“I love you.” she told him. “Everything is going to be OK.”
And when Hill expressed he had no reason to live, Tuff opened up about her own life saying:
“Don’t feel bad, baby. My husband just left me after 33 years …”
By time the police were in a position to take control of the situation, Tuff and the gunman had agreed where he would place his firearm, how he’d empty his pockets and where he’d lie down before authorities would be buzzed in to place him under arrest.
When the situation ended, Tuff finally broke down.
“I’m going to tell you something baby, I’ve never been so scared in all the days in my life,” she told the dispatcher.
Click continue to listen to Tuff’s heroic 911 call …