Lt. Steven Cornell credits the cross for saving his life twice due to the fateful events that unfolded the evening of March 4, 2025, when he and his fellow brotherin- law and comrade in arms, Lt. Aaron Hunter, of Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s Troop H, attempted to apprehend a homicide suspect in Clinton.
Lt. Cornell and Lt.
Hunter were awarded Trooper of the Year for Valor by the Oklahoma Department of …