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Why i was there. she initially said that she wasn t jonah ziegler. that s not me. i finally convinced her i knew who she was and that she was under arrest because she had warrants. he orders zeigler out of her truck, but she has other plans. she stopped and said, i m not going. hit the gas. the truck just basically goes in reverse really fast. i put my left hand out to stop the truck from actually pushing me over. tufty tries to reach for his taser, then his gun, but there s no time. zeigler is on the run. she flies by in front of me yelling at me as she s driving by. she said, quote, unquote, just [ bleep ] shoot me and then drives off. tufty gives chase. ziegler s vehicle is going fast, leaving a cloud of smoke in its wake. trying to shake the officer, ziegler turns abruptly cutting off two other cars. she accelerates, passing a school and blowing through stop signs. zeigler is unyielding. suddenly corporal tufty sees the driver s side door open. i m thinking she s going ....
Lookout for a woman wanted by police on forgery charges. she had multiple warrants for her arrest. i d gotten a phone call from our dispatch center that let me know that she was on the move in her car. that woman is jonah zeigler. tufty has a description of zeigler and her vehicle, and it isn t long before he spots her. when i looked over to the left, i saw a pink vest and her head down underneath the steering wheel. i pulled in behind her truck. corporal tufty approaches the truck. and confronts ziegler. i let her know who i was and ....
Underneath the wheel of the truck. corporate tufty s emt training quickly takes over. checked her pulse, she had a pulse, wasn t breathing really well. stay on, jonah, we re going to help you out. we re going to get to you the hospital. ziegler is alive but the extent of her injuries is unknown. i ve seen a lot of different things in this job, and i ve come up with you know, come up against a number of different scenarios. this was one of the toughest ones to handle. ziegler is flown to spokane for treatment. miraculously makes a a full recovery. she pleads guilty on the original forgery charge and is awaiting sentencing. for attempting to elude police she s found guilty and is sentenced to 15 months in prison. but before she goes to jail, she had one last encounter with tufty. i actually stopped her on a traffic stop about three months ago. went up to the car, didn t know it was her. just stopped the car for a violation. went up, found out who it was and talked to her for ....
Wasn t breathing very. we just like hang on, jonah. we will help you out and get you to the hospital. ziegler is alive but the extent of her injuries is unknown. i ve seen a lot of different things in this job, and i ve come up with you know, come up against a number of different scenarios. this was one of the toughest ones to handle. ziegler is flown to spokane for treatment. miraculously makes a a full recovery. she pleads guilty on the original forgery charge and is awaiting sentencing. for attempting to elude police she s found guilty and is sentenced to 15 months in prison. but before she goes to jail, she had one last encounter with tufty. i actually stopped her on a traffic stop about three months ago. went up to the car, didn t know it was her. just stopped the car for a violation. went up, found out who it was and talked to her for a couple minutes. and she has apologized for what she did in a letter and in person. and she did thank me for saving ....
tufty immediately radios for an ambulance and then races over to ziegler s truck. check her. she s not breathing. the sheer weight of the vehicle, she s not going to be breathing much at all. the chase has now become a rescue mission as he tries in vain to push the vehicle off her. within minutes neighbors rush over to help. but even the additional manpower cannot lift the truck. corporate tufty makes a crucial decision. i knew that if i didn t get the truck off of her, she wasn t going to live. the only thing i had available to me was the drive it off. so i went into the cab, it was still running. i started to hit the accelerator really slow to try and feather it. and just all of a sudden she came out from underneath it. startled onlookers back away as ziegler s body spins out from underneath the wheel of the truck. corporal tufty s emt training quickly takes over. checked the pulse. she had a pulse. ....