BROWNS SUMMIT, N.C. -- It has been almost exactly a year since a Guilford County Sheriff's deputy took two bullets in the line of duty. A 911 hang-up call late last February sent Deputy Matthew Self to Browns Summit, where he says a man turned a gun on him after shooting his wife. Self says what matters is showing up saved her.

"I work hard at what I do,” says Deputy Self. “I want to be the best, and it's just the type of person I am. I'm thankful I was put in that situation to attempt to save her life, which was successful."

Self recently received the Medal of Valor and Purple Heart. The man accused of shooting him is awaiting trial on attempted murder, assault and kidnapping charges.