State. This month, a Police Officer in ohio had a near fatal sentinel overdose facing overdose following routine traffic stop. ,e put on his mask and gloves arrested some individuals, went back to the playstation and the police station, noticed there was powder on his shirt, he brushed it away. He is a big man, and he fell to the floor unconscious and overdose. Canadministered nor immediately, but he was not enough, they had to rush into the hospital where two more narc an doses were administered and luckily his life was saved. He would have date have died if he had been alone. He also said, what if you got home and hugged his kid . This, it is devastating our communities and causing danger for Law Enforcement and First Responders. Isntanyl hundreds of times more potent than heroin. It can be deadly. We also know about other synthetic drugs coming into our country. This issue is getting worse. As i said, the number of overdoses and deaths have increased a medically dramatically. You mi
We have a great group of members who are here and i know everybodys got a lot of different commitments this morning. We are also eager to hear from our witnesses and talk about a critical issue facing our country. Its really a crisis in our communities and its getting worse, not better and the crisis is this Opioid Epidemic. The country is being gripped by it. My state is in many states are. Its in every corner of my state. Earlier this month in ohio, there was a near fatal but now overdose following a routine traffic stop. He p he noticed there was white powder spread around the car. He did the right thing. He put on his mask and gloves, arrested some individuals,s, went back to the Police Station and noticed it on his shirt there was some powder so he reached up like this and brush the powder off his shirt. This guy is 6foot three, 225 pounds. A big man. He fell to the floorimmedi unconscious in overdose. They administered narcan immediately but it wasnt enough. Wapi they had to rush
Still out here on the scene. She is waiting to be interviewed by investigators. Its important to know if youre planning on traveling in this area, torresdale between devereaux and levitt street are closed at least for now. Thats the latest here. For nbc 10 news. Thank you for that breaking news update. More breaking news to tell you about now. Just 12 blocks ay way from where those officers were hit, a woman was shot in the leg at tacony park. Sky force 10 above the seen. No indication the two cases are represented. Let you know if that changes. Well follow all breaking stories and bring you what we know on the air and on the nbc app. And the memorial day weekend. Cape may, a lot of people are flocking to the shore for the holiday. A look. Pretty quiet. You know thats going to change saturday and sunday, regardless of weather. And penn rivers landing gearing up for a busy weekend. And in delaware, hoisting themselves to treetops, and an adrenaline rush to kick off the weekend. Live in
Individual, went back to the Police Station and noticed on his shirt was some powder. He brushed the powder off the shirt, he is 6 foot 3, 225 pounds am a big man, he fell to the floor unconscious from overdose. They administered antidote immediately but it wasnt enough, rushed him to the hospital where two more doses were administered and luckily his life was saved. He would have died had he been alone. What if he had gone home with that power on his shirt and hugged his kid . That is just an example of what we are facing. Obviously a devastating to our communities and families but also creating quite a danger for Law Enforcement and First Responders. Sentinel is 35 to 50 times more powerful than heroin, a lethal dose to of 20 mg, we were able to show a tiny amount of fenton all can be deadly and we know about other synthetic drugs, this is getting worse as i said, the number of overdoses and deaths have increased dramatically, the director of National Intelligence included synthetic
On his way to the middle east. Went straight over to iraq. So february 2004 hes going over there. That must have been hard to went down. His youngest brother and father and i went to spend three days with him before he deployed. He said just dont go. Itll be too hard for you. I tried to take care of him all of his life and then at that point it was out of my hands. He was going to be a man and do what he wanted to do. Thats got to be a source of pride. Absolutely. But a source of fear; right . Lived in fear when he did deploy we lived in fear i didnt want to hear a phone cringe or watch tv. I didnt watch tv or news for the whole time he was deployed. She talked to him twice when he was gone. The last time was march 17th. St. Patricks day he called. That was the last time i not to talk to him. Was he happy . He was. He loved it. He said, mom, you know, things are scary over here many he said i watched a few of my friends being blown away but im not scared and weve been giving kids candy