I watched the show and have watched several documentaries of this, and I am still amazed at that event. This just goes to show what 2 motivated individuals can do with the right equipment and know how. Just think, what if there had been 4 of these guys, or 10! They may have taken over the city! Full body armor and thousands of rounds of ammo. What balls on these guys.
The part that put chills on me was when the one bad guy tells the other "I'm not going to jail today". How does a man get to that point in life?
As for the suicides following this event, it doesn't surprise me. One of the most common forms of death in the US. Especially in high stress jobs. In fact, you are more likely to die of suicide than in many other ways. Ask an actuary.
As for the cops not getting a head shot........it won't happen in a shoot out like that until you get your snipers in place, and the guys decide to stand still someplace. If you notice these guys were almost constantly on the move. And when they were still, they were firing off rounds with fully auto AK-47s, or H&Ks. When bad guys shoot, that's when the cops are taking cover, not taking aim! In most shoot outs with Police, both parties are usually within 10 feet of each other, and usually no one gets shot. It's hared to take aim when your trying to take cover at the same time.
I could think of no scarier situation than this. Glad the cops are there for us, but I couldn't do it. And this event even freaked a lot of the cops out.
