Hey, don't move. Okay. Hey, do you have any weapons on you? >> On March 10th, 2024 in Stanwood, Washington, an officer confirmed a male in a confirmed stolen vehicle. The suspect then fled into the nearby woods down a river. Officers now search for the suspect with the help of a K9 unit. However, the officers will soon be in the most unexpected life or death situation of their careers. >> Come through here. >> No. >> No. Uh he Yeah, he came from the north >> or the other like northeast. So, he wasn't he wouldn't have come this way. >> Probably was kind of up to you. We could try to side or we could just walk it. >> All right. Um, I mean, I don't want to make you miserable either, but seems like I'm not miserable. >> Seems like the most efficient way to go. >> There you go. [Applause] engineering the drone. We're uh walking out one of these little creeks coming into the river. If you can get eyes on us and tell us how far we are, then much appreciate it. >> The officers need to cross the river to continue searching. So, this officer gets a good look at the water to see if it's shallow enough to cross. >> This is This right here is deep. I think if we're going to cross, like if we push down and go across, but it's going to be like way deep. >> What's that? >> It looks like it'll be probably like hip tip maybe knee deep. But if we cross over there where the river starts getting turbulent cuz right here it's deep as >> Okay. Waist It's waist deep across. Um the current's pretty strong. Yeah, if we were going to cross here, if we if you have your dog on behind us and we hold arms, walk arm work. Um, all right. Let's just go over the woods and just go down. The officers travel through the dense woods to find a better place to cross the river. Little do they know, suspect is right around the corner. Hey, it's okay. We're going to get your help. Are you okay? Show me your hands. Hey, don't move. Okay. Hey, do you have any weapons on you? Do me a favor and lay on your stomach. Lay on your stomach and put your arms out. Hey, I want to get you help, but I need you to listen to me. Lay in your stomach. Stomach. Lay in your stomach. >> Hey, I want to help you. You're cold. You're going to die out here. Okay. >> Do you have any weapons on you? >> No. Okay. Can you walk? Can you walk? >> Okay. Break, break, break. Three over two. Uh, male is hypothermic. Uh, he's stiff. He can't walk. So, we're going to do an extract with you ASAP. We're going to get you help. Okay. We're going to somebody to get you warm. Hey, Marco. This way. >> What? Help. >> What? I can't understand you, man. Here. Sit up. Sit up. Here. Take your hoodie off. Take your hoodie off. Your your your quality is wet. It's making it worse. Take it off. Stand up. Go. Bring your leg up. Bring your head back. [Music] Bring forward. Hey, take your shirt off. You need to take the shirt off. You're wet and cold. You're not going to get warmer with the shirt on. It's going to get worse. [Music] Find out if they can land right here. Hey, I need you. >> These officers worked fast getting the suspect's clothes off and making sure they kept them moving. And whether these officers are commended or not, they did a phenomenal job. >> Pull on you. Okay, here you one, two, three. All right. Hey, I need you to walk. We're going to walk back and forth to keep you warm. Okay, you're going hypothermic. Hey, we're going to walk this way and turn around. Okay, >> stand up. Turn around. We're going to go the other way. >> Okay, let's turn around. We're going to walk back the other way. We got to keep you moving so you warm up. The helicopter, the boat's coming. We're going to pick you up. Let's go. >> There you go. Nice and slow. Keep your feet under you. Good job. Walk up the hill. Walk up the hill. Good. All right. Stand up straight. Stand up. Stand up. Can you move your arms? >> Okay. Move your arms. Go like this. Okay. It's all right. Longer motions, man. Keep moving your arms. I'll hang on to you. Keep moving your arms. Don't think about the cold right now. I don't have anything. I'm so well, so I can't I don't have anything to help you right now. Here you go. Put your arms up over your head. There you go. As high as you can down. Keep moving your arms. Keep moving your arms. Good. I guess >> you starting to feel a little better, >> I guess. Like this. M. >> Look at me. Go like this. I'll hold you. I'll hold you up. Don't worry about falling. That's really bad. Yeah. >> All right. Arms down. Arms down. We got to keep moving. We got to keep moving. Okay. Move your arms. Can you walk on your own? You want to try walking? Let's walk a little further. >> It could be combination of drugs, too, like you just said. This is atypical of what I've seen in hypothermia cases. Come on, let's keep walking. >> Can you answer some questions for me just for medical stuff with a nod to your head? No. Do you have any drugs on? No. Okay. Is it an upper or a downer? Upper. >> Yes. or no. Nod your head cuz I can't understand you. Yes. >> All right. Okay. >> Heroin. >> No. >> Okay. All right. Let's keep walking. Okay. Want to keep you warm. I'm listening to the radio. They're coming. They're getting you help. Okay. The rescue team is over there. They're going to get a boat and bring it in. Okay. And the helicopter is going to come and drop warm clothes for you. >> You said heroin? >> No. He said no to heroin. He said no to meth. He said no to fentanyl. >> Fentanyl? >> No. No. I mean, I'm not in trouble for that, man. We're just I'm asking you to make sure that I understand what's going on with you medically. Okay. I don't care. I don't care what the drug sit down for. >> Yeah. We're gonna sit you down because the helicopter's gonna come and it's going to make a lot of wind. We don't want you to fall over. Okay. We're going to have you walk over. We're going to sit you down there. All right. I got you. Good. Your hands are starting to work. You're hanging on to me. All right. Sit down. Sit down and lean back. >> Lean back. I got you. >> Hey, it's okay. I've got a hold of you. Just go ahead and lean back. I'll hang on to you. I won't let you fall. Just sit down. >> You got to sit down, man. >> I know your legs don't work right and you feel like you're going to fall, but I got a hold of you. Go ahead and sit down. Come on. Grab the legs like this. [Music] That was [ __ ] racy. >> Hey, we're going to take everything off of you. This is my buddy's gear. It's for diving, so keep it really warm. >> I'm going to put this on the ground so you can put on it. Keep your butt off the ground. >> Yeah. >> Hey, you were under arrest. Do you understand? >> Okay. We're not trying to be I mean, if I care that much, man, I want you walking you around in your house naked. But it is something we just have to tell you. But we do want you to get healthy before anything. So I would imagine you're going to the hospital for a minute before you're going anywhere else. Hearing's pretty good. >> How's it going, guys? >> He's about the same, I think. Maybe a little bit better. >> Okay. >> When we found him. >> All right. What's up? >> Hey, I got some hot packs for you. Okay. >> He's in the fire department. What's your name? >> Warming up. >> So, he did say he did acknowledge having drugs on board. Um, I couldn't pin down what cuz it's unlimited to like yes or no answers. >> Yeah. Through meth, heroin, and fentanyl, and he said no. All free, but he did say yes. We had a very difficult time walking and we walked him back and forth like 15 minutes and it took two of us to hold him and he was barely able to do that. >> Hey, are you feeling a little bit warmer? >> You guys need >> Yes or no? Yes. Okay, good. >> This suspect was transported to a hospital where he was treated for hypothermia and made a full recovery. It is unknown if he truly was under the influence of a controlled substance. He was charged with burglary in the secondderee theft of a motor vehicle vehicle, prowling and resisting arrest for fleeing. He is innocent unless proven guilty in a court of