. >> reporter: george dorman says bullet-proof vest saved his son's life. he told the crowd his sonnies a fighter and refusing all pain medication. >> i would be hitting that little red button, every few seconds. he said take it away, i will in the do it. >> would i like to thank police. >> reporter: dorman released this video thanking those who saved him but his neighbors say they are the ones who should do the thanking for a man who nearly gave it all. >> just every officer out here give their life up for us every day. >> reporter: dorman was a tended a kenney chessany concert tonight and during the show at the link the country music star to acknowledge dorman but mistakenly said, he had died. there is an uproar on social media in response, folcroft police tweet todd kenney chessany he is alive and well, make this right. police arrested daunte brooks island and charged him with two counts of attempted murder and related charges. he is accused of shooting at dorman and another officer. he is being held on million-dollar bail. we are live, delaware county j

. >> reporter: george dorman dot the phone call no parent of the officer ever wants to receive. friday morning his son chris a folcroft police officer was shot several times, including once in the the face. miraculously he survived. >> he is doing well, you know, as well as can be expect, he was shot seven times. he is pulling through good. >> reporter: now george dorman's youngest child his baby was being called a delco legend. hundreds of the community members, fellow officers and first responders came out to a vigil to pray for a swift recovery. >> just the way the community comes together, that is their police officers, their brothers, sisters. >> reporter: thanks to face time chris saw outpouring of love at the vigil from his hospital bed. chris's close friend who call him dorman said they are grateful their fun loving goofy friend is still with us. >> i have to get back out there. that is all he talked about. he supported us, more than anybody. >> reporter: now his family is asking that the community continue to support their hometown hero on his road to recovery and all w

and his family. >> reporter: george dorman got the phone call no parent of an officer ever wants to receive, friday morning his son chris, a full croft police officer was shot seven times including once in the face. miraculously he survived. >> he is doing well, as well as can be expected. >> he was shot seven times. he is pulling through good. >> reporter: now george dorman's youngest child his baby is being called a delco legend. hundreds of the community members, fellow officers and first responders came out to a vigil to pray for his swift recovery. >> this is way community comes together, their police officers, their brothers, sisters. >> reporter: and thanks to face time chris saw outpouring of love at the vigil right from his hospital bed. chris's close friend, still call him dorman still grateful that the fun loving goofy friend is still with us. >> time to get back out there. >> he loves his job. he supported folcroft more than anybody. >> reporter: now his family is asking that the community continue to support their hometown hero on his road to recovery and all who wear a

: george dorman got the phone call no parent of an officer ever want to receive. friday morning his son chris, a folcroft police officer, was shot seven times including once in the the face. miraculously he survived. >> he is doing well, you know, as well as can he expect. he was shot seven times. he has extensive tam age but he is pulling through good. >> reporter: now george dorman's youngest child his baby is being called a delco legend. >> hundreds of community members, fellow officers and first responders came out to a vigil to pray for his recovery. >> this is the way the community comes together. that is our police officers, our brothers, our sisters. >> reporter: thanks to face time chris saw outpouring of the love at the vigil right from his hospital bed. chris's close friend who call him dorman say they are grateful that they are fun loving often goofy friend is still with us. >> time to get back out there. that is what he talks about. he support folcroft more than anybody. >> reporter: now his family is asking that the community continue to support thei

but we expect a full recovery. >> speaking at a community vigil, george dorman said chris is in good spirits, the officer was shot seven times including once in the face and groin. friday morning as he responded to a routine call. the recent parolee dante brooks island faces attempted murder charges. briefly commenting island maintained his innocence. a gofundme page raised over 25 thousand dollars to help pay for his medical expenses. >> the guy with a gun trying to kill him. he's not going to back down and the rehab through the surgery he needs to get himself back to being a police officer. >> reporter: touching base with officer dorman's family, they told me they were excited to have kenny chesney call chris. they continued to thank the community for the love and support it's shown their shouldn't. >>> overnight car crash left man with two broken legs in philadelphia. about 3:00 this morning. police say the driver lost control of his car, crashed into a pole at north 11th and west susquehanna avenue. doctors expect him to recover >>> police are investigating a shooting in north ph

george dorman said the bullet-proof vest saved his son's life. he told the crowd his son is a fighter and refusing all pain medication. >> i would be hitting that little red button every two seconds. he said take it away i'm not going to do it. >> reporter: dorman released this video thanking those who saved him, but the neighbors say they are the one whorkd -- who she would do the thanking. >> every officer out here put their life on the line everyday. >> reporter: donte brooks is charged with two counts of attempted murder and other charges he is accused of shooting at another officer. island is being held on $1 million bail. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> officer dorman was supposed to attend the kenny chesney concert at the linc. in the link from the hospital, he asked kenny not to forget him. kenny acknowledged him, but mistakenly told the crowd he had died. he said he was caught up in the moment and did not know what happened to the officer and did not mean to say he had died. >>> a voracious wildfire continues to rage this mornin

. >> reporter: george dorman said the bullet-proof vest saved his son's life. he is a fighter and refusing all pain medication. >> i would have been hitting that red button every few seconds. >> i would like to thank the police and paramedics and the doctors. >> reporter: doorman released the video thanking those who saved him. but the neighbors say they should be the ones doing the thanking. for the shooting police arrested donte brooks island and charged him with two counts of murder and related charges. he is accused of shooting at two officers. island is being held on $1 million bail. jeff chirico channel 6 "action news." >> we learned that officer dorman had tickets to attend the kenny chesney concert. he asked chesney to not forget him. chesney heard about him, and acknowledged him at the linc, but mistakenly told the crowds he had died. that was a huge mistake. chesney was called to correct the mistake, we've been checking all morning, so far no apology given. >>> three counties in west virginia have been declared federal disaster areas. >> reporter: it