Is it true that NYC mayor blasts EMTs accused of refusing to help?”
December 21, 2009 Bloomberg Blasts EMTs Accused of Refusing to Help By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Filed at 2:22 p.m. ET NEW YORK (AP) — Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday blasted two emergency medical technicians accused of refusing to help a pregnant woman who had collapsed in the coffee shop where they were taking a break. The woman and her baby later died. Bloomberg said refusing to help goes against human decency. ”There’s no excuse whatsoever,” he said. The Fire Department is investigating the accusation, which centers on the Dec. 9 death of 25-year-old Eutisha Revee Rennix. The EMTs, who have not been identified, are accused of telling employees at the eatery in downtown Brooklyn to call 911 and then leaving when they were asked to help Rennix, an employee who had collapsed. An ambulance was called, and Rennix was taken to Long Island College Hospital, where she died a short time later. Her baby girl was too premature to survive. The Fire Department declined to comment further pendin
