Darren McCord

Darren Francis Thomas McCord was a Canadian-born American firefighter and fire marshal who foiled a terrorist attack at the Pittsburgh Civic Arena against the Vice President Daniel Binder by disgruntled former CIA agent Joshua Foss.
==Biography==
===Early Life===
McCord played semi-pro hockey in his birth country of Canada, before emigrating to the United States. (FILM: Sudden Death)
===Career as a firefighter===
McCord worked for the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire as a firefighter. While fighting a house fire, McCord was pinned under debris while trying to save a little girl. When his fellow firemen pulled the flaming debris away, she had already died. The trauma from failing to save her caused him to be unable to work for an extended period of time. (FILM: Sudden Death)
===Terrorist Attack===
Two years later, McCord was given a temporary assignment as fire marshal for the Civic Arena. He was working there on the day of the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Chicago Blackhawks. (FILM: Sudden Death)
==Weapons and Abilities==
=== Inherent Abilities ===
* Physical fitness: Darren McCord kept himself in great physical condition, which assisted him during his hand-to-hand combat with Foss' mercenaries. (FILM: Sudden Death)
===Skills===
*Bomb disposal: McCord was able to disarm C4 explosives left around the arena by Foss' men. (FILM: Sudden Death)
*Improvisational weapons making: McCord was capable of utilising the materials around his for defence and offence, such as:
**Spices to blind an opponent
**Homemade wrist dart launcher
**Squirt gun converted into a flamethrower
**Weightlifting equipment
==Notes==
=== Behind the Scenes ===
*McCord was portrayed by Belgian actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.Sudden Death - IMDB - Retrieved 19 June 2021Jean-Claude Van Damme - IMDB - Retrieved 19 June 2021 In the 2020 remake, the equivalent character, Jesse, was portrayed by Michael Jai White.Welcome to Sudden Death - IMDB - Retrieved 19 June 2021Michael Jai White - IMDB - Retrieved 19 June 2021
=== References & Connections ===
*Van Damme also played a Canadian in "Death Warrant", in which he portrayed Royal Canadian Mounted Police detective Louis Burke.Death Warrant - IMDB - Retrieved 19 June 2021
*Detectives Martin Ward and David Bouchard also encountered a murderous hockey mascot in "Bon Cop, Bad Cop".Bon Cop, Bad Cop - IMDB - Retrieved 19 June 2021
==Appearances==
*Sudden Death (first and final appearance)
==Links==
*Darren McCord on the Jean-Claude Van Damme Wiki
==References==
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