“Because That’s What Union Carpenters Do.”
California Highway Patrol Officer Tony Pacheco may owe his life to a handful of drivers who stopped and stepped in when officials say he got attacked on the freeway in San Diego last week.
Floriberto Pineda, a member of Local 619, was driving on Interstate 8 in the Mission Valley area when he and his wife saw the officer wounded and fighting for survival.
She and her husband quickly pulled over and dashed over to help. Floriberto and another man grabbed the suspect, later identified as Yuhao Du, pulling him off of Pacheco and trying to keep him from escaping.
When Floriberto was asked why he felt compelled to stop on the freeway and go after the gunman he replied, “because that’s what Union Carpenters do.” See the story on Fox 5 San Diego.