments.
Garlands plan is to wait out the clock so he can say, oh we just couldn’t get to it in time.
NY DA Bragg
Will not arrest trump for crimes his office has well documented.
NY Judge
will a NY judge hold Trump on contempt charges? probably not
There are some brave people trying to punish Trump, but he is hard to reach.
we want accountability for the following –
1. meadows doesnt appear in front of commission that is contempt of congress… doj wont arrest him is unethical. he didn’t appear, what more evidence is needed? ……DOJ Failed
mark meadows says he lived in a n. Carolina mobile home he has never lived in. what would a multimillionaire be doing living in a mobile home…..what a cheat, but he is being investigated for this voter fraud crime.
2. “hang mike pence”…criminal threat……DOJ Failed
3. offering pardons… witness tampering……DOJ Failed
4. inciting violence Jan 6 ……DOJ Failed
5. ToiletGate – trump destroyed government documents and took secret documents home after losing his job! see presidential records act for details of the law he violated. It is well documented that Trump stole secrete document from the White House.
6. interfering with elections……DOJ Failed
7. contempt of congress……DOJ Failed
8. fake electors ……DOJ Failed
9. kelly ward and spouse and others, impersonating as government electors even after Barr and Pence said one could not do that……DOJ Failed
10. Jeffrey Clark – co-conspirator for trying to weaponized the department of justice to overturn the election
11. Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act applies to what Trump did.
By summer time, Georgia will enter phase 2 of their prosecution efforts for election interference…… how slow.
12. what about enforcing the 14th amendment of the Constitution of the United States? get rid of Cawthorn under section 3 of the 14th Amendment
13. muller investigation……DOJ Failed…. statue of limitation expired!
14. Will New York speak with Trump under oath? No because of corruption. New York DOJ appears to be supporting Trumps so dont expect progress there!
alvin bragg is another DA that supports Trumpism. Trump committed a crime and is not being prosecuted. New York should remove bragg from office.
actions speak louder than speculation, at this time I am convinced Garland wont prosecute Trump or any top insurrectionist. Only time will reveal why! in time Trump will be mentally broken or dead and then this insurrection nonsense will slowly die too. how sad that some people get away with murder!
virgina thomas, wife of supreme court justice Clarence Thomas is an insurrectionist too. it was discovered that she was pushing for the election overthrow. Ginni Thomas, the conservative activist who’s married to Supreme Court justice Clarence Thomas, repeatedly pressed Trump’s White House chief of staff to pursue efforts to overturn the 2020 election
“This is a fight of good versus evil. Evil always looks like the victor until the King of Kings triumphs. Do not grow weary in well doing. The fight continues. MEADOWS TEXT TO THOMAS
no major arrest for seditious conspiracy leaders. The disgraced former president Trump, Trumps chief of staff, and a gang of congressional members in the House and Senate continue to conspired to undermine American democracy.
…Putin = Trump
Trumpism is a support for Putin. Wake up and Lock Trump up and support freedom.
Stop The Steal – Don’t let Trumps steal our Democracy and make us like Russia!
Democracy will FAIL if Trump doesn’t get indicted!
save us from Trumism!
……..trump is evil.
Somebody needs a raise
I hope that crazy drunk gets life.
Unfortunately she’s like the MARINES. The few the proud. Wish we had more police officers like her and less of those just killing people because they’re scared of doing there job, because they might die or get hurt. Someone needs to remind them they signed up for the job, and that is part of the job description.PROTECT AND SERVE!!!!!!! But most of them are like the other 2 officers that let that drunk drive right through because they were scared of doing their job. PROTECT AND SERVE!!!!!!
Bravest cop on the force. All the others said nope.
Real Hero. 🫡
Hero. Just that simple.
🙏
Why not use spikes to blow up the tires?? Or nets for the tires to stop spinning?? All these technology and they don’t use it. Jeezzzss
Salute.
Big shouts out to this lady. Men we got to take a major L on this one. I’d be proud to go to work everyday to pay her salary
Anybody who operates a motor vehicle like that deserves significant jail time, alcohol is no excuse.
Reminder that cops are people and individuals, and we should see them that way. She certainly had a ton of stones to do that.
That drunk prob had no idea what she hit. Life in jail for that trash!
She saved lives.
In times like these, we need heros like Schuck. Such an amazing person!
If the officer needs free virtual physical therapy contact me.
Courageous!
hero
When you take the oath to serve and protect without any reservations…
Oh boo hoo
This is just amazing. I’m just happy she’s going to be okay; head-on collusions are the most dangerous.
thank God! 🙏🏼
F-ing hero!, Blue lives matter!!!!…. and now the drunk driver is gonna sue because she could’ve been killed.
Real Cop💯😎❤️
Way to go trooper. You are a hero!
DUI should be a much more serious crime than it is. 3rd DUI should require someone to have their right leg amputated at the knee to prevent them from having a 4th.
She’s a hero!! ♥️♥️
Brave lady, quick thinking. Deserves a medal.
You would need 100 cars to crash into thousands of runners. Stupid headline.
Top bad the drunk, selfish, wrong-way driver lived.
That was lousy roadblock, like from 40’s 😂
Why didn’t they use spikes beforehand???
God bless you trooper
well done officer.
I hope that drunk driver gets life.
A real hero 100%
Isn’t this old news?
Brave person, but never give that driver a license ever again
Her emotional explanation of the event exemplifies the compassion and dedication of this trooper towards her commitment of protecting others. I certainly hope she is able to return to her job soon, and hopefully in the near future be promoted into a leadership position..
Have integrity.
This trooper protected and served.. We can’t say. the. same for. the police who are out there shooting unarmed black men..