AND STRENGTHEN.
RIGHT NOW BACK TO DIANE AND
GORDON.
THANK YOU.
NEARLY A WEEK AFTER SPARTANBURG
OFFICER WAS ATTACKED INSIDE A
WALMART LEAVE AN UPDATE ON HIS
CONDITION.
SCOTTIE KAY HERE'S A STORY YOU
ONLY SEE ON 7.
THE SPARTANBURG POLICE
DEPARTMENT SAYS THEY BEEN
OVERWHELMED BY THE AMOUNT OF
PRAYERS AND SUPPORT THEY
RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY
AFTER ONE OF THEIR OWN WAS
INJURED WHILE OFF DUTY.
THE GOOD NEWS IS THE OFFICER IS
NOW ON DEMAND.
AARON IS A VERY DRIVEN
INDIVIDUAL AND HE LOVES HIS JOB
AND HE LOVES HELPING PEOPLE.
LIEUTENANT LESLIE McDONALD
SPARTANBURG POLICE OFFICERS
DIRECT SUPERVISOR AND SHE'S GOT
TO KNOW HIM PRETTY WELL.
JUST A GREAT ALL-AROUND
HUMAN BEING AND A GREAT
OFFICER.
WHEN THEY FOUND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED OFFICER HANSEN AT THE
WALMART LAST THURSDAY SHE WAS
DEVASTATED.
ONE OF THE SCARIEST THINGS
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN LAW
ENFORCEMENT IS WHEN YOU FIND
OUT A FELLOW OFFICER IS HERTZ
AND WHEN IT IS ONE OF YOUR OWN,
YOUR VERY OWN NOT JUST IN THE
AGENCY BUT SOMEONE WHO WORKS
DRUG BEFORE YOU IT IS JUST AN
ADDED AND TERRIFYING FEELING.
HANSEN WAS OFF DUTY AND
WORKING SECURITY AT WALMART
WHEN POLICE SAY JAMES
CUNNINGHAM RAN OVER AND STARTED
ATTACKING HIM FOR NO A PARENT
REASON.
I WAS JUST HEARTBROKEN.
HEARTBROKEN FOR HIM AND THE
FAMILY WAS SO SENSELESS.
THIRD PARTY OWNER OF HUB
CITY DELIVERY IN WHICH HE
LEARNED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED SHE
IMMEDIATELY WANTED TO HELP SO
SHE DONATED $100 GIFT CARD TO
HELP COVER THE OFFICERS MEALS
WHILE HE RECOVERS.
I DID NOT THINK TWICE ABOUT
IT.
I WOULD HAVE DONE IT 100 TIMES
OVER!
GLAD IT HELPED THEM.
HANSEN SUPERVISOR SAID HIS
RECOVERY GOING A LOT BETTER
THAN EXPECTED CONSIDERING WHAT
HE WENT THROUGH.
WHAT THAT MEANS INTENT WAS
TO DO TO HIM AS AN ABSOLUTE
BLESSING AND BY THE GRACE OF
GOD THAT HE IS NOT
HOSPITALIZED.
McDONALD SAID IT WOULD NOT
BE POSSIBLE IF IT WEREN'T FOR
THE GOOD SAMARITANS WHO STEPPED
IN TO HELP.>> YOU ARE MY
HEROES AND YOU ARE ALL ANGELS
BECAUSE WITHOUT YOU AARON WOULD
NOT BE AS GOOD AS HE IS TODAY.
SHE IS ALSO THANKFUL FOR
PEOPLE LIKE PATTY WHO CONTINUE
TO SHOW THEIR SUPPORT.
EVERY LITTLE THING YOU DO
THAT SHOWS HIM AND THE REST OF
US THAT YOU CARE MAKES WHAT WE
DO AND CONTINUE TO DO IN
TODAY'S CLIMATE ABSOLUTELY
WORTH IT AND IT JUST SOLIDIFIES
THE FACT THAT WE ARE DOING THE
RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT
REASONS AND FOR THE RIGHT
PEOPLE.
WE REACH OUT TO WALMART
AFTER THE INCIDENT.
THE EMPLOYEE WHO HELPED SAVE
HANSEN DID NOT WANT TO GO ON
