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Officer Thomas Burke, played by Michael Landes, is a fictional character in the film Final Destination 2
Office Burke is one of the survivors of the Route 23 pile-up.
Burke is a highway patrol officer stationed in Westchester County, and also performs secondary tasks such as police investigation and crime scene cleanup. A year prior to the Route 23 pile-up he was ordered to clean up the remains of Billy Hitchcock, and therefore avoided a shootout that took the life of his partner.
In the film, Kimberly Corman has a premonition of a pile-up, in which a log crashes through Burke's windshield obliterating his head. Kimberly prevents him and several others from entering the highway, and the survivors are brought to the police station for questioning. Burke is the only one to consider Kimberly's theory that Death may still after them. After Evan Lewis' death, he and Kimberly attempt to save the remaining survivors, with the help of Flight 180 survivor Clear Rivers. She brings them to William Bludworth, who asserts that only "new life" can defeat Death. This leads them to believe that if Isabella Hudson has her baby it will ruin Death's plan, and they will all be safe. Burke falsely accuses Isabella of grand theft auto, and she is incarcerated. After the death of several other survivors, Isabella goes into labor, and Burke, Kimberly, and Clear rush to the hospital, where they witness Isabella give birth. They believe they have finally cheated Death until Kimberly realizes that Isabella was never on Death's list. Kimberly sacrifices herself for Burke's sake, and after he saves her, she is resuscitated by Dr. Ellen Kalarjian, thus granting her "new life". Since Kimberly died out of order, Death's list is ruined, saving Burke as well.
In Final Destination 3, a newspaper article reveals that Burke and Kimberly were killed after being knocked into a woodchipper at a hardware store; however, this is only mentioned in an alternate ending, making it non-canon. Officer Burke is seen again in a montage at the end of Final Destination 5.