911 Operator Should Go Right To Effin Jail – IOTW Report

911 Operator Should Go Right To Effin Jail

A snowflake 911 operator didn’t like the language (an f bomb) a distraught caller used so he hung up on them while a young man lay dying from a chest wound.

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The parents of a 17-year-old who was killed in a drive-by shooting are suing the firefighter who hung up on his friend when she called 911 for help, Courthouse News reports. Jaydon Chavez-Silver was at a party in Albuquerque when he was shot in the chest in 2015; Esperanza Quintero, then also 17, started CPR and called 911.

She was connected to medical dispatcher and firefighter Matthew Sanchez; in the recording of the call, she can be heard answering Sanchez’s questions while telling Chavez-Silver, “stay with me.” Sanchez asked her twice whether the teen was breathing; the second time, Quintero responded, “He’s barely breathing. How many times do I have to f—ing tell you?” Sanchez replied, “OK, you know what ma’am? You could deal with it yourself. I’m not gonna deal with this, OK?” and hung up as Quintero was saying, “No, my friend is dying…”

Ronald Silver and Nicole Chavez are suing Sanchez—they say he intentionally abandoned a patient while he was supposed to be doing his job, robbing their son of “his last clear chance to be kept alive.”

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There’s a lot of Sanchez’s in Albuquerque, no?

 

21 Comments on 911 Operator Should Go Right To Effin Jail

  1. If I and my husband had a nickel for every f bomb and other cuss words we heard and during all our years in the police department, we’d be retired already! Lol! What a wimp that guy is! And that’s only over the phone! Not face to face with a flaming jerk spitting, fighting, cussing, etc.

  2. Certainly not well trained. You gotta be able to handle distraught people. That’s the nature of the job. He’s an asshole. But his Department is to blame. I hope the family collects, big time.

  3. I’m no lawyer, nor did I sleep at a Holiday Inn last night, but it seems that suing one humble firefighter won’t net much of a reward unless they are doing it on principle. In 21st Century USA? Big payout from state, county or municipality at stake? Naah, couldn’t be but, amazingly, it kind of looks like they are.

  4. My daughter is a 911 dispatcher. She has been called every name in the book, but she never hung up on anyone in trouble. She’ll get home late at night, hug her kids and vent to us about the cruelty and stupidity of people. She’ll also talk about the kindness and self-sacrifice she has seen.

  5. If one isn;t cut out to do the job like this Sanchez asswipe, then he needs to find other employment. Mean while, make an example out of him. Fire him and put him in prison. What does suing get – nothing.

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