Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Hazelwood man dies after 10 calls to 911 over two days

The next time someone brings up the argument that they have full confidence in the local government to provide immediate assistance through a simple call to 911 – keep this story in mind.

 

Hazelwood man dies after 10 calls to 911 over two days

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

By Sadie Gurman, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

In his first call to 911, Curtis Mitchell sounded calm, explaining to dispatchers that his "entire stomach [was] in pain."

By the time his longtime girlfriend made a 10th call nearly 30 hours later, she was frantic. He wasn't breathing. He was cold to the touch.

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