NYPD detective stabbed 10 times in Bronx robbery recalls chasing attackers while bleeding out

An NYPD detective stabbed 10 times during a robbery in the Bronx revealed how he struggled to call 911 while tracking his fleeing attackers before recognizing the severity of his own injuries and the extent of his blood loss Sunday on "One Nation with Brian Kilmeade."Detective Jose Mercedes said in an exclusive interview with Fox News that he couldn't unlock his phone as he tried to report his attackers' whereabouts.Realizing that he was bleeding badly, he stopped following them — recalling cases he had investigated involving victims who suffered significant blood loss."Suddenly, I grabbed my phone again, and it's completely filled with blood," Mercedes said.

"And at that point is when I stopped running."NYPD Detective Jose Mercedes speaks outside the Detectives Endowment Association headquarters after surviving a robbery in which two illegal immigrants allegedly stabbed him 10 times and stole a gold necklace.(Fox News)Mercedes said his police training kicked in when two masked men approached him while he was retrieving belongings from his car's trunk on his day off work.

One displayed a knife and attempted to grab the gold chains around his neck.‘BONNIE AND CLYDE’ ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT COUPLE ACCUSED OF BRAZEN JEWELRY THEFT SPREE ACROSS FOUR STATES"The first thing that went through my mind was fear," Mercedes recalled."The next thing that went through my mind was action."Mercedes said he managed to unmask both suspects during the struggle, despite fearing they might have additional weapons.

He also said he would have tried to escape the confrontation if he had seen the men approaching."The fear that comes upon you and your body turns cold," he told host Brian Kilmeade."Thereafter, your adrenaline kicks in. And now it’s action time, and now I have to defend myself with all my might or die."D’Angelo Rafael Jean Caraballo, left, and Sneider Mejia Bautista, right, are walked from the 52nd Precinct in The Bronx, N.Y., on October 13.

The men are Dominican cit...