ANNOUNCER:<i> Tonight, on a special
edition of</i> Nightwatch... That one with the arm missing.
You remember that guy. (screaming) All this is gone,
all the way to the bone. (man crying out) One of the things
I love about her, she's literally just,
like, such the boss. KEELEY: Hold up, baby.<i>
The girl's bleeding to death.</i> Literally, she's bleeding
to death. (screaming) TITUS:<i>
Guy tried to steal the truck,</i> and the look on our face... -Hey!
-Who's driving? Hey! We literally are the calm
in a sea of chaos. ANNOUNCER:<i>
In the city of New Orleans,</i> <i> there are as many as 1,000
emergency calls every night.</i> <i> These are the stories
of the heroes</i> <i> who risk their lives
to answer those calls.</i> <i> Police officers...</i> <i> firefighters...</i> <i> and emergency
medical technicians.</i> <i> This is</i> Nightwatch. HOLLY: Nightwatch<i> is a big
part of our lives.</i> <i> With more than 30 episodes
under our belts,</i> <i> Nick, Dan, Titus and I
decided it was the perfect time</i> <i> -to get together...</i>
-TITUS: Let's do this. HOLLY:<i> ...and have a look back
at some of the craziest</i> <i> moments we've experienced
over the years.</i> The first time
I met Holly Sherman. We're in orientation with
what, about 30 people maybe? -Something like that.
-That started at 9:00. Holly doesn't come
till 10:15, right? Like, it's well into
the orientation. Here this young lady
come in with shorts on, uh, flip-flops and a T-shirt
at an orientation to become an EMT, right? This profession that we so,
that we love. They was only picking
so many people, so in my mind, I'm like,
they ain't gonna pick her. -She's an hour
and 15 minutes late. -Right. And sure enough, she was one
of the first people they took. 16 years old, dude. DAN: That's 'cause of
the basketball shorts. -TITUS: That's what it was.
-NICK: She knew what to wear. I worked at Smoothie King. I graduated high school
at 16, like, I worked. There was this girl,
this paramedic, that used to come in
to Smoothie King. Well, she told me about
this class, and she's, like, "Dude, "it's a $2,000 sign-on bonus
that I get. "I'll give you a thousand,
I'll keep a thousand. Just go to the class,
like, three weeks." And I was, like,
that sounds dope. Like, what 17-year-old
is gonna say no to $1,000? It was so far away from
what I actually wanted to do, which was, like, be a lawyer. And you know, like,
the further it went along, it was just so interesting that I was, like, you know. It is pretty cool. HOLLY: Nick was a beach bum. Well, I was a suit and... I was
a suit and tie before then. That's true. Fell into sales,
got really good at it. Ended up being
a financial advisor, -making a lot of money.
-So, how did you transition over to EMS? When the housing market crashed. -Oh, really?
-Yeah. I saw it coming and kind of
felt it a little bit. I was, like... I was already
burnt out at that time. Quit, had a little savings,
moved out to California, surfed a little bit,
ran out of money. And they had an EMT boot camp
thing-- it was 14 days. -Right.
-So I took that. Long story short, here I am. -Now you're on TV, right?
-Right. What did you do before EMS? Not that... nothing much. Um... you know, I went to work
for Mandeville right out of high school
if y'all know Mandeville. TITUS: Fire BCMS. Uh, did that from '01 to '08, then tried a brief, uh,
run at going to medical school, which didn't work out. -I remember that one.
-I know you do. TITUS (laughing):
Right! I ended up going
to nursing school, and... But, I mean, I like this, so... But isn't that amazing?
EMS people come from all vasts of life. Like, you know, all these
different, uh, careers, and, you know...
EMS was never really the person's first choice. That's what's cool
about this show. I mean, when I grew up,
there wasn't anything like this, obviously,
so it wasn't an idea, "Hey, I want to be a paramedic
when I grow up." How long you was working here before you got your first
shooting? Oh, a couple of shifts.
Well, I mean, I started on nights,
so it wasn't that long. It was probably the second
night, to be honest with you. -Really? It's just...
-Mine? Two hours into the first shift. I don't remember exactly,
but I can tell you it's been a trial by fire. You get really good at it
really quick, or you don't last. I feel like, you know,
if we weren't as proficient and quick as we were,
we would not have, have as many survivors
as we do. It's a male, shot
at Broad and Cleveland. (siren wailing) <i> Once we exposed the wound,
it started bleeding like crazy.</i> He had a very serious injury
that-that could be a mortal wound if the bleeding
wasn't stopped. We need... we need to go. We got to get him up. Hey, come on,
we got to get up. TITUS: You got to stand up. DAN: Stand up on your
good leg, you ready? -One, two, three.
-There we go. Look, right over there,
sit in that crease. Sit down, legs up. DAN: Yeah, he's got
a lot going on. You're gonna feel a big
stick in your arm, okay? -Don't move.
-Initial's 110/70 You have any medical conditions? This is your IV, I'm just gonna
give you a little oxygen Take nice deep breaths,
brother man, you're doing good. Hey, it's Dan, with New Orleans
Unit 3220, en route to you
with a 25-year-old male. Chief complaint
of a single gunshot wound to his left side of his groin. I don't see an exit wound
at this time. That's his only wound. Approximately 200 to 250cc's
blood loss on the scene. Right now it seems
to be controlled. So look, what's about
to happen is we're taking you
to University Hospital That's the trauma center. There are gonna be
a lot of doctors asking you a whole bunch
of questions really fast, and you're gonna feel
a finger up your butt. I know, but they got to check
for bleeding inside. 3220 at the hospital. -Thank you, Paige.
-Thank you, Paige. Man, this guy just got shot
over a pack of smokes. You know, it's just not right. <i> Uh, this reminds me
to be grateful.</i> You know, every day
you tell yourself you just got to be grateful, 'cause you never know
when your time is coming. How many dudes walked up to me,
asked me for a cigarette? -Yeah.
-But I would never think that somebody would
try to shoot me, like, set me up, you know? -Yeah.
-My thing was, he was kind of, uh... I guess "chipper" is the...
not the word I'm looking for, but he was upbeat
for a man walking around with a hole next to his junk,
you know what I mean? Hey, they tried to take
his manhood with that one. You know what's funny, it
happened right at a barber shop. Two inches to the left, instead of going
in that barber shop, he'd have had to go
to that beauty salon for the next one.
(laughter) -HOLLY:<i> One of my peeves--</i>
-(guys chuckle) -and this is very serious--
-Here we go. -I have road rage.
-You do? -No.
-I don't have road rage. I really don't have
road rage at all. Mm-mm, mm-mm. HOLLY: Like, I'm in
a big ambulance, and I know all you see is
the top of my head. 'Cause I can't see over
the steering wheel, and you can't see me. It looks like a ghost
is driving, so you might want to move. 3232 copy. HOLLY:
Are you kidding me right now? Did you really just
jump in front of me? Do you not see the ambulance? Do you not check the lane
before you get over in it? So angry right now. What if I was a train?
They would have been dead. If this was a train... It's fine. You all right? -I'm fine.
-All right. -Totally fine.
-It's cool. Nobody can drive. The French Quarter calls suck
because the driving... like, driving down
any one of those streets -is terrible
-Right. Because even if
you're on a side street, there's a bunch of people
trying to get to Bourbon. And then, God forbid
you even have to go a block down Bourbon. People would never understand
the, like, the difficulty to do that,
to drive down the street when you've got, like,
2,000 people literally right down the side
of your truck. Like, it's like putting your
finger in a cup of water. Like, your finger is
the ambulance, and the water is the crowd. And that's how you have
to drive through the crowd. -And it's like you really...
-I mean, it's that close. You don't want to, like,
run over people's foot, or, like, slap 'em
with the mirror. I mean, you know,
we live in a party city, so people tend to party,
so much so that, most of the time
when we go down there, they don't even want
to go to the hospital. We do, we get that a lot, too. We had this dude,
like, literally that was down there partying
and got stabbed in the head. I mean, right in the top
of the head. It was a big old knife.
You remember that dude? MAN: No, I'm okay, I'm okay. NICK: Okay, we're just coming
to check on you, bro. -All right.
-Let me see it. -Yes, ma'am.
-Mm, I don't know about that. Yeah, you got stabbed
in the head, sweetie. HOLLY:<i> With this type of injury,
we have to be ready for</i> <i> actual brain injury.</i> <i> Is he gonna go unresponsive?
Is he gonna stop breathing?</i> Let me see your arm,
my brother. -Are you gonna stab me?
-Just once. -Oh (bleep)
-I got you. I don't, I don't, I don't like,
I don't like, -I don't like needles.
-You don't like needles? NICK: It'll be over
before you know it, man. HOLLY: That was a big knife. -One, two, three.
-Oh! -That's it.
-Ooh! Nothing to it. -(groaning)
-You got that. NICK: I don't like knives. Let me see. Look down.
Look down. Yep, that's a big knife. HOLLY:<i> Was that a friend of
yours or was he supposed to be?</i> No, uh... -Oh.
-Yeah. Ding, ding, ding, ding. Maybe that's why he stabbed you. Yeah, he stabbed me. NICK:<i> You don't expect somebody
to be stabbed and laughing.</i> <i> He was definitely
in the New Orleans mentality.</i> What? You've been stabbed
nine times? You might want to... you might just want to
stay away from people. It was just, like,
but I'm out here, you know, like I'm partying, whatever,
I'm drinking. -And it's just, like, no.
-Yeah. -Get in the truck.
-Lifestyle change. Most cities have
a couple blocks of their little party district. Ours is, like, 15 blocks long. -A huge stretch of like this.
-And it's every week. For me, I ride
a motorcycle in this city. And that's, I'm always expecting
somebody to run over me. Dude, we've arrived at
some bad motorcycle accidents. Yep. I mean, you, we,
that was, we've had a few. That one with his arm missing.
You remember that guy. -Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
-His arm was missing? -Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.
-Dude, this... It was, like,
basically degloved. From, like, shoulder down. Somebody literally jumped
in front of this dude, trying to just cut him off. Well, the car in front of that
car, slammed on the brakes. So now this car's got to
slam on their brakes. So now this motorcycle
has nowhere to go. -He lays it down?
-And ends up-- no. He ends up just popping right
into the back of the car. (siren wailing) So often, motorcyclists
are fatalities. Eh! We ain't talking about that. I'm gonna tell you one thing, as a dude who rides
a motorcycle in this city, I hate it. I don't even hardly even
get on the interstate, 'cause people don't pay
attention for nothing. They don't respect
them whatsoever. -(radio beeps)
-NICK: 3232 on scene. (man yelling) HOLLY:<i> One of the immediate
things that we notice</i> <i> is that his humerus
is completely shattered.</i> Oh, yeah, that's broke. <i> There's a high possibility
that it may have severed</i> <i> his brachial artery,
which means he could be</i> <i> losing a lot of blood.</i> Steven, how you doing, baby? You know what day it is
right now? You know what year it is? What about the month? How old are you? You sure about that? What's your-- what's the year
you were born? <i> The fact that it's really
difficult for him</i> <i>to answer even basic questions,</i> <i> that can be concussion,
serious head bleed.</i> <i> I'm hitting the gas pedal.</i> <i> Let's get him as stable
as we can,</i> <i> and let's go.</i> I'm gonna need you to
help me roll him, 'cause I need to look
at what's underneath. NICK: All right, so I'm gonna
hold your arm in place while they roll you over
to me, okay? PARAMEDIC:
One, two, three. -(Steven moaning)
-NICK: Go ahead. -HOLLY: Keep a steady palm.
-All right. -Ready?
-Okay. Nothing. NICK:<i> As I was stabilizing his
arm, that's when I determined</i> <i> the extent of his injury.</i> Ew. (bleep) All this is gone all
the way to the bone. (Steven yells) (Steven groaning loudly) HOLLY:<i>
Nick and I get a call</i> for a motorcycle accident
on the interstate. NICK: Can you feel me touching
your hand right here? All right. HOLLY:<i>
This is a multi-systems trauma.</i> <i> I can see obvious injuries,
so I need to quickly determine</i> <i> does he have
internal injuries as well.</i> NICK:<i>
As I was stabilizing his arm,</i> <i> that's when I determined
the extent of his injury.</i> Ew. (bleep) <i> You couldn't really see it
'cause the injury was laying</i> on the ground, you can just see
a little bit of blood. All this is gone all the way
to the bone. (Steven yells) It's all from
his arm right here. -...so I just want to hold
his arm. -(Steven yells) NICK:
I'm sorry, bud. HOLLY:<i> The muscles are
ripped open and out,</i> <i> the tissues-- I mean,
everything is exposed.</i> <i> This extremity is just...
torn to shreds.</i> Everybody be quiet for a second. What I need is on your side,
so I'm gonna lift up the head. Pull out what you need. Can you come over here? (Steven yells) All right, man,
we got you, okay? You okay, honey. You okay. -Thank you for your help.
-MAN: It's no problem. NICK:
You gonna be all right, my man. Did he hit a car?
Did he just go down? What happened? -(Steven yelling)
-I know, baby, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. Keep your head still, my man. Don't move, okay? Don't move. NICK:<i> It's definitely a scenario
where he could lose his arm.</i> <i> Any kind of trauma
situation like that,</i> <i>you worry about life over limb,</i> <i> so try to stabilize
as best as possible,</i> make sure he's not bleeding out. All right, my love, I'm gonna strap this arm
back in, okay? -(Steven crying out)
-I know it sucks. -Let's go.
-(siren wailing) HOLLY:<i>
I've never seen something.</i> that bad in a textbook,
or on TV. <i> That was a first for me.</i> There's not that many people
that still run calls, and that are still out on
the street regularly, that have been here
as long as Keeley has. KEELEY:<i>
We're en route to</i> a call on Bourbon Street; somebody stabbed. DAN:<i> She has been here,
I think, 17, 18 years,</i> and still is out on the streets,
running calls, training new employees,
and still leaving her mark on the service, so that's,
that's pretty admirable. -Yeah.
-That is. HOLLY: One of the things I love
about her as medic, is, like, she's a captain, she's in the sprint car
all the time, she's going on all these calls. And as long as
you're running your call, she's just there to help you. Like, she's there
as a helping hand. The second you lose it,
she'll take over like that. I mean, she's literally just,
like, such the boss. -You're gonna bleed to death.
-(man talking indistinctly) -You're not good! -Let me see,
let me see, let me look. <i> He's stabbed in the neck.</i> <i> I could see all the way inside
of his neck.</i> <i> I could see the muscles
and everything else.</i> I can see inside of your neck. -HOLLY: You have to go,
let's go. -MAN: Oh, my God. TITUS:<i>
She's done it for so long,</i> you could, you could still
see the passion. And you can learn
so much from her. With her now, like,
being a captain, like, you, not only have to listen
to all these calls come out and decide, like, which ones
you need to go to as, like, a care provider, but she also has to remember,
like, try to remember and recognize where everybody
is going, and where they are, and who's on what
in case anything happens. Like, that's crazy, that,
that's a lot of responsibility. Oh, yeah, I give Keeley
so much love, man. (woman screams) PARAMEDIC:
Keeley! KEELEY:
Oh, yeah, she is. <i> I could see the blood</i> <i> literally just running out
of the bandages</i> <i> that the people had put on it.</i> Hold up, baby. Hold on to it. I got you, baby, we got to get
this tourniquet on your hand. It doesn't matter if
somebody's got, like, a tiny, little nick, or,
like, this huge laceration, -like, it's just tape-tape.
-Put tape around it. Put clothes on it,
you put socks on it... Cut all the circulation off,
like the arm is just blue. You're like, "Damn, dude." What did you do? I have taken stuff off of people that people have, like,
wrapped on Bourbon Street, and it's literally,
like, clothes that were dipped in that, you know, that sidewalk water,
that Bourbon juice. And you're just like,
"Dude, I'm sorry "that you had this little,
minor cut, "'cause now they're gonna
cut your arm off, 'cause I promise you
it's gonna get infected." We had somebody one time,
I'm not even kidding you, I don't know where
they got this stuff from, but it was duct tape,
socks, baby clothes. We're like, "Where these
baby clothes come from?" And it was like
a little baby parka, like one of those puff jackets, and I'm just like... This lady had, uh,
hit a fire truck-- a fire hydrant or something
and flipped her car, and her window was open
and just took her, kind of, arms-- all that. And we got there, I'm telling
you, everything out of the trunk was wrapped, like, it was--
it looked like, just like this. And it was wet from
the fire hydrant. NICK: I was all just wet,
just wrapped up. -Looked like the Michelin Man.
-It was horrible. -WOMAN: Ow.
-HOLLY: I know, baby. I'm sorry, but I got to get all
this stuff off of you so... NICK: I assuming you got
a laceration on your arm, that's why they
wrapped it like that, so we got to figure out
this bleeding still so we could stop it, that's all. It's no big deal. You remember what happened? Okay. You had your seat belt on? Okay. Ooh. <i> from baby diapers,
to clothing to towels;</i> anything that people could find. You had your seat belt on? Okay. Ooh! NICK:
That would be University. HOLLY: That is not--
Give me a trauma pad. NICK: All right, so, look,
was your window down? Do you remember? Okay. You got a pretty good wound
right there, where it looks like your arm actually
came out of the car and drug on the ground, okay? -KEELEY: She's gonna be a room
four. -NICK: Everything's fine. KEELEY:<i> I can see just all
of the adipose tissue,</i> <i> the muscle, the bone,</i> everything. It is way more serious
than I expected. And she has no feeling
in this arm. Do you feel her
touching your arm at all? -HOLLY: Up here? -All right.
Can you move your fingers? HOLLY:<i> It's obvious
that she has several injuries,</i> <i>which, that leads me to believe
that she probably has</i> internal injuries as well. <i> She's a trauma code.</i> <i> She needs to get
to the hospital</i> <i> as quickly as possible.</i> <i> All right, we out.</i> (siren wailing) <i> -Ooh, that injury was messed
up.</i> -NICK:<i> How about that arm?</i> -I mean, she was missing chunks.
-Yeah. I'd have been pissed 'cause
my tattoo would've been ruined. -Ooh! Could you imagine?! -You
know how mad I would've been? I'd be like, "Oh, hell no!
Hell no!" -I'd have been like,
"You better go find that skin! You better go get it!" That's exactly what I was
about to say. I was like, "We ain't leaving till
you find a hunk of skin so I can sew it back on." "And that hunk of meat
that I'm missing, -you better go find that, too!"
-(laughing): Right. I'd have been pissed. (Nick chuckles) There's a lot of people
in EMS that have tattoos. And it... like, it really does crack me up
that both of you have not a single one. I've always thought
they were very unprofessional -and ugly looking.
-(Nick laughs) I-I think, uh... -NICK: I was about...
-(all laugh) I was about to say. I know you lying. Does any of 'em relate to EMS? NICK:
Yeah. -This... you got...
-DAN: Oh, yeah. TITUS: I never noticed that.
Guess it's always upside down. DAN: Actually, I never noticed
that's what that was, either. TITUS:
Yeah, I never noticed that. Aside of all of
your tattoos, man, what is your favorite tattoo? The favorite one
that I can show, I guess would probably be... I got this one for my wife. Cross my heart. TITUS: Aw, that's dope.
I didn't even realize... That's actually my favorite
tattoo that you have. HOLLY:
Uh, mine is this one. 'Cause it's my mom's name
and it's the year I was born, so that's the year
she became my mom. And that's my dad's name, and
the year that they got together. So that's the year
he became my dad. -And you put it in a heart?
-Mm-hmm. So what's the weirdest spot
you have a tattoo at? HOLLY: Well, what,
what's weird to you? DAN: You can have on, like,
on your scalp... Oh, I do have one in my ear. TITUS and DAN:
That's pretty weird. -(both laugh)
-That's pretty weird. -I'm gonna get one in my palm.
-DAN: Oh, yeah, in the palm. -We should go do it together.
-No, no, no. But it would be cool, like,
if we had something, that way -we could high five.
-And we could just-- yeah! Let's go do it, we'll go
do it today, I'll call my guy. What was your most painful one? Got to be that ear.
That looked like it hurts. No, the ear took,
like, two seconds. Um, what was painful? Ooh, the foot. -Really?
-I'll never do that ever again. And that was my first one,
and I still, to this day, remember how absolutely terrible
it felt. -Yeah.
-DAN: Probably the first time somebody tried
to steal your truck. -(Titus laughs)
-Oh, God! Yo, like... Like, what happened with that?
Like, what's the... What were y'all thinking,
like, when it happened? WOMAN:
No... TITUS:
Just let him seize out. Hold up, dawg. -(grunting)
-Floyd, Floyd, Floyd! All right. I didn't even hear
the guy holler. He did. He told me after the fact,
he heard him hollering about -that we weren't moving fast
enough. -Right, I remember that. Yeah, just one of your
local yokels, I guess. MAN:
You happy with this? -You happy with it?
-DAN: We got you, man. We got you, okay?
We're gonna take care of you. MAN: You got that, huh?
You got a little<i> speecha,</i> <i> -a featcha?</i> -Relax, brother.
We're paramedics. -(glass shatters)
-WOMAN: Whoa! WOMAN:
Oh (bleep) TITUS:<i>
Guy tries to steal the truck,</i> -and, dude, the look
on our face. -(laughter) -(engine starting)
-Hey! -Who's driving? Hey! DAN: 3220, we got a drunk
just jumped in the truck. Get out of the truck, man! TITUS: Man, get the (bleep)
out the truck! So what's the calls that,
like, everybody hates? Like, the worst calls, like, what do you feel like
is your just worst? We go on so many calls
on people that soil themselves, you know, like,
with the throw up, and, like, the vomit, and the infamous bowel movement. And when you go to someone
and they're all covered, it's... I can do it, but it's not, like...
that's got to be my worst call. -It's not ideal.
-Right, exactly. So you don't like sweat,
vomit... -And (bleep). -So basically,
any bodily fluids. -Right, exactly.
-Lot of fluids out for you. You know, it's just bowels, man.
You know? -Dude.
-The vomit, and stuff like that, -I can handle.
-Dude, you're a nurse! -How you... -TITUS: I know,
how do you not like that? Dude, this is not... -No, whoa, whoa!
-Nobody likes it! -I was about to say...
-TITUS: No, no, no! -(laughter)
-Nobody likes it! What's up, man? Thank you for the warning. (Dan whoops) -TITUS: Look, we gonna wrap you
up, all right? -DAN: Oh, my... -(Dan whoops) -Come on, man.
I need your help. -(bleeps) -DAN: I thought
I saw somebody over there -for a second. -All right, baby,
don't touch me. All right, baby? -Yeah, keep your hands on your
belly, for... -WOMAN: Okay. Mother of God. I don't do good with smells. I'm not trying to embarrass you. TITUS:
All right, come on. You ready? -I'm waiting on you.
-Come on, man. I'm not going down there
to hang out. TITUS:
Let's go. Ooh! Your drink? Nah, your drink's not coming
with us today, all right? (Titus whoops) I'm-I'm vomit, all day.
I can't stand the smell. Like, I could watch somebody
vomit all day, I could even search through it to see what kind of food
they ate. That's not gonna bother me. -The smell bothers me.
-What? Wait, wait, wait, wait... At what point in paramedicine do you need to search
through somebody's vomit? I'm not saying you need to,
but I'm saying that I would take
searching through it -before I would smell it.
-NICK: You want to tell them about the vomit story
on your end? -Which one? -Or do you want me
to do it for you? -Oh,<i> The Exorcist?</i>
-So it was... -HOLLY: Oh, Lord.
-WOMAN: He can't get up. And he been drinking. NICK:
Get up. -(man gurgles)
-Oh. There you go. -(man vomiting) -WOMAN:
Oh, my goodness gracious. (vomiting continues) HOLLY:
Ooh! There it goes! <i> Nick got
just a little bit too close,</i> <i> and he got splashed,</i> <i> by the fountain.</i> (vomiting) Oh, my God. (retching) I can smell it. NICK:<i>
It takes a lot of compassion</i> <i> for me to keep
on helping this guy,</i> <i> especially
after he threw up on me.</i> Come on, sit up, baby!
Oh, and it is just coming, it is just...
(laughs) So then, we smell another smell. -(retches)
-(Nick laughs) HOLLY: You've used the bathroom
on yourself, and you threw up in there,
you got to come out. <i> It was like a scene
from a horror movie.</i> <i> So we got to get him
to the hospital</i> <i> so they can get fluids in him,</i> <i> but... he's gonna be
hungover for days.</i> Oh... Nick. I will owe you eight favors... -(man shouts)
-Eight whole favors, (laughing):
if you take this call. <i> I could not deal</i> <i> with that much vomit.</i> <i> The smell...</i> <i> was overwhelming.</i> <i>I had to make a deal with Nick.</i> <i> I would take all the patients
for the rest of the night.</i> DAN: It's always,
"Let's make a deal," when it comes to, like,
for me, and you, with the vomit. But for me, it's like, look, I'll take the next two
or three calls. -I'll owe you eight favors.
-Right. I will... wash the truck,
I'll drive you to work. -Is it that bad for you?
-Yeah. -HOLLY: Yes! When it comes to it, she's like, "I'll give you
a hundred favors!" -And then, all of a sudden,
it's like... -I said eight! the second one, she's like,
"Oh, I just told you two!" -(laughter)
-I just want to let you know, it's memorialized on the
television, and recorded, -that I said eight.
-Uh-huh, whatever. Yeah. -Eight whole favors.
-Until behind the scenes, "I'll do whatever you want,
a hundred, I don't care." -TITUS: Right. -No,
that never happened. -(chuckles) But it's always more,
it's always, like, you know,
like three years later, -"You remember when I took
that vomit call?" -Mm-hmm! -TITUS: I know, right. -You know
what I mean, like, that's... -It works both ways.
-It still goes. But it's fine, because, like, anything else
doesn't bother me. It could be whatever,
it doesn't bother me. I think the worst call
I could go on is dogs. If a dog is at a scene, man, -I'm just not dealing with it.
-I mean... -I-I...
-DAN: Hey, hey. -(laughs)
-TITUS: I don't do dogs. You don't just think, like,
if you bought your own dog, like a little puppy. You had it all that-that
you would be fine with...?. I do not mess with dogs. DAN:
Watch your step. (dog barks) Oh, you are so cute. -T, you want to hold her?
-No. -Why not? -That dog look
like it's a killer. Mad dog-- killer. Look at that-that
look in his eye. Oh, stop it, stop it. The reason
why I'm like that is that, Frank and I was on the scene
and we went to a 966 house. So when I walk in,
and it's one of these houses that has no lights,
the only light that's coming in is through the windows, right? And I could see
these two pit bulls just in the kitchen, just there,
just looking at me. Dude, I just dropped everything, and turned around
and ran to the door. -And you could hear them pit
bulls, -just coming at me.
-(imitating footsteps) And time I hit the door,
one of them jumped on my back, and the other one
grabbed my leg, but I guess I'm so heavy
when I swing it open, I just jumped out the door. I got bit in the calf, like, you know what I mean?
I had a few scratches and ever since that, -man, I'm good on dogs.
-It's like bears, bro. -You don't run. Don't run.
-Damn! TITUS:<i> But Nick, you have
two ginormous pit bulls.</i> NICK:<i> They think they're
little three pound York...</i> TITUS:
They really do. -Yeah, they all snuggle
with you. -Right. Like, if you lay down
on a couch, Kazz will lay with you. -Yeah. -Only thing he's gonna do
is lick you to death. To be honest with you,
that's one of the main reasons -I rescued them, was because
they are. -TITUS: Right. Just to prove to people... -Yeah, he's, like, this big.
-He may look intimidating, but ultimately,
if you take a second, -and realize
he's the sweetest dog ever. -No. -That's it.
-TITUS: Your dog's balls -is as big as this glass.
-HOLLY: Wow! -All right. I know
your pet peeve. -What's that? Human beings. (laughter) This dude will go
150 miles an hour in a sprint car
to get a dog to a vet, -You took a dog to the vet?
-I did. -In a sprint?
-Yeah. Lights and sirens down Veterans, it was, like, 90 miles an hour
to the vet. TITUS: Dude, that's crazy,
I never knew you done that. NICK:
I don't... Yeah. You remember
old Calliope Projects, going to those houses? -Right. -And, like,
the walls would be moving. -Right. -NICK: With, like,
roaches. -HOLLY: The roaches. We walked in a door,
and there was no light. And there's these animals,
so of course, that's the first thing
he sees is, like, kind of like
these malnourished animals. -You can either... -NICK:
I was already out the door. -Right. -I'm just saying,
I was... went with a leash, -You saved, like, what,
two dogs? -Right. Exactly! You got the two dogs,
I got the pee bag, you get the patient,
I'll meet you in the truck. -Ain't no way, man.
-But it, you know, it's like, stuff like that, like, that's
another thing about EMS that nobody understands,
I think, is that we are literally going-- not only into uncontrolled
environments, where there's, you know,
potential violence, there's weather hazards,
there's this, there's that. And we see the craziest stuff. <i> You know, things like
the guy going into the river.</i> (siren wailing) -TITUS: How the hell did he get
down there? -He fell over. DAN:
He just fell over, huh? TITUS:
From what we hear, he's been in the water
for at least an hour. We're working
something out for you, man. Thank God when he went down,
you know, those currents with the Mississippi
that they had, like, that little beam right there.
So he was able to... -grab that. -HOLLY: Grabbed
onto it. 'Cause if not, he would've been
way down the river. DAN: But you know
how big them pylons are. It's not like you holding it
like this. Like, you actually,
like, holding it like that. -That's hard.
-NICK: Must've been exhausting. DAN: Don't let go of the pole,
we're gonna bring it to you! EMT: All right, just hold
onto that for right now. DAN:
Dude, don't let go of that ring. If you let go of that pylon,
just hold onto that ring, we won't let you float off,
all right? -Stay right where you at.
-Sit tight. -(horn blares)
-(Dan groans) -(horn blares) -TITUS:<i> But then
you see all the things</i> <i> go in motion, like, first it's
fire with their boats came out,</i> <i> Coast Guard came out,</i> <i> -It was pretty good seeing
that.</i> -DAN:<i> Harbor police.</i> Come on! (all yelling) -Hold on, man.
-Back up, back up, back up! All right, man. HOLLY:<i>
We literally are the calm...</i> -Mm-hmm.
-...in a sea of chaos. It's the worst calls
are stressful calls. Kid, pediatrics, I mean... Kid calls can be terrifying,
but I feel like they can also be, like,
the best part of your day. -Yeah.
-You know, Titus love the kids. -Titus loves the kids.
-But it seems like Dan is the one
with the Toys "R" Us in the bag. -(laughs)
-Like, you know what I mean. You didn't bring a doll
to keep you company while you was going
to the hospital? What if I said
I had a brand-new one for you? You ain't got nothin'. We're gonna take care of you,
little one. Yeah, look at that smile. Tell your mom
we're gonna hook this up. Look at-- there we go. DAN:<i> Dude, where you
pull these things from?</i> It's experience, man. TITUS:
That's what it is? Actually,
that's exactly what it is, man. You know there's nothing
that makes working with a child -easier than a distraction.
-Mm-hmm. -Oh, that's true. DAN:<i> And of course it's great
to get them a smile</i> <i>or give them a toy or whatever,
but really,</i> <i> it's a distraction.</i> I know, it's wet.
You see that? Wet. -You're terrible at distracting.
-Mwah. -Watch that arm.
-Water, treats, food. Water, treats, food.
Oh, my gosh, oh, my gosh. (child cries) HOLLY: Oh, I know it.
I'm so sorry. -That's it. No more, that's it.
-Done. I'm so sorry. HOLLY:<i> You could be
having a crappy day.</i> Like, just running all these
morbid calls or crap calls, or really sick people
or whatever the case may be, and then you just get, like,
this cute little kid <i> and it's, like,
"Okay, I needed this."</i> What kind of birthday party
is she having? <i> Mickey Mouse Clubhouse?</i> Your skin looks better already. You gonna be perfect
for your party tomorrow? Why are you so cute? (kisses) Now, did y'all ever
find the stories out? How did that kid get that zipper
stuck in their mouth? -Like, she was chewing
on the zipper? -(laughs) DISPATCHER:
32... All right, Miss Cairo. Let's take a look,
see what we got. He just yanked it out...
You know what? -Distraction, right?
-That was about... TITUS:<i>
Distraction, right. Exactly.</i> What's your teacher's name? -Give me five.
-All right. Miss who? Yeah? You like her? My only question
I have for anyone: is that your permanent teeth? -(all laugh)
-That is exactly what he says. Like, whenever I see you
on the show with, like, kids, <i> it blows my mind.</i> <i> You're so good with them</i> <i> and they immediately, like,
attach to you.</i> <i> Like, they just think, like,
"Oh, man, this is a good dude."</i> And I know, like,
you don't want kids. Like, your kids
are your two dogs and, like, -you're cool with that.
-Yeah. And that trips me out, 'cause <i> you're so good with children.</i> -I know.
-(coughs) -Cough it out.
-(coughs) (in silly voice):
That's good. You feeling better now? (chuckles) DISPATCHER:
3231, copy, 109. (grunts) I know. Oh, I know. Ooh, it's chilly. TITUS:
How little man doing? DAN: He said that drive
was so smooth, he fell asleep. He go to sleep, too?
They always fall asleep. You said that before we got--
before we left. Oh, when he's like--
that's that-- that's that little magic touch
I got. (Dan laughs) TITUS:<i>
Well, you know what?</i> <i> Nightwatch</i> did
such a great thing by, uh, making a platform that it's not just about EMS, it's about first responder
community. -DAN: Yep.
-NICK: Right. And I think
that's the most important thing that people get to see
what we do on a day-to-day. I mean,
seeing what our fellow officers go through on a daily basis. Like, I know that I couldn't do
what police officers do. Yeah, most of my family
are police officers. Like, I'm-- me and my dad
are the only ones. All my uncle and my grandfather,
everybody was police officers. So, like, we kind of
bucked the trend with going
outside the police department, but my dad always used to tell
one of my uncles that at least when peop--
when I'll go to a house, people asked me to come there. -Right. -Right. (laughs)
-Like, you know, when you a cop and you goin' to--
most of the time, -people don't want you there.
-Right. -Right. So he said, "I don't
have that fear, you know." You got to think of it,
just driving around in a police car
is dangerous enough -around this city, so
I give 'em mad props. -Yeah. I mean, that's why
we love 'em so much. I think, like, the show was,
like, an eye-opener. Like, watching them on the show
was, like, just as interesting as watching you two, 'cause when
Alley and Jay got shot at, I was like,
"Okay, that really happens?" ALLEY:
He's-he's lost two tires. This ain't gonna go much longer. Jay, back off of him. We just crossed Benefit,
he's reaching. JAY:
Heading down towards Broad. Oh, dude! -(gunshots)
-108! -108!
-He just shot! He just shot! -108 -108!
-(gunshots) ALLEY:<i> I think if
a police officer ever told you</i> <i> that he didn't fear
for his safety</i> at some point, I-I'd say he's lying to you. I remember, like,
seeing them get shot at and I'm, like,
pushed back into my couch and I'm like, oh, my God.
Like, this really... Are these dudes really
shooting? Yeah. Yeah, and in my mind,
it's like, like, that's really insane. I just can't imagine, like,
that being-- or getting out of your car and possibly being shot.
Like, just because you're a cop. Because that's
what's happening now. Just because you're a cop,
you're a target. Yeah, they don't see you
as a person. Yeah, they're not shooting
at Alley or Jay. They're shooting
at a police officer. Yeah, yeah,
and that's the thing... -But to us,
they're Alley and Jay. -Right. They're people,
they have personalities. Like, you know,
they're awesome and that just, -Well, they're family.
-that's too much. Yeah. I'm always surprised, like, when they make
just a traffic stop an they end up
pulling a couple guns out of the car or whatever.
You can see how much they like
getting the guns off the street. -Right. -They get those guns
off the street, like, that's--
that's their touchdown. One gun getting snatched up...
No matter how many lives -have been saved just from
getting that one gun. -Right. (siren chirps) Go back towards Jourdan. Units who are still, uh,
at Sister and Jourdan, be on the lookout for somebody
running that way. Back. Oh, I got one,
I got one, I got one. I got one, I got one,
I got one. Let me see your hands!
Let me see your hands! Right there, right there! Put your hands behind your back! They were both going
towards Moore. BRIDGES:<i>
We caught one suspect</i> but the other one is still
on the run and possibly armed. <i> We really don't think that
these two guys split up,</i> <i> so we create a perimeter</i> around the spot
where we saw the first guy. He saw us...
He took us straight off. So I'm guessing he gonna be... He gonna be in the woods
if he not in a-- by the house. How you doin', man?
If you want to step inside, we looking for another
armed subject, all right? Yeah, go in... go inside
and close your door. -We got K-9 coming?
-Yeah, we do. All right.
Well, let's just hold off on it till K-9 get in,
'cause this house... too exposed. BRIDGES:<i>
We have a perimeter,</i> <i> but there's a lot of
raised houses and tall grass.</i> <i> So, we call in K-9
to help search for the subject.</i> (over speaker): This is
the New Orleans Police K-9 Unit. -(barking) -Surrender now.
The dog will find you and he will bite. (barking) Put your hands in the air! -Hands in the air!
-Keep coming this way! Come over here. Keep coming
with your hands in the air! When you get to the sidewalk,
lay on the ground. Lay on your stomach,
right there! Lay down! Down! -Put your hands behind
your back! -Whoa. -Hands behind your back! -Put
your hands behind your back. (dog barking) Oh, got it. We found your<i> pistola.</i> BRIDGES:<i> We found the gun
called the Pink Lady.</i> <i> And it was pink.</i> Because of the evidence, the charges against him
were pretty serious. TONY: Positive I.D. on both,
fellas. Good work. Good work, kiddo. Working hand in hand with police put-- shined a new aspect on
that profession to me, at least. -Seeing them on the show.
-Yeah, I totally respect -police officers.
-HOLLY: Yeah. I think another thing is that
it turns your local paramedic, police officer and firefighter
into a person. -DAN: Yeah. -TITUS: Right.
-Into a person that you could grow to like
and love or whatever. Like, we are the faces
of every act... -Not the uniform.
-Right. -I hope so.
-We're not just a uniform. I hope people are getting
a little more respect because of the show. -I know we are, obviously.
-Oh, yeah. -Running calls
is a little easier. -Yep. -Getting a little more thanks.
-And it's been fun. -Mm-hmm. -Oh, my God,
it's been a blast. TITUS:
It's been amazing. Y'all are funny to me,
because, like... -We know you.
-...the stuff y'all say is so random.
Like, the root suit, I will never forget that
for the rest of my life. My New Year's resolution
is to lose weight. 'Cause I'm a fat ass. Try to get summertime ready. Got to get my abs,
my six-pack popping back, get my body ready to show off and wear my root suits
and (bleep). The (bleep) is a root suit? -(laughs)
-Why'd you say... Oh, that's a... Like a man-kini. Like, it's just like a thong. Whatever the (bleep)
you think about. Think about root. Like, just a little suit
for your (bleep) root. -All right.
-You ain't never heard that? -No, I'm... I call mine a tree.
-(laughs) (laughs) We always talk about we don't know
what's gonna say... what's gonna happen next. Like, these conversations, I really forget 'em
'cause they're so natural. -HOLLY: Right. -So, when
I'm looking at it on television, I'm like,
"Damn, what I'm-a say?" -Right.
-(laughter) Mo, uh, McCaughy...
whatever, uh, dude name is. -DAN: McConaughey.
-I don't even remember that. DAN:
Who would play you in a movie? Mine would be probably
Matthew McConaughey. Uh, is that the dude
from, uh,<i> Home Alone?</i> -What's that dude name?
-(laughs) All of them look alike. -You talking about the kid
from<i> Home Alone?</i> -Yeah. Isn't his name
Matthew McConaughey? That's Macaulay Culkin. -Same thing.
-No. -We don't talk about who would
play us in a movie. -No. 'Cause we're actual
normal human beings. -Y'all are weird.
-Well... Absolutely weird... So, y'all, y'all,
y'all studied us 'cause the whole
Titus, Dan thing... -I ain't lying, that's hot.
Yeah. -Oh, that's hilarious. Do Dan and I'm gonna do Titus. All right. Well, you know,
I got to have my gel and I got to have my gum. -And your breath still stink!
-(laughs) Well, you're the one over there -eating the chicken wings,
though. -Are you calling me fat? -See how skinny I am right now?
-I ain't got time for that. My abs are showing through
this shirt, like, literally. My hair is gelled.
My abs are showing. -I'm ready. I'm ready.
-The ladies love my like this. -I'm ready.
-They love me. -(laughs)
-They know me out here. NICK:<i>
3232, we on scene.</i> All right, so we got
some audience questions we're gonna cover now that were sent in by all of the Nightwatch Nation. -The Nightwatch Nation.
-So, we'll answer... we'll answer some of these. Starting with Heather McDermott. Uh, she said, "What call
or patient has impacted you in the last season?" The transgender girl that
got beat up on our show, the one that was assaulted. -That really got to me.
-TITUS: Yeah, dude. You know, she didn't have a
place to go, she had nowhere, -she didn't have anybody.
-TITUS: Right. Just anybody who's helpless
always gets to me. -You know?
-Yeah, definitely. NICK:
You okay? What happened? Do you know
what she hit you with? NICK: Yeah. Okay. HOLLY: Let's take you in the
back and clean you up, okay? Yeah, let's see what we got. I think the one that really
kind of impacted me was the guy that
didn't like needles. He-He was addicted to needles, -so he didn't want the IV.
-Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I just thought that was, like,
man, that's-that's something... That's how much they get
addicted to the drug. -DAN: Right. -TITUS: Right,
right. -You know what I mean? That's-that's how powerful
it is for them. -It kind of lets you in his mind
a little bit. -Yeah. We gonna, we gonna
get you right, dude. Look, my man gonna get an IV
on you right quick. We're gonna check your sugar. No, hey, look. All right. -DAN: No, it's fine.
-TITUS: No, calm down. -It's cool. -DAN: It's fine.
-I mean, please... I know. It's just gonna spark it
up on you. I know. -Please, please.
-That's fine. No needles. -Easy. Problem solved.
-You promise? -Promise. No needles.
-No needles. I think the call
that impacted me the most was probably the guy that lost
his daughter in Katrina. Like, that one really kicked me
in the feels and like... -Yeah. -Mm-hmm.
-...hurt my heart. You lost your what? You lost your daughter
in Hurricane Katrina? -Yeah, I did.
-I am so sorry to hear that. How old was she? -Rebecca?
-Yeah. -I am so sorry to hear that.
-Um... That is terrible.
That is terrible. -It's her birthday today?
-Yes, it is. Really? That's terrible. <i> It's just, like, you know,</i> here's this dude you think
that you're picking up just like every other drunk
you've ever picked up. -Right.
-You know what I mean? -'Cause we do it five times
a night. -Right. -TITUS: Right. -Then his story came out. -And
then he just drops this bomb. And I... like,
I just got chills, -like, just thinking, like...
-DAN: Yeah. -Yup. You know, every time
I think about that guy, I'm just like, you know, you never know why somebody's
doing what they're doing, but, like, that one really
kicked me in the feels. Yeah. No, I agree. Um... Jessica Way says,
"What are the funniest calls you have ever responded to?
And be honest, ha-ha." -(Dan chuckles)
-BOTH: The funniest calls? -DAN: Yeah.
-TITUS: Wow. The, uh, the crawdaddy one
was a funny one for me because you couldn't understand
what he was saying. Why do they call you Crawdaddy? CRAWDADDY:
You want to know why? -I didn't ask for no reason.
-All right, looky here. TITUS:
All right. TITUS:
You did that? TITUS:
Come on. You are the Crawdaddy. You are
officially now the Crawdaddy. What you been drinking, man? How you make corn whiskey? -Must get it on the wine tree.
-(laughter) You don't have no idea
what he just said, do you? -Uh-uh.
-He lying right here. -All right, listen,
I know you... -Yes, sir. -I know you're having
a great time and all. -Hey. Relax. -(man mumbling)
-Shh... -This man right here.
-Shh. -I want... Listen.
-(laughter) (laughs) I need you to stop laughing
so I can listen to your lungs. All right. Let's try to get it
together here, Crawdaddy. You ready?
We gonna get it together. -TITUS: Keep those arms
straight. -Arms straight. All right, nice deep breath. TITUS:<i> He's from down the road
in the bayou.</i> You sound pretty good. TITUS:<i> You know, he's telling
funny stories. It's like...</i> <i>This is one of them dudes I can
sit down, have a drink with</i> <i> and just talk to him all day.</i> That was your...
that was your lady outside? -TITUS: That was your woman?
-CRAWDADDY: Yes. What's her name? Crawwoman? -Yeah. Craw...
-DAN: Crawmama? -Crawdette.
-Crawdette. -Crawdette.
-(laughter) Hey, look, let me...
keep your arm straight. -I'll get a blood pressure.
-CRAWDADDY: You. TITUS:<i> We ain't never
getting a blood pressure.</i> -DAN:<i> No.</i>
-TITUS:<i> My man, Crawdaddy.</i> <i> (Crawdaddy laughs)</i> CAPTIONING PROVIDED BY
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