what happened next, has forever changed stephanie fischer's life. >> when i first walked up i said fight through it, sean. he was fighting. like, trooper is seriously a under statement because he was fighting for his life. >> reporter: registered nurse stephanie fischer was trying to save officer cullen. she has been a nurse for two years but instantly she saw how gravely he was hurt. she did everything that she could do to help. >> i wanted to get him home to his family. as we were working on him, one of the troopers yelled out that he just had a baby, and another on his way. i think that all pushed us to work even harder. >> reporter: moments later a helicopter rushed cullen away. fischer and her state trooper boyfriend went home. it was only later she learned cullen a had died and she made a post on her face book page. >> i walk in the house at 1:00 , covered in blood. i said to myself, this is what i was going to do, help save lives. please god protect these troopers, and all enforcement as they protect us. rest in peace trooper cullen. >> truly. >> reporter: fischer's brother-in-law