Christmas in the Trenches
About this episode
This episode recounts a dramatic Christmas night in 1974 for police officers in upstate NY, highlighting both tragedy and joy as they respond to multiple emergencies.
For a few police officers in upstate NY, Christmas 1974 is indelibly etched in their memories. The blustery winter night began with a state trooper colleague being critically injured by a drunk driver, ironically, while he was investigating a separate drunk driving crash. Then officers respond to another crash that claimed the lives of a family, the victims trapped within the fiery wreck. Some of those officers are diverted to an urgent maternity call, arriving to find a woman ready to give birth - but no ambulances are available. In this special “Behind the Badge” episode of APB Cold Case, former Fulton PD officers Lt./Retired Larry Mullen and Capt./Retired Arlen Cline share their memories of a dramatic night and how they maneuvered from the horror of one of the worst tragedies of their careers to the joy of delivering twin babies into the world.
People in this episode
Host: Mark Spawn
Guests: Lt./Retired Larry Mullen, Capt./Retired Arlen Cline
Topics covered
- true crime
- police officers
- Christmas tragedy
- emergency response
- maternity call
- personal stories
Keywords
- Christmas 1974
- police officers
- drunk driver
- maternity call
- twin babies
- Fulton PD
- emergency response
Mentioned in this episode
Places: upstate NY
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