former Port Authority Police Department Emergency Service Unit Sergeant Dan Dias recounts a terrifying operation that would forever change his perspective on life.
While conducting an entry and clearing apartments, Dias and his fellow officers suddenly heard gunfire erupt elsewhere in the building.
First came the unmistakable sound of a shotgun.
Then automatic gunfire.
Realizing that fellow officers were in immediate danger, Dias rushed toward the shooting as the situation rapidly deteriorated.
Amid the chaos, one officer suffered a devastating shotgun wound to the neck.
What followed was a desperate effort to move the wounded officer away from the danger, get him down the stairs, and provide the medical assistance he urgently needed.
For Dias, the experience brought the extraordinary dangers of Emergency Service work into frightening focus.
“I wasn’t a real praying man until that day.”
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