Two APD Officers Awarded Meritorious Service Medal with Valor

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TWO AUSTIN POLICE OFFICERS-
PRAISED AS HEROES TONIGHT FOR
PULLING TWO WOMEN FROM A
SINKING CAR IN LADY BIRD LAKE.
LAKE.CHIEF ACEVEDO PRESENTED
OFFICERS "MATT JUDD" AND
"ASHLEY EDWARDS" WITH
MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARDS FOR
VALOR THIS WEEK.TONIGHT - ONE
3 2 FUNCIONARIOS DE POLICíA DE
AUSTIN ELOGIARON COMO HEROES
ESTA NOCHE PARA TIRAR A 2
OF THOSE OFFICERS SITS DOWN
WITH OUR SHANNON WOLFSON - TO
MUJERES DE UN CARRO QUE SE
HUNDE EN EL LAGO DE LADY BIRD
SHED NEW LIGHT ON WHAT
EL JEFE ACEVEDO PRESENTó A
HAPPENED THAT JULY NIGHT- AND
THE "HEARTBREAK" THAT FOLLOWED.
FUNCIONARIOS " JUDD" DE "MATT
" "Y ASHLEY EDWARDS " CON
ASHLEY SAYS IT WAS COMPLETE
SURPRISE- SENIOR POLICE
OFFICER ASHLEY EDWARDS
COULDN'T BELIEVE HER EYES THAT
EARLY JULY MORNING.I HONESTLY
PREMIOS DE SERVICIO MERITORIOS
WASN'T EVEN SURE WHAT HAPPENED
POR EL VALOR ESTA SEMANA.
SHE WAS WRITING A REPORT-
ALONG WITH OFFICER MATT JUDD
UNDER THE I-35 BRIDGE NEAR
HOLLY STREET WHEN SHE SAW A
CAR DRIVE DOWN THE BOAT RAMP-
AND IN TO THE WATER.
WATER.ASHLEY SAYS ONCE THE
3 ASHLEY DICE QUE ELLA ESTABA
LA SORPRESA COMPLETA ASHLEY
VEHICLE BEGAN MOVING- BECAUSE
EDWARDS DE POLICíA MAYOR NO
IT HAPPENED SO SUDDENLY- WE
PODRíA BELIEVE SUS OJOS QUE A
PRINCIPIOS DE JULIO EL
BOTH ENTERED THE WATER AND
BEGAN TO SWIM OUT TO ITTHE
STRONG CURRENT QUICKLY PULLED
THE CAR 30 YARDS FROM SHORE.
ASHLEY SAYS AS WE SWAM OUT, WE
COULD HEAR A FEMALE VOICE
COMING FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE
MORNING.I NO ESTABA HASTA
AND TRYING TO EXIT THE DRIVERS
SIDE WINDOW- SO AT THAT POINT
SEGURO QUE
WE JUST CONTINUED TO SWIM OUT
Y EN AL AGUA.
THE VEHICLE UNTIL WE COULD
REACH IT AND ASSIST THE DRIVER.
THEY WERE SURPRISED WHEN
ANOTHER WOMAN STARTED TO CLIMB
ASHLEY DICE CUANDO NADAMOS,
OUT THE SAME WINDOW.AND THEN
THE CAR WENT UNDER.ASHLEY SAYS
PODRíAMOS OíR UNA VOZ FEMENINA
QUE VIENE DE DENTRO DEL
IT TOOK US A WHILE TO GET
VEHíCULO Y TRATA DE SALIR LA
VENTANILLA LATERAL DE
CONDUCTORES TAN A AQUEL PUNTO
EVERYONE BACK UP TO THE SHORE
SóLO
((CUT)) AND ONCE THEY WERE ON
Y AYUDE A LA ESCUELA DE ED DE
LA CONDUCCIóN.
THE SHORE I BEGAN ASKING
ELLOS ESTUVIERON SORPRENDIDOS
MEDICAL QUESTIONS TO SEE IF
THEY WERE INJURED AND WHAT WAS
GOING ON AND AT THAT POINT ONE
OF THEM HAD MENTIONED A MALE'S
NAME AND I BEGAN ASKING WHERE
CUANDO OTRA MUJER COMENZó A
THE MALE WAS AND THEY STATED
SUBIR LA MISMA VENTANA.
THAT HE HAD BEEN IN THE BACK
Y EL CARRO FUE BAJO.
Y ONCE QUE ELLOS ESTABAN EN THE
SEAT.ASHLEY SAYS IT WAS
SHORE QUE HAGO A PREGUNTAS
MéDICAS PARA VER SI ELLOS
SURPRISING- CONSIDERING THE
FUERON HECHOS DAñO Y LO QUE
AMOUNT OF TIME THAT HAD PASSED
PASABA.
Y A AQUEL PUNTO UNO DE ELLOS
FROM BEING OUT BY THE VEHICLE
TO COMING IN TO SHORE AND JUST
HABíA MENCIONADO UN NOMBRE
THEN REALIZING THAT THEIR
FRIEND WASN'T WITH THEM.THEIR
FRIEND- WAS 25-YEAR-OLD RYAN
MASCULINO Y PREGUNTO DONDE EL
VARóN ERA.
WHITTINGTON.BY THE TIME THE
ASHLEY DICE QUE ELLA SORPRENDíA
OFFICERS EVEN KNEW A THIRD
PERSON WAS IN THE CAR- IT WAS
LA CONSIDERACIóN DE LA
TOO LATE TO SAVE HIM.ASHLEY
CANTIDAD DE TIEMPO QUE HABíA
PASADO DE ESTAR POR EL
SAYS WE DID THE BEST WE COULD
VEHíCULO A ENTRAR A LA
ORILLA.
AND IF I COULD GO BACK AND
CHANGE IT AND HAVE A FEW MORE
Y SóLO ENTIENDA A AQUEL SU
AMIGO NO ESTABA CON ELLOS.
MINUTES TO GET INSIDE THE
SU AMIGO ERA RYAN DE 25 AñOS
VEHICLE AND REALIZE THAT
WHITTINGTON.BY EL TIEMPO LOS
SOMEONE WAS BACK THERE THEN WE
FUNCIONARIOS HASTA SABíAN QUE
WOULD HAVE DONE ALL WE COULD
AND HOPEFULLY HAVE BROUGHT HIM
UNA TERCERA PERSONA ESTABA EN
EL CARRO ESTO FUE DEMASIADO
TARDE PARA
HOME AS WELL.DIVERS LATER
ASHLEY DICE QUE HICIMOS TODO LO
RECOVERED WHITTINGTON'S BODY.
POSIBLE PODRíAMOS Y SI YO
THE DRIVER, MADELINE RACKLEY
PUDIERA VOLVER Y CAMBIARLA Y
TENER UNOS MINUTOS MáS PARA
PONERME
Y ENTIENDA ESTO ALGUIEN ESTABA
IS NOW CHARGED WITH
ALLí HABRíAMOS HECHO TODO QUE
INTOXICATION MANSLAUGHTER.
MANSLAUGHTER.LT. PATRICK
CONNOR SAYS THEY WERE
PODRíAMOS Y CON SUERTE HABERLE
TRAíDO A CASA TAMBIéN.
DEFINITELY HEROIC IN THEIR
LA ESCUELA DE ED DE LA
CONDUCCIóN, MADELINE RACKLEY
ACTIONS- PUTTING THEIR LIFE ON
THE LINE TO GO OUT TO SAVE
SOMEBODY ELSE.ASHLEY SAYS I
WISH THAT DECISIONS AND
CIRCUMSTANCES HAD BEEN
DIFFERENT TO WHERE IT WOULDN'T
HAVE EVEN BEEN A FACTOR OR
NEEDED BUT HOPEFULLY EVERYONE
CAN LEARN FROM THIS AND I WISH
THE BEST FOR RYAN'S FAMILY.
ES ACUSADA AHORA DEL HOMICIDIO
SIN PREMEDITACIóN DE
REPORTING IN AUSTIN, SHANNON
INTOXICACIóN.
. EL TENIENTE PATRICK CONNOR
WOLFSON, KXAN NEWS.
DICE QUE ELLOS ERAN HEROICOS
EN SUS ACCIONES PONIENDO SU
THIS CASE STILL HAS TO GO
VIDA SOBRE LA LíNEA PARA IR
SALVAN ALGUIEN MáS.