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Donald Severance, show here on the right, spent his last day working for the Florida Senate today. He joined the Sgt at Arms office 40 years ago. He had a role in making sure police didn’t over react when a college student named Marshall Ledbetter broke into the Capitol and barricaded himself in a Senate office. Severance says the break-in was just one of the memorable moments.

“Mainly its the security of the Senate and Marshall Ledbetter of whom you spoke was one of them when he broke into our office. Another thing I’ll always remember is that when the nurse downstairs had a heart attack and we went down an performed CPR on her, and saved her life, so she’s spending time with her grandkids today. And of course 9-1-1. When it happened, we had to evacuate the Capitol. So those type things will always stick out in my mind” says the soon to be retired law enforcement veteran.

The soon to be retired Sgt. Was a confident of many powerful senators in his 40 years on the job. Asked if he was going to write a tell all book, he said no…because he didn’t want to leave the state.