ERIC FRANCIS NICHOLSON
Trooper Fisrt Class
South Carolina Highway Patrol
Columbia, SC
Date of Death: 12/06/2000
This is a true story and a big part of my life.
This man has my heart forever. I was at work on 12/6/00. Eric Nicholson was trying to pull this guy over. He did not know that the guy was a Bank Robber. Eric was shot. My boss at the time asked me to go out and see what was going on. So I did. He was leaning over on the passanger seat of his patrol car. I could see the bullet hole in his side. When I got there he was still breathing. He had his radio in his hand. I stood there and talked to him and told him help was on the way. I never left his side. I was there when he took his last breath. I just keep telling him he was not alone. Well, when all the other cops started showing up they were just standing there and doing nothing. So, I stood out in the middle of a busy 4 lane road yelling and screaming at all the other cops to do something. But, there was nothing they could do he was gone.
