WATCH: Orlando officer recalls saving man with anti-police tattoos from drug overdose

ORLANDO, Fla. — It was just after 10 a.m. on a sunny Saturday morning in May when Orlando police officer Danielle Torres was driving north on John Young Parkway.

She spotted a man in his late 20s, stumbling back and forth along the median.

“I knew right then that I needed to stop,” she said.

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Bodycam footage shows her helping the man who was overdosing on a mix of heroin and molly.

“His lips were turning blue and I knew then that this was a dire situation,” Torres said.

He wasn’t breathing, so she initiated CPR.

A good Samaritan at the nearby 7-Eleven came to help, allowing Torres to deploy a dose of life-saving Narcan.

Sgt. Kevin Beers and officer Shuaib Moonda showed up with a defibrillator and a second dose of Narcan.

“We help people, that is our main goal and If I can go my whole career helping at least one person, that’s my goal,” Moonda said.

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At the hospital, Torres checked in on the patient, who was alert and talking. She said he didn’t remember the incident, but immediately brought up his anti-police tattoos.

“First thing out of his mouth was, ‘You saw the tattoos, right? … And you still helped me?’ I said, ‘When I saw you, I didn’t see the tattoos, I saw you.’”

She said it was an emotional connection

“He said he changed his outlook on everything,” Torres said. “Maybe it did, maybe it didn’t, but I know it changed mine.

“Everytime I’m driving down North John Young (Parkway), I look for him to see if I see him, hopefully I do someday,” she added.

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