article_snippet: Police fired nearly 300 rounds within five to 10 minutes.
article_snippet: There are officers here who were in the thick of two attacks last year:  the shooting at the Washington Naval Yard and the bombing at the Boston Marathon," President Barack Obama said at the time.
article_snippet: On those awful days -- and we all remember them -- amid the smoke and the chaos, the courage of four officers shone through.  
article_snippet: And four officers quick thinking and level-headedness undoubtedly saved lives.
article_snippet: It's probably the worst thing our have to do in our profession, but here, clearly unprovoked, one of our officers is shot point-blank in the face.
article_snippet: our officers did what our officers had to do," the police commissioner said.
highlights_snippet: Bullet is successfully removed from officer's neck during several hours of surgery .
  