STRIKING THE SUSPECT IN THE HEAD
IN AUGUST OF LAST YEAR.
>> Todd: WRESTLING LEGEND
HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN HASN’T BEEN
IN A MATCH IN MORE THAN A
DECADE, BUT TACKLED A SUSPECT
UNTIL POLICE ARRIVED AND JIM
DUGGAN JOINS US TO TELL HIS
STORY.
PLEASURE TO HAVE YOU ON THE
PROGRAM, WALK US THROUGH WHAT
HAPPENED.
>> GOOD MORNING, NICE TO BE WITH
YOU ALL, WE LIVE IN THE COUNTRY
IN SOUTH CAROLINA, DOWN A DIRT
ROAD, IT WAS TOTALLY DARK.
MY WIFE IS ONLY ONE THAT HAD
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON THE WHOLE
STREET.
I’M WATCHING TV AND SHE’S MAKING
THE BED AND HUGE POUNDING ON THE
DOOR.
I RAN TO THE DOOR, WE ARE 70
YARDS FROM THE ROAD.
GUY OPENS OUR FRONT DOOR AND
FALLS IN.
I SWITCH ON, READY TO GRAB HIM,
NO, NO, HELP ME.
I AM LIKE, WHAT?
I GRABBED HIM AND THREW HIM ON
THE PORCH.
I’M THINKING IT IS A HOME IP
VAGZ AND THIS GUY IS A
DIVERSION.
I GRAB MY GUN, A 44 MAGNUM, THE
OLD DIRTY HARRY GUN.
I HAD THAT IN MY HAND, WAITING
FOR SOMEONE TO COME, NO ONE
SHOWED UP.
THIS GUY IS SCREAMING, HELP ME,
THEY’RE GOING TO KILL ME.
I’M THINKING OTHER PEOPLE ARE
COMING AFTER HIM.
MY POOR WIFE IS ON THE PHONE
WITH 911 IN HYSTERICS.
I HELD AT MAN DOWN SPREAD EAGLE
ON THE FRONT PORCH WHILE POLICE
RESPONDED AND EVERYTHING ENDED
QUIETLY, QUITE AN EXPERIENCE.
>> Todd: THAT IS QUITE A STORY,
YOU COME FROM A LAW ENFORCEMENT
FAMILY, HOW LUCKY IS THIS GUY HE
DIDN’T GET KILLED DOING THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS LATER AT
NIGHT, IT WAS DARK AND I WAS
COMING OUT OF THE BEDROOM, I
WOULD HAVE HAD A LOADED GUN WITH
ME.
I CAME INTO THE FOIIER HE WAS IN
THE HOUSE AND I GRABBED HIM AND
THREW HIM OUT AND GRABBED THE
MAGNUM AND I REALIZED HE WASN’T
A THREAT AND I DIDN’T SHOOT HIM,
IT WOULD BE HORRIBLE TO LIVE
WITH.
THE GUY DID BREAK INTO OUR HOUSE
THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR, IT WAS
TERRIFYING FOR MY WIFE.
WE WENT TO BED AND I SAID,
HONEY, WE DON’T NEED TO GO TO
THE MOVIE ANYMORE. >> Todd: THIS IS A MOVIE, YOU
>> Todd: THIS IS A MOVIE, YOU
HAVE 10 ACRES, SURROUNDED BY
FENCE, CAN YOU IMAGINE SOMETHING
LIKE THIS HAPPENING TO YOU?
>> NO, YOU RUN THROUGH SCENARIOS
IN YOUR HEAD WHAT YOU WOULD DO
IN A SITUATION LIKE THAT AND IT
GOES OUT THE WINDOW, YOUR
ADRENALIN AND HEART PUMPING.
I WAS SCARED TO DEATH, I HAD
THIS MAN SPREAD EAGLE, GUN IN MY
HAND, MY WIFE SCREAMING AND
OTHER PEOPLE IN THE ROAD YELLING
WE’RE GOING TO GET YOU.
I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THE SITUATION
WAS, WHAT THIS MAN BROUGHT TO MY
HOUSE, WITH GREAT RESPONSE OF
THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT,
EVERYTHING ENDED FINE.
>> Todd: YOU ARE OF NOTE, PEOPLE
KNOW WHO YOU ARE, YOU WON ROYAL
RUMBLE, DO YOU THINK HE KNEW WHO
YOU WERE?
>> NO, SIR, I DON’T THINK HE HAD
A CLUE. HE HAD RUN TO EVERY
HOUSE ON THE STREET, THERE ARE
FOUR HOUSES ON OUR STREET,
POUNDING ON THE DOOR, MY HOUSE
HAS CHRISTMAS LIGHTS ON, HE
CLIMBED OVER THE FENCE AND
POUNDED ON THE DOOR AND FELL
INTO THE HOUSE AND ALLOWED ME TO
GRAB HIM AND GRAB MY WEAPON.
>> Todd: AMAZING STORY, STORY
THAT COULD HAVE ENDED
DIFFERENTLY, SEEMS LIKE YOU DID
WHAT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO DO,
COPS DID WHAT THEY WERE SUPPOSED
TO DO AND THIS GUY IS LUCKY TO
BE ALIVE.
HACKSAW JIM DUGGAN, THANK YOU
FOR BEING ON OUR PROGRAM, WE
APPRECIATE IT. BEST OF LUCK, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
BEST OF LUCK, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
>> HACKSAW HAS TO GO HOOOOO.