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Shot In The Line Of Duty With Ret. Sgt. Eric Kocheran, Victoria Cuore and Michael Solomon
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- A Contagious Smile Podcast
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- Aug 24, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 2641
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Summary
Send us Fan Mail A five minute stop at the office becomes a fight for survival. Retired deputy Eric Cochran answers a knock at the back door of his sheriff’s office and ends up shot through his lung, diaphragm, and liver, facing transfusions, a medically induced coma, and a long road back. The physical scars are obvious, but the episode goes where most stories stop: what it feels like to take a life in a suicide by cop scenario, to replay the footage, to question faith and purpose, and to rea...