Saved In the Line of Duty

The morning of Aug. 5, 2012, Lt. Brian Murphy responded to a disturbance at a local Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. As he approached the complex, working what he’d anticipated would be a quiet Sunday shift, Murphy had no idea his life was about to be upended.
What happened next made national headlines. Murphy was the first responding officer on the scene of a mass shooting, confronting white supremacist Wade Michael Page after Page had killed six and wounded several other temple visitors. In a gun battle with Page, Murphy was shot 15 times with a 9mm semi-automatic handgun, including shots to his throat, arms, hands, legs, head and chest. Murphy miraculously survived – he was later presented with the Medal of Valor by Vice President Joe Biden – but he suffered extensive injuries that left permanent scars, altered his voice and forced him into early retirement.
Talking to Northern Express, Murphy said that when he woke up Aug. 5, “I knew what my job was, I had a plan for my retirement and I knew where I was going with my life.” Three hours later, he said, “all of that changed.”
Murphy believes he survived for a purpose: to help prevent trauma to other officers and to offer services and support to those wounded in the line of duty. Now he’s doing both – in partnership with the northern Michigan company that saved his life.
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Rise and fall of Second Chance vest Part 1

This story personally touched my life. I was employed by Second Chance Body Armor when the employees were sent home and SCBA was allowed to violate the Federal W.A.R.N. Act. We were not given 90 days pay or 90 days notice. 
Davis walks around Central Lake like he is some kind of small town hero, when in reality he destroyed countless lives.
The Detroit Free Press has amnesia regarding the two part series and I was able to find Part 1 on another forum. I will post Part 2 if and when I can locate them.

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2005511210407

This Michigan man shot himself repeatedly to sell his soft body armor to police. But the vests proved flawed and two cops went down. Now the $50-million-a-year empire is in ruins. And his success story has some holes.

November 21, 2005

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Richard Davis, founder of Second Chance Body Armor, would shoot himself to prove the vest's effectiveness. In this April 30, 1997, demonstration in Central Lake, he used a .44 Magnum with a 6-inch barrel. The hole in the shirt after Davis shot himself. Police were sold. "That demonstration reaped millions for him," said David Balash, a former police firearms expert. (1997 photo by LIZ RAFFAELE/Special to Free Press)

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