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<p>On Sunday, Houston police officer Steve Perez, days away from turning 61, determined to rescue those in distress from the effects of Hurricane Harvey, was cautioned by his wife and her father, a Korean War veteran, to stay home from work because it was too dangerous. Perez, unaware he would die in the attempt, <a href="http://ijr.com/the-declaration/2017/08/960783-tx-officers-wife-urged-not-go-hours-drowned-response-proves-died-hero/">responded</a>, “We’ve got work to do.”</p>
<p>Perez left home at 4 a.m. and <a href="v">drove more than two hours</a> to reach his duty station in downtown Houston, but could not find a path. Following department protocol, he tried to report to the nearest station, in Kingwood. But Perez made a wrong turn, winding up driving into roughly 16 feet of flood water, where he drowned.</p>
<p>Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo cried at a Tuesday press conference as he recounted what happened to Perez. He stated: "Unfortunately, in the darkness, Sergeant Perez drove into an underpass that’s about 16 and a half feet, drove into the water and he died in a flood in a drowning.” He added, “He was a sweet, gentle public servant.”</p>
<p>Acevedo continued, “Here’s a man who didn’t spend 20 minutes and then come back and say, ‘Hey, I tried,’; he spent close to two and a half hours because he has that in his DNA.” He said he told Perez's wife:</p>
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<p>“Let me ask you something, ma’am, you’re a person of faith. If the Lord was going to take him today, how do you think he would want to go, laying in bed, watching a disaster, or doing what he’s done for 34 years?” And the smile that overcame that woman’s face, his beautiful wife, said it all: If it was his turn to go, she said, this is the way he would have wanted to go.</p>
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<p>Acevedo concluded, "We will continue. This police department is resilient, as is this community and I look forward to taking this man and giving him the honors and his family that he so richly deserves."</p>
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