Within minutes of calling for help, Steve and Jeannie returned
to the accident site and waited for the police and rescue units.
They made sure they were visible to the responders as they saw
the emergency vehicles roaring up the highway.  A light drizzle
began to fall as Officer White of the California Highway Patrol
approached Steve and Jeannie for a statement. From their
comments, the policeman understood that Mike was a father and a
fellow officer. He also learned where he was going and whom he
was seeing in Santa Rosa. Steve asked the officer to notify
Chief Holloway as well as Lessing back at the squad room. White
returned to his car and radioed dispatch with the request.  The
officer asked the pair to wait several yards away as the rescue
commenced. From there, Jeannie and Steve watched two fire trucks
and an ambulance join the police and rescue units. The men made
fast work of unloading equipment including chains, ropes, a
stretcher and then finally, the jaws of life. Steve would have
normally joined t