Officer at scene 'livid' after Fulton 911 mix-up (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

8 August 2008, 5:54 pm

James Harris Jr. was outraged when he heard that Darlene Dukes was dead on arrival at Emory Johns Creek Hospital. The Johns Creek police corporal was determined to find out what had gone wrong. Harris had performed CPR on the woman for more than 30 minutes awaiting an ambulance misdirected by the Fulton County 911 center. That was on top of a 30-minute delay in his receiving the call for help. ...... read more

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