Good on you guys. We damn well will make sure you get recognized for your actions!
- Coral Springs Police Department officers Chris Crawford and Sgt. Jeff Heinrich recently recounted their heroics
- The incident ‘was bad as you can imagine — times 10,’ Crawford said in the aftermath of the campus shooting
- A Marine veteran, Crawford recounted the ‘awful’ task of having to treat children suffering from gunshot wounds
- Meanwhile, Sgt. Jeff Heinrich, who was off duty when the shooting commenced, ran to Marjory Stoneman after quickly realizing his wife and son were there
- Soon after the deadly attack ended, it was discovered that at least four Broward County Sheriff’s deputies failed to enter the school
Two police officers have emotionally recalled the terrifying moment they entered the Florida school where a gunman was on the loose while a number of sheriff deputies cowered outside.
Coral Springs Police Department officers Chris Crawford and Sgt. Jeff Heinrich recounted their heroics during a local news conference on Friday, describing the ‘surreal’ events of that fateful Valentine’s Day.
The incident ‘was bad as you can imagine — times 10,’ Crawford said in the aftermath of the campus shooting. ‘I have a 2-year-old. I don’t want to send him to school.’
Coral Springs Police Department officers Chris Crawford (L) and Sgt. Jeff Heinrich (R) recently recounted their heroics during a news conference
Crawfors said that he stuffed ‘combat gauze,’ a medical dressing with a clotting agent, into the wounds of a 14-year-old boy who was shot in the back, and treated a young girl for a shrapnel injury.
He then entered into the school building, where students had barricaded themselves into a classroom, having to ‘negotiate with [them] to come out’ after sliding his ID badge under the door. ‘I don’t blame them,’ he added.
Meanwhile, Sgt. Jeff Heinrich, who was off duty when the shooting commenced, ran to Marjory Stoneman after quickly realizing his wife and son were at the school.
Arriving to the facility, Heinrich told the local broadcaster that he helped care for a wounded child before putting on a bullet proof vest.
‘By the grace of God, my wife and my son who are at opposite ends of the school, [..] they both heard the fire alarm and decided to evacuate,’ Heinrich said.
Soon after the deadly attack ended, it was discovered that at least four Broward County Sheriff’s deputies failed to enter the Parkland, Fla., school building while a lone gunman wielding a semiautomatic AR-15-style assault rifle massacred 17 people.
Deputy Scott Peterson was initially the only law enforcement officer present on February 14 when the rampage started, Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel said.
Peterson’s actions were caught on video during the massacre, which ranks as the second-deadliest shooting ever at a U.S. public school, carried out by 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz who admitted to the shooting less than 48 hours later.
‘What I saw was a deputy arrive at the west side of Building 12, take up a position and he never went in,’ said Sheriff Israel, referring to the building on campus, popularly known as the ‘freshman building,’ where