This is the Concealed Carry podcast, season 10, episode 15.

And welcome to the Concealed Carry podcast, part of the ConcealedCary.com network,

brought to you by HK today is wednesday september

11th as of the recording this episode and as such i hope that you take a little bit of an opportunity

today to reflect upon the events that occurred 23 years ago many of you probably remember it well

and even can recall exactly where you were the day those fateful

events occurred. I certainly do myself. So we honor those Americans that lost their lives in the

attacks of 9-11 and wish though their families, surviving families and friends and coworkers, hopefully some healing

and peace, even though time has gone by. It still doesn't get easy, I am sure. So we wish them well.

Now, today's episode is a re-release of a past episode that is no longer available on the podcast feed.

So as you've probably noticed,

we have elected to start re-releasing some of these older episodes, particularly those that are

quite impactful in some way. Today's episode is an interview that Matthew Marister and I,

Matthew, as you recall, used to be on the podcast quite a bit.

Matthew introduced to us his friend and former coworker at El Cajon Police Department in

California, Jared Slocum.

It's the name of this officer who survived being shot in the head in an officer involved

shooting.

And there's just many wonderful

lessons that can be learned from his story of not just survival, but also prevailing in a difficult

and stress-filled incident. Applicable, I think, to anybody. Even if you're not a cop or some

kind of first responder, I think that we can all learn much from staying in

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