Show “I pulled out my gun and ordered the ckiv-- er of the Suzuki out of the cat He was dazed ao I tried to get up by pitching off on my left arm keeping the gun an him but I realized my left ann wai in rinds” Holstering hie gun and using his tight ann to get to bis feet he flnggled to bis patrol car and radioed for backup and an ambulance “The driver of the Suzuki was coning to natgunpootlgot him and the driver of the Mustang spread-eagle- d an the highway and cuffed them" Harwood added "Then I got die two girls and locked them in the backseat of my patrol can I remember the driver of the Suzuki asking me ‘Why aren’t you dead?1” “It's a miracle that Officer Harwood wasn't killed" said Grant Park’s police chief Scott Fitts “His left forearm was shattered Both'of his legs were injured He then suffered internal bleeding and injuries Yet he still got up and made sure the four of them didn't get away” Harwood was being treated by the paramedics when Fitts got there that morning Tun Roach who hadron from the Suzuki was captured an hour later One of the hardest parts of that day said Fitts was calling Harwood’s wife Paula who was then six months pregnant with their second child (Victoria is now 8 months oldXFms said he dispatched two police officers—one to babysit Tom Jr who was 2 and another officer to take Pauli to see her husband at the hospital Since that time Harwood has had six lingeries on his left forearm and he lost a testicle as a result of being slammed into the edge of the spoiler oo the rear of the Mustang Yet he says “I can’t I’ve wait to get bock to work full-tibeen wosking on restrictive duty doing paperworic since the accident” Harwood has been on the force for nine yean At present Joshua While the ckiver of the Suzuki is aenring 10 yean for die attempted murder of Officer Harwood James Stanford die driver of the Mustang is scheduled to go to trial early next year wt frr pmirnion of a itoirn murder Tun Roach was not charged Robin Rollins and Ibnya Linder received no jail time in exchange for their psnmnpy jpuai jBBiinro mki wnne Chief Hits is eagerly awaiting Harwood's return 1 can’t wait to have him be said “After six surback geries on his left arm it may never be 100 percent but he did one hell of a job B that night with only one arm” full-tim- e” |