applause] >> now we will have the medal of valor presentation for sgt timothy paine, sergeant james o'malley, sgt gregory kane, officer william eleiff, and officer steven stearns. [applause] >> on may 5, 2004, a round in o'clock p.m., there was an attempted kidnapping of strangers of a woman and her son. the suspect proceeded in a chevy trailblazer and used a large caliber gun and fled westbound on any street. the suspect's description was broadcast five minutes later at 8:05. two minutes after that, officer eleiff saw the suspect vehicle and paged and began following it. as he broadcast, holding a court microphone, his location, the vehicle sped off at a high rate of speed. opposite the live activated his lights and sirens and pursue the vehicle. the suspect drove west on haight and then northwest on the visitor. the suspect drove northbound in the southbound lanes of the visitor. of azeri live broadcast a license plate as the suspect turned west on hayes. the suspect drove north on broadway and fired one shot at officer eleiff. , -- stearns, and kane. those shots can be heard of the record

james fowler iii lost his life, and thomas ports died october 20. the families of the fallen came to pay tribute on this occasion. they all received rebeccaed -- replicas. governor o'malley offered words of comfort. >> today is a day when we recognize their bravery and their stak sacrifice. it is a day when we remember those -- whose courage called them to do the most important work there is to do in this earth, and that is to protect the lives of others. >> it is not how these officers died, it is the way they lived. >> efforts to continue safeguarding communities. >> there is no such thing in this life as complete justice, nor is there any such thing as complete closure, not when you have lost someone you have loved. but what we do have the anlt ability to did is to love and to perfect our love, to strengthen our love. the love that allows us and calls us all to serve. >> barry sims, wbal-tv 11 news. >> 5:10. 50 degrees on tv hill. an unusual high number of needles cases being reported. in "medical alert owe "we will look at what is driving numbers up. >> the misriver continues to rise. many residents now forced to evacuate. >> and now, a live picture outside. john has