Trooper 1st Class Eric Workman returned to work Monday after escaping death when he was shot on duty.

“I?m pretty modest, so this is the most extraordinary thing I?ve ever been through,” Workman said before a room crowded with colleagues, camera crews and reporters assembled for a surprise welcome-back party at the Westminster state police barracks.

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