We got us a hero!

I didn't know Mr. Crim was a celebrity....

Thank you for the posts with the kind words. Most of you already know the story: people call 911. The police come. They do their job. It's really as simple as that. I am glad I was there to be able to make a difference. In a few hours I will be enroute to Hermann, Missouri for Matt Taylor's Hallowine weekend for a little R&R. Madonna will be wearing her [previously purchased in Hermann] shirt that says, "I drink well with others"........looking forward to a fun weekend..........
 
Way to Go Larry

I also would like to share my congratulations to Larry for his quick and unselfish thinking. I do disagree with a comment he did say in an interview with the T.V. station, "I was just doing my job." Many in your position may not of been so unselfish and gone in the cold water after the boy. You are not just a cop but a good police officer that I am proud to know and associate with. IMPD certainly needed a good poster child in the wake of the many disasters in the department in 2010 and I think there could not be a more deserving one than you Larry.:applause:
 
Here is another article

I know Larry is being all humble, "It's just my job." about this, but here is another article.


Veteran Indianapolis police officer Larry Wilson was wet, muddy and humble Wednesday after risking his life to save a 5-year-old autistic boy from a Far-Southside retention pond.

But to the boy's mother, he was nothing less than a hero.

"He didn't even think about his own safety. He just dove in and saved my son's life," Rachel Phillips said. "Thank God we have police officers like that."

Wilson pulled Bishop Phillips from the pond about 10 a.m. at Briarstone Villas in the 1700 block of East Stop 10 Road. Bishop was checked out at St. Francis Hospital and was back home by the afternoon.

Wilson was unavailable for comment, but his boss said the 24-year veteran simply thinks he was in the right place at the right time.

"Officer Wilson doesn't see himself as a hero," said Commander Cliff Myers of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department's Southeast District.

"So much of our job is so much more than chasing bad guys. When you can make a positive impact the way officer Wilson has done, well, we believe he saved the child's life and avoided a tragedy."

Wilson wasn't injured, and in fact went home to shower and return to the job. The only casualties were his 20-year service pin and a cell phone.

Hours after the incident, IMPD colleagues nominated Wilson for the Medal of Bravery and the Red Cross Hall of Fame Award.

Phillips, 27, said she had kept Bishop home from Mary Bryan Elementary School because his class was going on a field trip to the zoo and he doesn't do well in crowds. Bishop is autistic and does not talk, she said.

Phillips said she had shut her eyes to sleep for a couple of minutes, and when she got up to check on Bishop, she noticed the front door open. The boy had climbed onto his tricycle to unlock a latch and make his escape, she said.

Phillips called police about 9:45 a.m.

Wilson arrived and spotted the boy -- clad in a diaper and T-shirt -- about a quarter-mile from home sitting near the retention pond. Wilson watched from a distance, afraid to get too close and spook the boy into the water.

Wilson was waiting for other officers to arrive with the boy's mother when Bishop stood and ran into the pond. Wilson dropped his gun belt and radio and jumped in after the boy.

The child got about 10 feet from shore when he went under the water and flailed his arms. Wilson grabbed the boy, brought him to shore and handed him to a bystander, identified in a police report as Mort Crim. Crim also helped Wilson after he got stuck in the muddy pond, according to an IMPD report.

Dana Renay, executive director of the Autism Society of Indiana, was pleased to hear of the officer's reaction, given the federally required training now mandated of first responders.

"I do think that police are much more aware than they have been in the past," Renay said. "They are more cognizant about how to handle autism" and those with developmental disabilities.

After her son was safe, Rachel Phillips had a new chain-and-key lock and alarm installed on the door.

"I want parents to be aware of what can happen," she said. "If you think it's enough, it's not enough. Go above and beyond."
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Lawrence W. W. Wilson said:
Thank you for the posts with the kind words. Most of you already know the story: people call 911. The police come. They do their job. It's really as simple as that. I am glad I was there to be able to make a difference. In a few hours I will be enroute to Hermann, Missouri for Matt Taylor's Hallowine weekend for a little R&R. Madonna will be wearing her [previously purchased in Hermann] shirt that says, "I drink well with others"........looking forward to a fun weekend..........
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Larry Mort Crim has been a Newscaster in Metro detroit since the Chisel and tablet faded away LOL. I was being interviewed today for a TV Show Involving Pulmonary Embolism and I told the Lady the Story About You and Mort Crim and She said Her Brother wanted to be a Newscaster Like Mort Crim


again Great job.

Russ
 
Bravo! Comrade! Bravo! As I said in the email on behalf of Sarah and I we invite you to join the Official PCS Swim Club founded in 2010
 
Way to go, Larry! You're a great representative of the PCS Swim Team. Glad to see all of those hours of practice paid off. We're proud of you. :)
 
great job,larry!

An incident like this is what makes all the nonsense that cops,firefighters and E.M.S. workers have to put up with on a daily basis worth it.congrats on a job well done!!!!! :893USA-Smilie-thumb
 
Thank you

Larry, Words cannot express how proud I am of your heroic actions to save that poor boy. You exemplify the best of the best of our police forces. Tom Hoczyk
 
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