For the first time, we’re hearing from the retired Cleveland Patrolman Anthony Espada, who was first to respond to the scene at Seymour Avenue nearly 10 years ago, along with his partner Mike Tracey who couldn’t believe his eyes.
New autobiography celebrates unexpected heroes through the life of a Cleveland police officer ‘We Found Them’ chronicles Anthony Espada’s life leading up to finding three missing girls
February 18, 2021 00:00 ET | Source: Archway Publishing Archway Publishing Bloomington, Indiana, UNITED STATES
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 18, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) In 2013 Cleveland Police Officer Anthony Espada helped find three girls who had been missing for 10 years. In “We Found Them” (published by Archway Publishing), he takes a look back at the difficult path that made him a hero. It is a story of hope, survival and resilience.
In this autobiography, Espada recounts his journey to being a cop beginning his childhood and struggles growing up in New York City and Cleveland, Ohio. He shares his experience serving the Marine Corps for nearly a decade, including seeing combat. Espada goes on to cover his 25-year career worki
manipulations. and, again, if there is any good part out of i, we ve clearly established here today he is not deserving of any mercy. and the victims are these ladies. scott, the one good thing we can come away with from hearings today is the rescue. let me show you what the first police officer to go inside the home talked about going upstairs with a partner and finding michelle knight. listen to this. he hollered up for the police again. and then you hear some pitter-patter steps, someone running, but stopped. and when we shined the flash light, i remember i kind of shined the flashlight so whoever could see that we were the police. we later found out it was michelle knight as she literally launched herself into officer espada s arms.
legs, arms, just choking him. and she just kept repeating you saved us, you saved us. a touching story of rescue. but an absolute portrait of real, real mad situation. it sure was, al. and, you know, that was officer barb johnson. she went upstairs with officer anthony espada, and then officer johnson brought them all down. amanda, michelle and gina. stayed with them for five hours from the house to the hospital. and she told me when she got home, al, she sat down, and the tears just started to pour out. wow. eugene o donnell and scott taylor, thank you both for your time tonight. just a remarkable story. and today justice finally prevailed for those three and that little girl. ariel castro sentenced to life plus more than a thousand years. we ll be right back. she let him plan the vacation.