staffs and secretary of state. served 35 years in the u.s. army, two decorated tours in vietnam. credited with reforming the u.s. military following the cold war and being the architect of the first gulf war. sandra: fox team coverage begins now weighing in on the medical side of this story. john: first to national security correspondent jennifer griffin on powell s life and career, what a life and career it was. jennifer: it was. known for integrity, he will be remembered for the powell doctrine during desert storm in first gulf war as chairman of the joint chiefs at the pentagon, which stated only use force if it has clear and achievable object itch with public support, sufficient firepower and exit strategy to end the war. he told secretary of state regarding use of u.s. military
tandem trailers to bounce off the wall and went right around us. had that wall not been there, they would have taken out everybody around. it was just luck. just luck. the tractor-trailer comes to a halt. in his crushed car, ron powell is stunned to find he s still alive. i was over on the shoulder facing the wrong way, facing the opposite way. my face is bleeding really heavy and i was just, uh, what just happened? the driver of the semi gets out of his truck and approaches ron. he was actually the first guy to my car. he was like are you okay, man? i was like yeah, i think so. he s like man, i m glad you re alive. i was like, me, too. me, too. not until after the crash did the officers realize ron powell s car is there. it s completely mangled. everybody s running up to me with flashlights and they were talking about potentially fatal, potentially fatal on the intercoms. i know what that means. i thought something was going
i had to start touching myself like okay, i can wiggle my toes, wiggle my fingers, i think i m okay. emergency responders take one look at ron s bloody face and assume the worst. we ll get these guys to help you get out. but they re in for a surprise. a firefighter guy had told me it s going to take 10, 15 minutes to cut me out the car, and i asked him can i climb out the window? and he let me climb out the window. then i turned around and looked at the car. it s like a giant just took it and squashed it frontwards and backwards. despite the violence of the crash, everyone s injuries are slight. even ron powell s. after they wiped all the blood away it was just superficial scratches. i m pretty blessed and lucky to be able to walk away from something like that. at the station afterwards, the woman who officer eagler saved gets her chance to thank him. she just gave me a hug. that was a very neat moment. as brief as it was, their
think i m okay. emergency responders take one look at ron s bloody face and assume the worst. we re gonna get these guys to help you get out. but they re in for a surprise. a firefighter guy had told me it s going to take, like, 10, 15 minutes to cut me out the car, and i asked him can i just climb out the window? and he let me climb out the window. then i turned around and looked at the car. it s like a giant just took it and squashed it frontwards and backwards. despite the violence of the crash, everyone s injuries are slight, even ron powell s. after they wiped all the blood away, it was just superficial scratches. i m pretty blessed and lucky to be able to walk away from something like that. at the station afterwards, the woman who officer eagler saved gets her chance to thank him. she just gave me a hug. that was a very neat moment. as brief as it was, their miraculous escape from the violent crash made a lasting impression on everyone involved.
had that wall not been there, they would have taken out everybody around. it was just luck. just luck. the tractor-trailer comes to a halt. in his crushed car, ron powell is stunned to find he s still alive. i was over on the shoulder facing the wrong way, facing the opposite way. my face is bleeding really heavy, and i was just, uh, what just happened? the driver of the semi gets out of his truck and approaches ron. he was actually the first guy to my car. he was like, are you okay, man? i was like yeah, i think so. he s like man, i m glad you re alive. i m like, me, too. not until after the crash did the officers realize ron powell s car is there. it s completely mangled. everybody s running up to me with flashlights and they were talking about potentially fatal, potentially fatal on the intercoms. and i know what that means. i thought something was going i had to start touching myself like, okay, i can wiggle my toes, i can wiggle my fingers, i