This is a hard video to watch, but it needs to be seen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMxM5A3Dw-k
They were all heroes that damned night. I'm just a schmuck-and-a-half, but I was at Baylor to show my appreciation, my respect, and to let them know they werent alone. Not knowing the gravity of the situation, if they asked I'd would have helped. All I ended up doing was stopping Pete Schulte (who can get fucked sideways) and an unknown to me, visibly upset DPD plain clothes cop (whom I'd like to find and shake his hand), from tossing fists in front of the media.
I knew many of the officers there that night. I have their personal cell phone numbers, we talk about life often. My mom, who worked for DSO at the jail, knew every DPD officer there that night, including the 4 DPD fatalities. The officer that did the explosive charge, Borchardt, held a mortally wounded Dallas Police Officer (Mark Timothy Nix) in his squad while racing through afternoon Dallas traffic to Parkland. A few years later he was shot in the femoral by a hostage taker at a high rise hotel (audio of this was on that A&E show Dallas SWAT).
Sgt Ivan Gunter stands out, Ahrens, Krol, and Zamarripa where his guys. I'll never forget his words
"I know as an officer we take a lot flack, for what happens around the country. But not a single one of my people deserved *this*. I'm still angry. I still cry. Yeah. I'm pissed. But... by the grace of God, I'm here. I showed up for work the next day. And the days following. So that people will know, when someone knocks you down, you stand your ass back up. They're not going to defeat us. They aren't gonna defeat me. So I stand up, everyday."
I'm no dirty inkie, but I have thought about getting the latter part of this quote tattooed on my arm, because I remember it.