Scoop and Run: Ian Hirst-Hermans and the Two Cops He Credits With Saving His Life

Ian Hirst-Hermans remembers the party. He remembers the shooting and the blood. He remembers the two cops who saved his life when they threw him in their backseat and raced him to a hospital. He’s one of the hundreds of gunshot victims that the Philadelphia Police Department have rushed to hospitals instead of waiting for an ambulance. Here’s his story and the story of “scoop and run” — a uniquely Philly tactic of saving lives.