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911 calls reveal delays in assistance after Christa Pike execution attempt
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The recordings show minutes elapsed as officials worked to determine whether requests for emergency assistance inside the execution chamber were legitimate.
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The recordings show that precious minutes elapsed as officials and responders tried to figure out whether a request for emergency help in the execution chamber was legitimate.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed lethal injection last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings reviewed by The Associated Press.
A total of 10 calls were made from 8:46 p.m. to 9:11 p.m. on Sept. 30 between Nashville's emergency dispatchers and other agencies or individuals involved.
One of Pike's attorneys also called 911 to report that Pike is "still alive and breathing, and needs immediate life-saving care," according to audio of the call.
One of Pike's attorneys also called 911 to report that Pike is "still alive and breathing, and needs immediate life-saving care," according to audio of the call.
It took about half an hour after the first 911 call about Christa Pike's botched execution for prison officials to affirm the emergency was legitimate, the calls show.
There was a 30-minute delay in treating convicted murderer Christa Pike after her failed execution late last month, according to emergency 911 calls between first responders and Tennessee prison officials. Pike, 50, received two doses of a lethal injection on Sept.
Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials following her failed execution last month, according to 911 dispatch recordings.
Authorities were baffled when they received a 911 call from Tennessee prison officials requesting medical help for convicted killer Christa Pike after she survived her botched execution — with one dispatcher believing it was someone “prank calling” them, according to new audio.
The recordings show minutes elapsed as officials worked to determine whether requests for emergency assistance inside the execution chamber were legitimate.
At 8:40 p.m., dispatchers received their first call reporting problems with the execution. Minutes later, they began trying to coordinate a response from emergency crews.
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