Thank you for this video. Sgt John Boles (Retired as Lt.) was my father in law. He passed away Christmas morning (2 days ago). Seeing and hearing him again was bittersweet but greatly appreciated. 💙
Snapefan1971 I would have to agree with you, because I'm so proud about what he had done, because God only knows what could've happen if he hadn't done it, also I wonder what made that Woman want to Commit Suicide?, when did it start?.
You got that right. Hostages happen all the time. You never hear about one of the hostages taking a risk and grabbing the gun. It was not only heroic, it was unbelievable!
That cross dresser (Greg) should not feel bad. He's a real hero and certainly deserves an award for his actions. Doesn't matter if he's a cross dresser. Like Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers Neighborhood) said,"There's only one person in the world like you and people can like you exactly as you are." Everyone can say to Greg that we like him just the way he is.
@@BenTIStudios Cross dressing is not transgender. Some men just like to dress up like women for drag queen contests it does not mean they are transgender.
I'm sure She has, I wonder what made her want to do such a terrible thing, when did it start in the first place?, Did her BF (that means Boyfriend in case you're wondering) broke up with her or Did her Husband walk out on her?, Did she have a Mental breakdown, or God knows what else, but I'm so proud of what that Guy that was dressing up as a Drag Queen had done, If it weren't for Him, then Who knows what might've happened, I hope that Guy will get his reward when he comes before our heavenly father on the day of Judgement.
@@kathymoriarty1441 I knew of one who did this back in the early 1980s. There was just one hostage and it was in an apartment building. She simply just snapped. She surrendered, got help and later spoke about the effects of mental illness and never got in trouble again. She lived to be in her late 70s.
I wouldn't like it if I was in a situation like this. I would never leave my house again. It's been 23 years since this happened. I'm sure everyone is grateful to everyone who helped them.
The police deserve a lot of credit your service is deeply appreciated e even on rescue 911your show rocks thanks job well done you should be proud ! Joe
The drag queen truly is a hero in this situation, as soon as he got the chance he snatched the gun out of the suspects hands while the store clerk tackled her. I don't blame the woman screaming after that for running out of there because she was scared, sucks that the suspect got no jail time.
We have EZMarts here in Arkansas and they are easy targets for robbers as they are open all night and usually have just one cashier on duty. They cut corners on safety as they don't have bulletproof glass and people I know who worked there said that their security cameras are often not working. Fortunately we don't have too much armed robberies around here.
You deserve all Recognition re: the hero you became that unexpected dangerous night. Thanks to you, all was saved. I hope to have you in such a situation if in my darkest hour too. Bless you with Jesus ,God Almighty Amen.
Address for this gas station is 1320 north 11th street beaumont texas. It is now a shamrock gas station food spot #4. Looks sorta similar to back then using google street view
Police Officers are the most important heroes of the day.And if bystanders are asked to bring the hostagetaker down bless @ the expense of their lives and that of other people. Nicole Dawne Giesbrecht Traffic reporter
Discovery Health looked cool in the 90's now it's changed It's name to Discovery Life I think. and all that ever plays is Hoarding: Buried Alive, Untold Stories Of The ER, and Birth Day.
I don't get why him being in drag would lessen anything he did at all and why that would mean he didn't deserve recognition? He still saved the situation. Wouldn't matter what he was wearing.
This was the early 90s. You have to remember it was a very different time. Tolerance was still far away. Heck in 1997 when Ellen Degeneres came out, she literally lost EVERYTHING and people involved in the coming out episode of her show couldn't work for severeal years afterwards. Laura Dern got blacklisted for a long time. And this took place at the START of that decade, so it was even worse.
OK AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THE GUY @10:35 LOOKS LIKE THE ROBBER????? WAIT HE JUST SAID THAT IF HE WASN'T DRESSED IN DRAG, SPEAKING ABOUT HIMSELF. I AM SO CONFUSED. SO IS THAT THE SUSPECT/ROBBER @12:14 OR WHAT?
OK SO I AM READING THE COMMENTS AND EVERYONE IS REFERRING TO THE SUSPECT AS SHE. IN WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS. BUT I HEARD AN OFFICER SAY THAT THE SUSPECT WAS DRESSED AS A WOMAN I THOUGHT. NVM, I GIVE UP, LOL.
It is pretty interesting how the hostage told Nicole Cartwright that she could go because of a child in the car. I don't know if other people holding a gun would allow that.
I don't know if it was just a lapse in the reenactment, but if this was an accurate reenactment, it bothered me that it didn't seem important for the police to secure and interview the woman (who was released because she had a child in the car) if only to get a clearer insight and profile of the hostage-taker. I imagine the procedures then were much different from current, more informed ones.
+windbreaker57 we don't know that they didn't, but it's only a 13 to 15 minute segment. They could have stopped her off camera, when she got to the street where all of the other police cars were.
what worries me about this situration, is the women was getting ready to blown the women kneeling away and the police didn't do anything. Couldn't they snipe her or something. They were gonna wait until the one lady died and then react?
+The Headless Horseman In Brazil, in this kind of situations, they don't waste too much time, when the gunman is endangering the hostage(s) they use the blow method. Just blow their heads off.
yes thats what I think they should of done here. She was definitely getting ready to shoot the women kneeling at the door. Yea there was hostages in the way, but with a sharpshooter, they have a good chance of not getting hit, but the women has a very good chance of hitting and killing that women right in front of her
I love this show and I really wish they would release it somewhere other than TH-cam.. I like youtube, but I just wish they would at least release them on Netflix, or on DVD.. They are not making any money off of the episodes and just about everyone I know loves them. It's really sad that they don't.. :-(
this is 7 years later but if you have an LG tv they have something called LG stream or something like that where they have a channel that only play rescue 911
Someone who doesn't know anything about guns wouldnt know the difference, any more than someone who doesn't know horses could tell what breed one is...
Can’t imagine the terror the hostages went through that so scary but the drag queen truly a hero and what bravery to Stand up to the criminal felt so bad for all the hostages.
I had someone push their way into my house trying to say I stole his dog and he wanted him back.(the dog was mine and never was his) we had a scuffle in the house and I we managed to get onto my porch where I just started screaming for help from anyone that could hear me. someone got him off of me and he ran up the street, right into the arms of a cop. when his trial came around they said it was up to me. did I want him to go to jail or go through a treatment program where he could get the help he needed. I chose the treatment. when his sentencing came I stood up and I said "this was up to me. I was the one that spared you the. one you hurt so bad. I am not a bad person and I want you to get the help I think you could use." he still had to go to jail for 2 years but had I not allowed them to spare him they would have given him 6-10 without getting him the help he needed. it took me a long time to get the courage to answer the door when someone knocked at it. so I know how these people feel.
For the suspect to have just enough sanity to allow Nicole to go because of having a child in the car waiting for her is amazing. That is not something you would expect to see. Usually in a situation like this you would think the suspect would be like "too bad! I don't care!" Or something like that.
She was going to pop that poor Hispanic lady. In real time as I was watching before the ending I was already thinking if you are close enough you can quickly and easily grab the rifle barrel and overpower her.
The horrible way men and women dressed back then, I honestly didn't even notice a difference! lol But seriously, people need to get the stick out of their asses if they're going to take a brave freakin' person and down play it because of stupid BS like that, it makes me angry!
halfway I was like where tf the swat team at then the narrator said the police were helping cover with the swat team then I said ooooh ok very loud that my mom looked at me strangely
She wasn't on a suicide mission. If she were on a suicide mission, and ONLY a suicide mission, she would have done it the way Robin Williams did it. He didn't go out and involve other people in his problem, she DID. That's not a suicide mission it's a f'ing hostage taking, and I hate it because I was a hostage once. But at least he didn't blame it on suicide. He blamed everyone else instead of himself.
Thank you for this video. Sgt John Boles (Retired as Lt.) was my father in law. He passed away Christmas morning (2 days ago). Seeing and hearing him again was bittersweet but greatly appreciated. 💙
I live in Beaumont and remember this on the news even though I was a kid and I thank him for his service!
I am sorry for you god bless him
So sorry for your loss! 😢 He and the other officers involved did a fantastic job in this!
Hopefully that woman got the help she needed with any counseling
What Greg did was heroic.
Snapefan1971 I would have to agree with you, because I'm so proud about what he had done, because God only knows what could've happen if he hadn't done it, also I wonder what made that Woman want to Commit Suicide?, when did it start?.
You got that right. Hostages happen all the time. You never hear about one of the hostages taking a risk and grabbing the gun. It was not only heroic, it was unbelievable!
A hero.
He is amazing human being has a heart of gold for thinking about others instead of himself truly a hero.
That cross dresser (Greg) should not feel bad. He's a real hero and certainly deserves an award for his actions. Doesn't matter if he's a cross dresser. Like Fred Rogers (Mister Rogers Neighborhood) said,"There's only one person in the world like you and people can like you exactly as you are." Everyone can say to Greg that we like him just the way he is.
She.
@@BenTIStudios Cross dressing is not transgender. Some men just like to dress up like women for drag queen contests it does not mean they are transgender.
@@stolasgoetia93 that is true but to me it didn't sound like that. You could be right though.
"The cross dresser" 😂
I agree with you there. I think that this man is a genuine hero. He risked his own life to save everyone else's lives
Amazing! Bless all their hearts, even the hostage taker. Hopefully she is getting the help she needs.
I'm sure She has, I wonder what made her want to do such a terrible thing, when did it start in the first place?, Did her BF (that means Boyfriend in case you're wondering) broke up with her or Did her Husband walk out on her?, Did she have a Mental breakdown, or God knows what else, but I'm so proud of what that Guy that was dressing up as a Drag Queen had done, If it weren't for Him, then Who knows what might've happened, I hope that Guy will get his reward when he comes before our heavenly father on the day of Judgement.
@@kathymoriarty1441 I knew of one who did this back in the early 1980s. There was just one hostage and it was in an apartment building. She simply just snapped. She surrendered, got help and later spoke about the effects of mental illness and never got in trouble again. She lived to be in her late 70s.
Never take life for granted and don't put other people's life in danger
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Greg deserves recognition! Whoever says he doesn’t is IGNORANT!!!!!Way to go, GREG!!!!
I love it when he threw that shotgun at 9:30
XD lmao
He/she's so disgusted by the rifle, it's adorable I keep replaying that part, LoLoLoL. 😂😂😂
this is not funny. this really happened its a true story
He saved 3 lives that night! He deserved praise. They should not care about how he was dressed. It didn't matter. He was a HERO!!!
Incredible take-down by the hostages.
I wouldn't like it if I was in a situation like this. I would never leave my house again. It's been 23 years since this happened. I'm sure everyone is grateful to everyone who helped them.
The police deserve a lot of credit your service is deeply appreciated e even on rescue 911your show rocks thanks job well done you should be proud ! Joe
"Drag Queen Saves The Day!" - I can see the next morning's newspaper's epic narrative...
Directed by RuPaul
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A drag queen didn't save the day...a PERSON saved the day!!
Aginah Gohanna
A PERSON whom happens to be a queen of the drag variety. Police my speech, I police your’s.
@@aginahgohanna8193 Drag queens are people. Saying a drag queen saved the day implies that a person did.
When I found this video for the first time ever, I just got the ultimate chills!
Don't you just love the instrumental music?.
The drag queen truly is a hero in this situation, as soon as he got the chance he snatched the gun out of the suspects hands while the store clerk tackled her. I don't blame the woman screaming after that for running out of there because she was scared, sucks that the suspect got no jail time.
+Justin L.T. yeah, I liked that part, too!😁
I wonder what made that Lady want to kill herself?, I wonder if something happened to Her that made her want to kill herself?.
Jane Doe, maybe she was depressed?
@Justin L.T. eww get this gun out of here
@@janiedoe264 don't even try to defend this lunatic
"Mr. Shapiro " always seems to get in trouble at the end of each episode. Seems that he'd be in jail by now.
thank god for Greg! you deserve recognition period. I don't care what race,religion,outfit, sexual preference your a hero
He saved everyone. Thank you for being a hero
We have EZMarts here in Arkansas and they are easy targets for robbers as they are open all night and usually have just one cashier on duty. They cut corners on safety as they don't have bulletproof glass and people I know who worked there said that their security cameras are often not working.
Fortunately we don't have too much armed robberies around here.
Greg is a hero. God bless him.
The guy was brave. Thank u for caring.
he can dress up however the hell he wants he saved those people
if I was in the store I will be scared and never go back again
2:14 "what's she doing with a rifle"
Me - "hell I don't know let me ask and find out" 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
Greg is an angel on earth
Kudos to you Greg!! I hope that woman got the help she needed
"Hello, 911, do you have an emergency?"
"No, I just like calling 911 for the hell of it."
Haha I know I'm always thinking the same thing when I hear that.
Some people do call over things that are not an emergency, though....
Freddie Tommie lol
Freddie Tommie hey, you never know...911 often gets called for things that are absolutely not emergencies.
It crossed my mind too
Believe it or not that was standard in 911 systems due to morons prank calling, or calling non emergency calls into 911.
I think the bigger story is that you could buy 2 packs of cigarettes for just $3.95!
I'm sorry but the way he throws the gun like it's the dirtiest thing in the world amuses me :P
All we can do is pray for the people
the first part brings back so many memories
You deserve all Recognition re: the hero you became that unexpected dangerous night.
Thanks to you, all was saved.
I hope to have you in such a situation if in my darkest hour too.
Bless you with Jesus ,God Almighty Amen.
Address for this gas station is 1320 north 11th street beaumont texas. It is now a shamrock gas station food spot #4. Looks sorta similar to back then using google street view
Police Officers are the most important heroes of the day.And if bystanders are asked to bring the hostagetaker down bless @ the expense of their lives and that of other people. Nicole Dawne Giesbrecht Traffic reporter
Greg seems like a great kind guy he even mentioned he hopes the women got the help she needed. Hope he is doing well today
You did you did a great job. Thank you.
A Hero cross dresser, LOVE IT!!
This was an amazing episode, one of the best!!!
i love this show it never gets boring😀😀😀😀❤❤❤❤❤
Same here.
1:56 get back in there get in the store get in the store
I don't care if he was wearing speedo's or less. The man did something no one else had the nerve to do. Yes, hero comes to mind
Discovery Health looked cool in the 90's now it's changed It's name to Discovery Life I think. and all that ever plays is Hoarding: Buried Alive, Untold Stories Of The ER, and Birth Day.
LackedPuppet 902 right? And half the time they’re episodes from the 2000s. Makes me angry.
Only reason I subscribed to discovery health was to watch Rescue 911 and Paramedics after they got rid of both I canceled it
1:55 get back in there get in the store
I don't get why him being in drag would lessen anything he did at all and why that would mean he didn't deserve recognition? He still saved the situation. Wouldn't matter what he was wearing.
This was the early 90s.
You have to remember it was a very different time. Tolerance was still far away. Heck in 1997 when Ellen Degeneres came out, she literally lost EVERYTHING and people involved in the coming out episode of her show couldn't work for severeal years afterwards.
Laura Dern got blacklisted for a long time.
And this took place at the START of that decade, so it was even worse.
OK AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO THINKS THE GUY @10:35 LOOKS LIKE THE ROBBER????? WAIT HE JUST SAID THAT IF HE WASN'T DRESSED IN DRAG, SPEAKING ABOUT HIMSELF. I AM SO CONFUSED. SO IS THAT THE SUSPECT/ROBBER @12:14 OR WHAT?
OK SO I AM READING THE COMMENTS AND EVERYONE IS REFERRING TO THE SUSPECT AS SHE. IN WHICH I THOUGHT IT WAS. BUT I HEARD AN OFFICER SAY THAT THE SUSPECT WAS DRESSED AS A WOMAN I THOUGHT. NVM, I GIVE UP, LOL.
'rifle' looks suspiciously like 12 guage shotgun.
My favorite episode
It is pretty interesting how the hostage told Nicole Cartwright that she could go because of a child in the car. I don't know if other people holding a gun would allow that.
I don't know if it was just a lapse in the reenactment, but if this was an accurate reenactment, it bothered me that it didn't seem important for the police to secure and interview the woman (who was released because she had a child in the car) if only to get a clearer insight and profile of the hostage-taker. I imagine the procedures then were much different from current, more informed ones.
+windbreaker57 we don't know that they didn't, but it's only a 13 to 15 minute segment. They could have stopped her off camera, when she got to the street where all of the other police cars were.
@@windbreaker57 i am thinking since it was ongoing sence they would get back to her
*YOU ROCK, GREGGIE!!!* ❤❤❤
LMAO I just am watching this episode on GetTV right now and actually clapped when I found out it was a dragqueen that saved everyone! You go Greg!
What's gettv?
I REMEBER THAT SHOW ON TV RESCUE 911. MY GMA FARRIS N ME USE TO WATCH 911 ON CBS.
This has always been my favorite
It take a drag queen to do a mans job
YUUUUP!
5:14, now that's a flat top
i noticed that too.. I wonder who his hair dresser is?
If you need help talk to someone but taking your life and putting everyone else's at risk is not worth it
Get back in here get in shore!
thank god for the hostage that saw the opening and took it saving those people!
Did I saw like one dollar per liter for the fuel?
Yes you did gas was cheaper back then
Gallon. That's almost 4 liters.
It's about half a dollar per liter in my country right now...and we think that's already too expensive. 😅
It's currently only about $1.85 per gallon here in Texas...still pretty cheap.
and your point is ? whats that got to do with what is going on in the video ?
Boy that is one easy on the eyes dispatcher.
Back to seeing Greg save the day
That hostage taker should got some help in the first place.
Get back in there get in the store get in the store
Greg was one heck of a risktaker
It would be smart if the cop the uniform of so she could just walk in like a civilian
0:35 1:18 1:56 3:45 7:44 9:21 9:28
what worries me about this situration, is the women was getting ready to blown the women kneeling away and the police didn't do anything. Couldn't they snipe her or something. They were gonna wait until the one lady died and then react?
+The Headless Horseman the police like to solve problems in the safest way possible. they can't shoot her because there are too many people in there.
+The Headless Horseman In Brazil, in this kind of situations, they don't waste too much time, when the gunman is endangering the hostage(s) they use the blow method.
Just blow their heads off.
yes thats what I think they should of done here. She was definitely getting ready to shoot the women kneeling at the door. Yea there was hostages in the way, but with a sharpshooter, they have a good chance of not getting hit, but the women has a very good chance of hitting and killing that women right in front of her
@@DorianTMChannel maybe back in the day... but not today
I love this show and I really wish they would release it somewhere other than TH-cam.. I like youtube, but I just wish they would at least release them on Netflix, or on DVD.. They are not making any money off of the episodes and just about everyone I know loves them. It's really sad that they don't.. :-(
this is 7 years later but if you have an LG tv they have something called LG stream or something like that where they have a channel that only play rescue 911
At 7:10 the officer says she has a shotgun.
Ok
That's a shotgun, not a rifle. Even the officer IDs it as such. There is a big difference.
True, but I think in the heat of the moment the clerk wasn't thinking straight. A traumatic experience like that messes with your head on all levels.
Someone who doesn't know anything about guns wouldnt know the difference, any more than someone who doesn't know horses could tell what breed one is...
@@Bethelhorses i wouldn't know the diffrence
Can’t imagine the terror the hostages went through that so scary but the drag queen truly a hero and what bravery to Stand up to the criminal felt so bad for all the hostages.
I was talking about being held hostage anywhere.
Great episode.
Looked like two packs of cigarettes were cheaper there. $3.29 for 2 packs
the robber needs help
She does need help, however she did not come to rob them.
Yes, she should get counseling and therapy
That's a big assed shotgun to use for a robbery
Good job Greg!!
I had someone push their way into my house trying to say I stole his dog and he wanted him back.(the dog was mine and never was his) we had a scuffle in the house and I we managed to get onto my porch where I just started screaming for help from anyone that could hear me. someone got him off of me and he ran up the street, right into the arms of a cop. when his trial came around they said it was up to me. did I want him to go to jail or go through a treatment program where he could get the help he needed. I chose the treatment. when his sentencing came I stood up and I said "this was up to me. I was the one that spared you the. one you hurt so bad. I am not a bad person and I want you to get the help I think you could use." he still had to go to jail for 2 years but had I not allowed them to spare him they would have given him 6-10 without getting him the help he needed. it took me a long time to get the courage to answer the door when someone knocked at it. so I know how these people feel.
That just goes to show that God can use anybody!!!😂 great job!!
Looks like that segment pretty much meets up 423 911 Ottawa Bank Bust.
I remember that store it somewhere over in Lynchburg.
funny how when i saw how close they were i thought "grab the gun" and that woman/man did! wow
For the suspect to have just enough sanity to allow Nicole to go because of having a child in the car waiting for her is amazing. That is not something you would expect to see. Usually in a situation like this you would think the suspect would be like "too bad! I don't care!" Or something like that.
i don't think thats a rifle,looks like a shotgun
Salad Waster Yeah, because rifles have two cylinders, and shotguns have one. I do apologize if I’m incorrect.
She was going to pop that poor Hispanic lady. In real time as I was watching before the ending I was already thinking if you are close enough you can quickly and easily grab the rifle barrel and overpower her.
The drag queen is a hero period 😍👏🏽👏🏽
Agreed!
Is it possible for the police to quietly enter from the back and creep up behind her? Just wondering
only work if empoylees would be able to unlock back door without th fire alarm going off would of clearly alerted her
A Drag queen saved them all, thank goodness they were there oh my gosh
Whoever says he shouldn't get any recognition just because he was in drag should be ashamed of themselves. Totally disgusting behavior.
on a side note of the episode. 2 for 4 dollars pack of cigarettes?
i too paid more attention to the prices of stuff kmsl!!!!!
The horrible way men and women dressed back then, I honestly didn't even notice a difference! lol But seriously, people need to get the stick out of their asses if they're going to take a brave freakin' person and down play it because of stupid BS like that, it makes me angry!
R
That chic-man is a hero!!
halfway I was like where tf the swat team at then the narrator said the police were helping cover with the swat team then I said ooooh ok very loud that my mom looked at me strangely
THANK YOU GREGG
She wasn't on a suicide mission. If she were on a suicide mission, and ONLY a suicide mission, she would have done it the way Robin Williams did it. He didn't go out and involve other people in his problem, she DID. That's not a suicide mission it's a f'ing hostage taking, and I hate it because I was a hostage once. But at least he didn't blame it on suicide. He blamed everyone else instead of himself.
Sometimes it takes a crossdresser to save the day.
Good job ...👍
This event took place on a Tuesday
Daniel Santana cool. Thanks really wanted to know what day it was thanks so much want a cookie
Wow !!! What guts. Proud of u
Get back in there 155
That was really brave of the drag queen to react in the way he did.
Nice flat top