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Coverage dated January 16, 2024

911 caller asked for no lights, sirens for defense secretary's ambulance

Headline from ABC 13 Houston

In a 911 call for help for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the person requests the ambulance requested to be discreet.

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  1. ABC 13 Houston

    911 caller asked for no lights, sirens for defense secretary's ambulance (opens ABC 13 Houston)

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    ABC 13 Houston's feed description

    In a 911 call for help for Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, the person requests the ambulance requested to be discreet.

  2. CNN

    Aide asked 911 dispatcher to send ambulance to Austin’s house without lights and sirens before Walter Reed hospitalization (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    An aide who called 911 requesting an ambulance to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s house on New Year’s Day asked that the ambulance be discreet and “not show up with lights and sirens.”

  3. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    ‘We’re trying to remain a little subtle’: Austin aide pressed 911 dispatcher to keep ambulance response quiet (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    ABC 17 Mid-Missouri's feed description

    CNN By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — An aide who called 911 requesting an ambulance to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s house on New Year’s Day asked that the ambulance be discreet and “not show up with lights and sirens” due to a desire by Austin’s camp to be “subtle.

  4. Fox News

    Lloyd Austin aide asked EMS to be 'subtle' en route to hospital, 911 call reveals (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    An aide for Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin asked the ambulance responding to Austin's home to not use its lights or sirens and to be "subtle."

  5. Blaze Media

    Lloyd Austin aide made unusual — and telling — request in 911 call before secret ICU hospitalization (opens Blaze Media)

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    Blaze Media's feed description

    The scandal of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's ICU hospitalization cover-up took another turn on Tuesday.Audio of the 911 call that one of Lloyd's aides made requesting an ambulance to the secretary's northern Virginia home suggests that aides intentionally tried to keep the hospitalization a secre…

  6. Washington Times

    911 caller for Defense Secretary Austin asked for a quiet ambulance arrival (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    The 911 phone call placed by an employee of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin when he was taken to the hospital for surgery complications revealed that they wanted to keep things quiet.

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