{"id":75206,"date":"2017-10-08T07:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T11:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75206"},"modified":"2017-10-07T17:09:33","modified_gmt":"2017-10-07T21:09:33","slug":"dana-walling-former-marine-saving-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=75206","title":{"rendered":"Dana Walling; former Marine saving the world"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABC5 in Cleveland, Ohio<\/a> tells the story of Dana Walling, a former Marine who happened to be at local car dealership when a gun fight broke out between two police officers and a wanted criminal;<\/p>\n

After the responding officers learned the man had multiple warrants out for his arrest, he tried to run away.<\/p>\n

“He pulled his gun out, he fired and he hit both cops,” said Walling.<\/p>\n

One of the bullets whizzed past the former Marine’s head.<\/p>\n

“I could have been hurt or I could have died,” said Walling.<\/p>\n

In video from the scene, you can see that bullet hit the windshield of the suspect’s car.<\/p>\n

“I saw the cops return fire,” said Walling.<\/p>\n

That’s when Walling’s military training kicked in – to support the wounded officers.<\/p>\n

“The cop that was laying on the ground was like help me, so I ran over to him and I asked him what he wanted me to do and he said handcuff the guy,” said Walling.<\/p>\n

After handcuffing the suspect, an employee, who we’ve learned is a former paramedic, ran up to Walling.<\/p>\n

“He was like, ‘anybody have a knife?’ I always carry and knife and I had a knife,” said Walling.<\/p>\n

That knife was used to cut away the officer’s clothes in order to start first aid immediately.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The police and the crook are recovering. The car dealer gave Walling two tickets for the Indians playoff game against the Yankees to thank him for his bravery that day;<\/p>\n

“People call me a hero and I just think I’m not a hero, just a man I believe did the right thing. It’s fight or flight. I chose to help instead of run away,” said Walling.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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