A 13-year-old Seattle boy watched his father who was suffering from cardiac arrest die while waiting more than 20 minutes for help to arrive - in a tragedy that critics say was caused by a shortage of cops and medical personnel staff resulting from the woke mayor's vaccine mandates and defund the police movement.
The unidentified boy called 911 earlier this month when his 45-year-old father began struggling to breath in the city’s Crown Hill neighborhood.
Firefighters arrived at the scene within 15 minutes, but an outdated note on file mistakenly indicated that the apartment occupant was aggressive, slowing their response as they waited on a police escort.
‘He’s conscious but he’s not OK,’ the boy told 911 in an incident report obtained by The Jason Rantz Show on KTTH.
He added during the November 2 call, lodged at 1:24 p.m., that his dad was ‘making a moaning noise.’
The Seattle Fire Department arrived at 1:32 p.m. but was discouraged from entering the apartment without police because the man living there had a history of threatening first responders, a spokesperson told DailyMail.com.
Seattle firefighters responding to a 911 call earlier this month held off on entering the apartment until police arrived because of a note on file that said the occupant had been previously combative toward first responders. (File photo)
The vaccine mandate in Seattle is leading to a shortage of first responders. And our new staffing crisis likely contributed to a man's death -- in front of his 13-year-old son. It's a tragic story. I break it down on Tucker Carlson Tonight.
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As firefighters waited for a police escort, the boy called 911 again at 1:37 p.m.
‘He wasn’t like this before,’ the teen told a dispatcher. ‘I’m just really worried.’
The fire crew broke protocol and entered the unit without police at 1:39 p.m. – 15 minutes after the first call for help was made.
After waiting moments for police to escort them into the unit, firefighters entered the unit alone about 15 minutes after the initial call for help was lodged
One medic told KTTH that ‘had it been addressed early, his chance of survival would have been 60 percent.’
Police and medics arrived at the scene at 1:45 p.m. – more than 20 minutes after the initial call for help – and despite attempting CPR for an hour, couldn’t save the man, the outlet reported.
The Seattle Police Department did not respond to a DailyMail.com request for comment by deadline.
The Seattle Fire Department said it was following procedure when it initially held off on entering the unit.
Firefighters rely on ‘premise notes’ inputted into the dispatch system to alert them of any potential dangers or provide building access information, spokesperson Kristin Tinsley told DailyMail.com.
One premise note is intended to warn responders headed toward buildings where a tenant previously had acted aggressively toward emergency crews.
The boy told an operator during his second 911 call that his dad was barely breathing
The unit firefighters responded to November 2 was flagged for being occupied by an aggressive man and a note advised firefighters to request police before entering.
‘We had a “cautionary” premise note entered into the system for that address due to experiences with a patient who had lived there that was known to be combative towards SFD and SPD,’ Tinsley said. ‘Unfortunately, we learned during the most recent
