12h 21min, jun 25, 2009 y - Alberto Alvarez places 911-emergency call
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P. 1/P. 199:
911 Operator: Paramedic 33, what is the nature of your emergency?
Alvarez: Yes, sir, I need an ambulance as soon as possible.
911 Operator: Okay, sir, what is your address?
Alvarez: Carolwood Drive, Los Angeles, California, 90077.
911 Operator: Is it Carolwood?
Alvarez: Carolwood Drive, yes [inaudible]
911 Operator: Okay, sir, what’s the phone number you’re calling from and [inaudible] and what exactly happened?
Alvarez: Sir, we have a gentleman here that needs help and he’s not breathing, he’s not breathing and we need to – we’re trying to pump him but he’s not…
911 Operator: Okay, how old is he?
Alvarez: He’s 50 years old, sir.
911 Operator: Okay, he’s unconscious and he’s not breathing?
Alvarez: Yes, he’s not breathing, sir.
911 Operator: Okay, and he’s not conscious either?
Alvarez: No, he’s not conscious, sir.
911 Operator: Okay, all right, is he on the floor, where is he at right now?
Alvarez: He’s on the bed, sir. He’s on the bed.
911 Operator: Okay, let’s get him on the floor. Let’s get him down to the floor. I’m gonna help you with CPR right now, okay?
Alvarez: [inaudible]…we need to…
911 Operator: We’re on our way there. We’re on our way. I’m gonna do as much as I can to help you over the phone. We’re already on our way. [inaudible] did anybody see him?
Alvarez: Yes, we have a personal doctor here with him, sir.
911 Operator: Oh, you have a doctor there?
Alvarez: Yes, but he’s not responding to anything. He’s not responding to CPR or anything.
911 Operator: Okay, okay, we’re on our way there. If you guys are doing CPR instructed by a doctor you have a higher authority than me. Did anybody witness what happened?
Alvarez: Just the doctor, sir. The doctor’s been the only one here.
911 Operator: Okay, did the doctor see what happened, sir?
At this point in the phone call, Alvarez begins to relay the question to Dr Murray, who was still working on Jackson in the background. But Alvarez was abruptly cut off by someone, it could only be Murray, speaking angrily in a foreign language that cannot be identified. After being halted in his attempts to try to relay the questions to Murray, Alvarez returns to the phone call.
Alvarez: Sir, you just, if you can please…
911 Operator: We’re on our way. I’m just passing these questions on to my paramedics while they’re on their way there.
Alvarez: Okay. He’s pumping his chest but he’s not responding to anything, sir. Please…
911 Operator: Okay, we’re on our way. We’re less than a mile away. We’ll be there shortly.
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12h 21min, jun 25, 2009 y
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