Florida Officer: 'I Was Not Going To Die'

(CLICKORLANDO.com) via OFFICER.com ^ | Updated: July 24th, 2009 03:18 AM GMT-05:00 | n/a

[Cindy]

COCOA, Fla. --

A law enforcement officer who is still recovering from being shot six times last week spoke at a news conference Thursday morning.

[kromike]

Wow. He deserves the nickname “Bullet-Tooth Tony”.

[al baby]

Hope he was not acting stupidly

[Texas Fossil]

Streety's doctor said the officer is lucky to be alive. He was saved by a bullet proof vest and a commemorative coin he kept in his wallet, which was struck by a bullet.

[SJSAMPLE]

Or “Fitty Cent” ;)

[VeniVidiVici]

Before anybody asks he was shot with a .45 ACP.

[FlyVet]

That's what I was wondering. If he survived that, he's blessed.

Growing up, one of my neighbors was a conservation officer for 30 years.

He said he never had to draw his gun.

That's pretty amazing, considering how many times he must have come upon deer hunters sitting on a stump with a rifle and a bottle of Jack Daniel's.

[VeniVidiVici]

Yes, I thought it pretty incredible too.

Unfortunately times have changed. A lot of times they run into these meth labs deep in the woods too. Amazing they don’t get shot at more often.

[FlyVet]

He never had to draw his gun, but....a few times he had to use his hands, feet, riot baton, or blackjack, to put someone down.

He was a good man, never wanted to go to the last resort.

[SJSAMPLE]

Unpossible.
Everybody knows that a .45 will blow your arms and legs off and decapitate you.
Even a near miss will ‘splode your heart.