September 30th, 1998...

It's a day I'll never forget...
The cop inside me died that day.
And that night, Raccoon City was wiped out, thanks to the bioweapons created by Umbrella...
Somehow, I made it out. But too many others...weren't so lucky.

I was "asked" later to join a top-secret government program. Not that I had a choice...

The training, the punishing missions...nearly killed me, but at least they kept my mind off everything...

If I could just forget what happened that night - the pain, even for a second?
This time, it can be different. It has to.

-Leon S. Kennedy