Inmates speak about saving jail guard

Tampa, Florida-- Video released by the Hillsborough County Jail showing a detention deputy being attacked by an inmate, then other inmates coming to his aid, is making national news and prompting phone calls from around the world from people wanting to thank the inmates for what they did.

Investigators say 64-year old Deputy Kenneth Moon was sitting at a desk in a locked pod when inmate Douglas Burden came from behind and put him in a choke hold.

There were no other deputies in the immediate area to help, but other inmates surprisingly to some, came to the deputy's aid, even using his radio to call for help.

"When I got to Moon, he had an arm around this throat, and he was a completely different color," said Terrell Carswell, who says he's come to know Deputy Moon as someone he can talk to and trust.

"Just thinking about that's somebody father, that could have been my father. You going to run and help this man."

Colonel Jim Previtera oversees jail operations and credits the inmates with saving Deputy Moon's life.

"I think we owe them a tremendous amount of gratitude," Col. Prevatera said Thursday after reviewing the video. "They saved his life, that's the bottom line."