>> an ambulance arrives within minutes and takes daniel roy smith away. mith, as it turns out, is a career criminal, who had escaped from a halfway house. after this incident, he's convicted of attempted murder and firearm possession and sentenced to 50 years in prison. despite being shot at from point-blank range, corporal mecham escapes the incident without injury. he attributes that in part to a premonition he had the night before. >> basically, the night before i just had this feeling come over me that i needed to practice drawing my weapon and do that repeatedly. and i unloaded my gun, and then i started putting it back in the holster, securing it, and then what we call quick draw. and there's no doubt in my mind that that was heaven sent. that -- that i needed to practice more so than ever. >> that practice may have helped save the officer's life. corporal mecham considers it a miracle that he's still alive. >> i would not have survived if it hadn't been for heavenly help. i'm without a doubt sure of that. i'm a very religious person. i was before th