Rose was one of the officers at the scene, and he quickly got out of his car and crawled under the downed power line to drag the boy to safety. Chapman also helped get the child to a secure area, and the officers could feel the electric charge coming from the boy.
"OK, bud," Rose can be heard telling the boy. "What’s your name? I’m with you buddy."
The officers then loaded the boy into the back of a cruiser and rushed to the hospital. The child suffered severe burns to his hands and other critical injuries, and Rose is heard comforting the boy during the ride to the hospital.
In receiving their award a year later, the officers were praised for their selfless and brave actions and credited for saving the boy's life.
"It’s not only writing tickets. It’s not going to actual crimes. It's serving the public, making sure people are safe," Rose told WJBK-TV. "That, in essence, wasn’t a police matter, but the police were there, and thank goodness we were able to react and save a life. And that’s the stuff that happens every day that people don’t know about."
