Officer O'Keefe tej yam xwm khub

St. Louis Police Officer Cornelius O’Keefe performed countless acts of bravery over his career. Saum ntuj 26, 1901, O’Keefe proved his toughness and quick thinking again by saving a fellow officer from an excited horse and shed fire.

St. Louis tub ceev xwm Joseph A. Gerk patrolled nws khiav nrawm rau Eighteenth Street thaum sawv ntxov yuav 26, 1901, when he saw flames and fire trucks blocks away. Officer Gerk khiav mus rau qhov hluav taws kub hauv lub tsheb uas 1402 Txiv roj Street.

Thaum twg Officer Gerk los txog, ib cov Mrs xav ua kom tau. S.J. Oliver zau Gerk los cawm nws tus nees thoroughbred nyam lub tso. Officer Gerk climbed over a couple of buggies but could not get the horse to move.

Gerk tsawv nkaus tus nees uas nyob ib ncig ntawm lub caj dab thiab pib rub tus tsiaj ntshai. Tus nees dheev jerked nws lub taub hau thiab ntuav Gerk pa. Tsho poj niam los ntawm Gerk lub ntes tau ntawm ib lub pas sam xauv nees.

While being stuck on the harness peg kept the terrified horse from trampling Gerk, Gerk was helpless as the fire started moving toward both. As Gerk struggled mightily in a fruitless attempt to escape, Officer tej (Cornelius) O’Keefe burst into the shed.

Officer O'Keefe ntaus lub sam xauv nees pas nrog nws cov sibntsib thiab freeing Gerk. Both officers kicked out the wall allowing the officers and the horse to escape. Thaum cov pab pawg neeg exited lub tsev, qhov tso kiag li tsaus muag hauv taws.

Cov me nyuam. Louis hluav taws Department tseg qhov hluav taws kub ua ntej nws yuav kis tau, tiam sis nws puas tag nrho peb plhis uas yog B.J. Parker. Parker nyob rau hauv lub tsev nyob 1402 Txiv roj Street. Qhov plhis tau thaum lub tsheb ntawm qhov chaw nyob.

Tsaug Officer O'Keefe es, 27-xyoo Officer Joseph A. Gerk lived to the ripe old age of eighty-two. Nws tso tseg nyob rau hauv St. Louis rau tim 2, 1957.

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