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Newborn Baby Dies After Waiting 9 Hrs for Emergency Help in NYC Blizzard

A newborn baby died in Brooklyn on Tuesday after her mother waited nine hours for emergency personnel to respond to her call for help.

The baby was delivered inside a building vestibule in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Crown Heights. The mother, a 22-year-old college student, called 911 for help but emergency personnel were unable to access her because of snow-covered streets. When personnel finally arrived, the baby was unconscious and unresponsive. The newborn was taken to a local hospital and eventually declared dead.

“No one could get to her. Crown Heights was not plowed, and no medical aid came for hours,” the newborn’s grandmother told the New York Daily News.

Elsewhere in New York City, a Queens woman tried for 20 minutes to reach a 911 operator to request assistance for her mother. When she finally reached someone, it took personnel three hours to reach her mother. She died before anyone showed up.

And another Brooklyn woman had to wait 30 hours for help to arrive after she called for assistance due to a broken ankle.

By Tuesday, the backlog had gotten so bad that emergency officials requested that people only call 911 in “life-threatening” situations.

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  • Gerrymanderer
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:07am

    My street still isn’t plowed. I’m not playing the blame game. It’s hard to plow thousands of miles of streets. NYC is bigger than most cities. Blaming Bloomberg…please. Blame Bush.

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  • petestreet
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:02am

    I am stunned, the commie left has dumbed down the trash that live in the big cities. In the 50“s we had 36” of snow in March. We dug our way out and did for ourselves. Big cities didn’t have copters or modern equipment. People survived, of course we were a free people back then.

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:30am

      We have/are becoming the British nanny state.
      The first that will feel the economic collapse are those who depend on the Government.
      These same folks will then turn on us.
      Remember they are “entitled”

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  • TRUSTNO MAN
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:56am

    ….and when ye crap doth smacks ye yonder fan, ye shall hear of boundless whinings from lands far and wide proclaiming “why hath Ceasar abandoned his worshippers and surroundeth himself in his Bloomberg robes where no sling nor arrow feareth tread”? Woe unto us in these darkest of times since Sunday. I sayeth unto you, the 911 gods of man shall save thee in all the days of Hilk and Money lest ye budgetary yokes burden the sustanance gorging beasts of entitlements. – a chapter from ‘Ancestors of the Blizzard of ’78′ (fiction) with thoughts from H. Katrina.
    Summary: Survival is not guaranteed by dialing 911. Always AT LEAST have within reach a first aid kit, matches, water, candles, food, “Self-Protection” and most importantly, a Holy Bible.
    I wait only on the Lord God Almighty.

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    • firstlast
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:16am

      I agree, we should be our own 1st line of defense. I have a real problem with someone telling me I dont need a gun, I just need to call an idiot cop who will bring…a gun. Everyone needs to understand basic survival skills and be prepared (especially when they’re 9 months pregnant in a blizzard!!!). Weather can be a killer

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  • thetwilightzone
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:52am

    If this was in Louisiana it would be another Katrina. People have got to stop expecting the government to come to their rescue and start helping each other.

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  • MontanaRob
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:42am

    Weather is something we always have, and likely always will be at the mercy of. We find ways to mitigate the effects but can’t, nor should we control it completely.

    As far as the poor response time, the half-a$$ed street crews, and Da Mayor, Mikey “Gun Hater” Bloomberg(corruption at it’s finest), you can’t count on those who truly only think of themselves, their image, and how to get ahead. We must be self sufficient. Glenn has been preaching this for sometime and some of us have known it all along, it being ingrained into our being from youth.

    The best way to deal with these fools, tools, and drooling (did ya ever notice how many progressives have lisps, ticks, twitches and whatnot? there is something psychological there I’m sure) dolts is to be of better service than they are. It’s easy to do as most are really quite incapable of much at all. They are “idea” people, and count on those that can, to do, as they cannot. Eventually, many will see who is truly worthwhile and the “smoke and mirrors” falls away from the effetes. Obama’s ratings are an example of this.

    I also find, as someone else here has been alluding to, to simply laugh at their ridiculous ideas and go off and do it right. They HATE that.

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  • charliego
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:39am

    I am saddened by the passing of the baby and other citizens affected by this brutal weather. I am a bit concerned as to the infant’s death. Unless there was a difficult and compromising labor that complicated the birth process, an anomaly or prematurity and its complicating factors, there are ways to provide for a baby’s warmth and feed this little one. I wish someone in the building could have supported this mom and baby, but we must take it as it is and hope lessons are learned. I have known doctors and nurses to come to hospitals on snow skiis, but with this type of atrocious blizzard one risks their own lives. My prayers to all in the Northeast.

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 12:14pm

      We just really don’t know the whole story…sad

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  • ShineTheLightBrighter
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:39am

    They are emergency services personnel! They get paid to put their lives on the line just like our military. If someone from the ermergency department didn’t die trying to save that kid or anyone else with a life threatening emergency they need to find another line of work. If we cannot count on our emergency personnel to put their lives on the line for us in time of emergency then what are we doing paying their ungodly high salaries and pensions. I’ll bet you if that call had gone to a volunteer fire department they would have found a way to get that baby to a hospital.

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    • dontbotherme
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:01pm

      Shinethelight – My daughter is a first responder. THEY PUT THEIR LIVES ON THE LINE EVERY TIME THEY GO OUT ON A CALL. 2 OF THEM WERE SHOT TO DEATH LAST YEAR ON A CALL IN THE ST LOUIS AREA! DOES THAT MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER? YEAH & THEY GET PAID SO MUCH (A COUPLE OF BUCKS OVER MINIMUM WAGE). THE CALLS GO TO THE POLICE/FIRE DEPARTMENTS, & THE DISPATCHER SENDS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONDERS. IN THIS INCIDENT THEY COULD NOT GET THROUGH BECAUSE THE ROADS WERE IMPASSABLE. PARDON MY ANGER BUT THINK BEFORE YOU CRITICIZE & BLAME! I’d like to see you hold a dying baby that cannot be saved because of massive trauma from a car accident in your arms & then have to listen to crap like what you spewed & go on with your life & your job!

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    • ShineTheLightBrighter
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 3:58pm

      @ Dontbother: that’s the point, they did not hold this dying baby. They did not try. This is not the middle of the wilderness, its Brooklyn and 2 or 3 feet of snow should not be able to stop a first responder for “nine” hours. I could sleep fine at night if I held the baby while it died from injuries that were insurmountable. I am not sure I could sleep knowing I never tried to save one that was able to be saved. I know there are plenty of heoric first responders and I commend them, especially the volunteers. I don’t commend those who do it as a “job” and won’t get out of their vehicles to reach a person in need. This is not the first case in New York of this kind of incident in bad whether. That said there are plenty of cases where the effort is made successfully in New York and elsewhere. I just wonder about the closest responders in this case. How well will they sleep?

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on December 30, 2010 at 5:12am

      ShineTheLightBrighter
      You rant without knowing all the facts. At the time of her first call she said she was giving birth but that it was not imminent. There were police officers present to assist her by the time she gave birth six hours later. When they reported that the baby had been born but was unconscious, firefighters arrived within 12 minutes, and EMTs within a half hour. They got her and the baby to the hospital within another half hour, but it was too late.

      Maybe the snow removal efforts could have been handled more efficiently, but New York only gets a storm like this about once every ten years, and we have the same kind of budget problems that a lot of cities and states are facing this year You are absolutely wrong in assuming that the emergency personnel did not do everything they could short of putting an ambulance on their backs and carrying it through two feet of snow.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on December 30, 2010 at 5:52am

      I must correct my last post. The woman called the hospital to report that she was blleding and about to have her child eight hours after her first call. The baby was delivered an hour after that. The hospital had attempted to call her several times betwen her first and last calls, but had not been able to reach her.

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  • Pleasance
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:37am

    Many people tried to drive their cars during the blizzard, became stuck, and blocked the streets. A major avenue in Manhattan was blocked due to a M15 bus being unable to get up a slight incline – no chains on bus. People dug out their cars and dumped the snow onto the freshly cleared streets.

    EMS, Fire, and Police did the best possible under the cicumstances; it was a blizzard after all.

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  • starman70
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:34am

    @ PDFROMTOLEDO:

    I lived in NYC during the 40′s, 50‘s and 60’s. I‘m thankful that I don’t live there now!
    In those days the city suffered several blizzards, some with as much as 36 incdhes of snow. The main theroughfares were kept open during the entire time and the side streets were opened within 36 hours. It is really sad to see how one of the greatest cities in the world has crumbled and decayed due to the “Progressive” politics now in command.

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  • Desert Dog
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:34am

    It is sad these kind of things happen but they will. We can‘t change the weather and we must accept it’s consequences. Life is not Disenyland.

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  • Rosemary Woodhouse
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:33am

    Med Evac helicopters seemed to have functioned quite well in New Orleans post Katrina. Were white people affected? I say, play the race card!

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  • swimmer1940
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:32am

    Bad weather=people die. Be it tornados, hurricanes, blizzards, earthquakes, tsunamis etc. people will get injured and/or die.
    That’s life folks, get used to it because some things we have no control over, and no one is to blame. Yet the blame game continues. Bloomberg didn’t order the snow, Christie didn’t either.
    Nov 11, 1940 was a gorgeous autumn day. People were out hunting, fishing or just hiking around enjoying the fine weather….BOOM. Without warning, came the great Armistice Day blizzard that buried Minnesota and its neighbors. Hundreds died. My In-laws, who had been out for a drive, spent a couple of nights in a school gymnasium. They were among the lucky ones who found shelter. Our town doctor followed a snowplow twenty miles out into the countryside to deliver a baby.
    These complaints and whining are all part of the wimpification of this country. For Pete’s sake!

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  • sean_m.
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:31am

    I bet everything will be up and running smoothly for NewYear’s though.

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  • Ray2447
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:28am

    Could this be a portention (foreshadowing) of the healthcare blizzard about to strike us under Obamacare. I feel sorry for that poor little baby an its mom, but I suspect many infants lives will not be valued as highly as more potentially productive citizens – according to the Marx-o-centric Obama doctrine, “From each according to his ability. To each according to his need.” With so little ability, Marx-o-centric Obamacare will undoubtedly see very little need for new born infant lives. It’s all a part of the Democrat culture of death.

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  • Marylou7
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:27am

    Has the death panel started already in NYC. Supposedly senior citizens and very young babies are at the bottom of the life chain. You know they don’t really contribute much to the welfare rolls.

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  • Whatifglennisright
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:20am

    I live in upstate New York, were we receive 300 to 400″ of snow per season. Emergency services include helicopters and snowmobiles. There are ways to get around in snow emergencies, but Mayor Bloomberg is so busy sucking money out of upstate New York (with the help of congressional cronies like Anthony Weiner) and watching out for his mosque building buddies that he couldn’t get on a phone to order up a truck load or two of snowmobiles (they can be rented/leased/ borrowed…whatever). It was too blustery for helicopters, but a snowmobile towing a sled would have saved that baby. Oh wait, that’s called common sense, something sorely lacking in NYC politics!

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    • moriarty70
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:41am

      You have to remember, most city centers aren’t trained/equiped to deal with these kinds of situation because most of the snow melts almost as quickly as it falls.

      I live an hour outside Toronto and it’s the same deal. I’ll clear a foot and a half of snow off my car, head into the city and they have an inch of slush. We know how to deal with heavy snow, have the plow numbers, etc. But if Toronto was hit with the kind of snow we’re used to, it would grind to a halt. In fact, it did. Back a number of years a storm like this hit Toronto and the mayor called in the Canadian Forces to help clear the streets. We all cracked jokes, but in retrospect, it prevented many stories like this one.

      I have to give @snowleopard3200 credit for being one of the very few not trying to tie this into the “Progressives” or “Obamacare”.

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    • starman70
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:43am

      WELL SAID!!!!!! A shining example of progressive politics at work!

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  • mdlwoods
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:13am

    Depend on the government to dig you out and you will die waiting. Where were the neighbors with snow shovels? Where were neighbors helping to get these people to a hospital, digging if necessary? Again, the whole depend on government mentality, even if it is the lowly part of the government that shovels the snow and clears the streets.

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  • PDfromToledo
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:13am

    People…put the politics aside and think for one moment… the city got blasted with a blizzard and there isn’t enough equipment to clear NYC in 2 days. Tragic circimstances led to this childs death; not the Mayor, not the Governor, not the unions. Read the story… did she not realize she was in labor? No one was around to help her? Did everyone in that building ignore her crys? Sad, very sad. Stop blaming everyone for everyones misfortune. Life just doesn’t work that way.

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  • Alvin691
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:07am

    NYC is the Progressive model to limit human footprint on earth. Collect as many as possible in a small area so environmental “damage” is limited and human activity is “controlled”. Cattle.

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  • grandmaof5
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:04am

    In some cases I guess you won‘t know if it’s life-threatening until the person dies (and who wants to take that chance?). Indigestion or stroke? Strained muscle in the arm or heart attack? I guess all this is the govenor‘s fault and hopefully he isn’t in Disney World waiting for the airports to reopen and flights to resume. Maybe this is due to NY being in so much debt that it can’t afford to clear the streets and, therefore, people die. You know you have to sacrifice some for the good of the union pensions.

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  • Sergio Q
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:03am

    my condolances to the familys for there losses , MotherNature & Ole’Man Winter are crule & a force we have no controll over.

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    • Hispaniconservative
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:03am

      Mother Nature is not cruel, it is what it is, a force of nature. We just have to deal with it. Preparedness is the Key. Failure to prepare is preparing to fail. Based on the winter that we had last year, NYC should have been better prepared for this and even if they had been, there is no way to ensure that this tragedy would not happen. We are just speculating. The reason why everybody is jumping on Mayor Bloomberg is because of his callousness in dealing with the WTC Mosque situation. In the view of NYC dwellers and Conservatives (notice CAP C) 1+1 =2, he just does not care about NYC and is just going thru the motions. For Shame, Mr. Blunder, Lead, Follow or Get the H*!! out of the way.

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  • starman70
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:01am

    You can’t blame the Paramedics and EMTs. Blame the Bloomberg administration and the demands of the UNIONS which cause cities to lay off or not replace retired workers. Union demands make it impossible for cities with crumbling tax revenues to be able to afford new workers.

    The old Russian adage under the Communists was: The Government pretends to pay us and we pretend to work. The unions create a situation where only HALFof the adage is true: The city PAYS us and we pretend to work.

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  • guyperram
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:00am

    Don’t help yourself, the government will do it. Isn’t marxism/socialism wonderful. I wonder how many other large cities would experience the same problem? I call them “the socialist workers paradise of ______”.

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    • Dandylyon
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:15pm

      YA! the socialist unions really showed the people how they will react in life or death situation’s in this test of the “almighty union worker” a slow down is all you get and not one union worker will be fired.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on December 31, 2010 at 9:23pm

      If you or I find ourselves in a blizzard situation and we are out of reach from a rescue team. Then we have to accept that as the situation. We cannot change the circumstances. We have to rely on ourselves.
      If you rely on someone to rescue you, then you are a unrealistic dreamer. There was a time when people accepted their situation with grit, and determination, to do all they could to help/rescue themselves from their own unwise decisions. We all make mistakes in judgement, but when we do, don’t cry when no one is coming with hot chocolate and warm blankets. Be prepared for emergencies.

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  • HillBillySam1
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:59am

    Maybe Mayor Bloomberg should worry more about doing his job that trying to find favor with the Progressive media and the Ground Zero Mosque supporters…….

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:22am

      In the case of this storm though, as I do not live in the area of the nation, could anything else have been done by the government to be better prepared?

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    • starman70
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:37am

      The first street the city opened was to the site of the proposed “Ground Zero Mosque”. HA,HA,HA!

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    • VerySeniorCitizen
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:38am

      Oh, I guess you have never been caught in a blizzard in a city of 8 million people. I have!

      Back in 1974 it took my husband 8 hours (in an 18 wheeler) to travel 30 miles – on the Long Island Distressway, also known as the ‘longest parking lot in the world’. Meanwhile I had fallen on ice buildup and broken an ankle on a ramp at my apartment complex. It took more than two hours for the ambulance to get to me (about 9 blocks) and the EMT fell right beside me while trying to help -and broke his hip.

      The conditions are treacherous and patience is needed. But New Yorkers are not known for their patience!

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    • firstlast
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:44am

      Bloomberg was trying to find favor with the conservatives when he cut city sanitation budget in half! I thought you all wanted LESS GOVERNMENT SPENDING?

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:12am

      I am from Buffalo NY, so I know snow. We dug ourselves out and used our 4×4s to help people. If your wait for the government this is what happens……I blame the (demorat lovin) citizens of NYC for this sad event. I live in Florida now..it was a little chilly last night

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    • roseofsharon
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 12:00pm

      We’re in New Jersey, by the Shore, hit with 4-5 feet of snow… I put the soup on and husband bundled up, got the shovel (and we were just pricing snow blowers last week!! ugh) and no sooner had hubby started, here comes our neighbor with his bobcat!!!! Wouldn’t take money, says neighbors get dug out for free, and away he goes clearing our street and part of our driveways. We have a long driveway so my guy had to work and dig out our cars, but what a day. All the neighbors were out shovelling and people were walking around the neighborhood with shovels… All in all I think we did good here on our own, but definately no ambulance could of gotten through for hours. My heart goes out to the 22 yr old mother, I honestly don’t know what could of been done. We’ve been buried deep over here.

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    • Highland
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 12:33pm

      If only the child or mother had been eating trans fats. Bloomberg would have been there in an instant.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:10pm

      Everyone,

      Thanks for sharing the stories, helps answer a lot of questions.

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    • Dandylyon
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:10pm

      @FIRSTLAST.
      Spoken like a true progressive.Maybe people are talking about earmarks and pork you idiot,not everyday services to the people.
      This is the true “if we can’t have it our way then we will ruin it for everybody”mentality of the liberal agenda.Can’t defend so destory.

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  • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
    Posted on December 29, 2010 at 9:58am

    I offer prayers to the Almighty to comfort and support the mother and her family in this time of loss.

    Honestly though, given the extreme circumstanses of the weather and the amount of snow having been dumped on the ground, is there anything different that realilisitcally could have been done to get to these two women, and others as well?

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    • grandmaof5
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:12am

      Snowleopard, have been trying to catch up with you. Hopefully you had a blessed Christmas. Got you computer fixed? Have a great day.

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:14am

      This is a very sad story. Specifically…for those of you yelling at Mayor Bloomberg for not doing his job you have to stop the insanity of expecting logical respones from those in-charge and remember the government does not give a DAMN about the subjects. Surprised! We will never take the country back by yelling.

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    • snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:21am

      @Grandmaof5

      Computer still looks like modern art with blowtorch applied; entire motherboard and hardrive shorted out in massive surge due to faulty wiring. Holidays were fine, spent them alone here with few who bugged me.

      Hope your holiday went fine, and take a look at my latest on the gallery, just click the link above.

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    • cessna152
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:26am

      Bush’s fault…

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    • Reagan/DeMint.deciple
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:26am

      The vestibule ? why not her apartment ? maybe the baby would have lived if it had warmth, clean water ect. ect. Don’t tell me she was waiting in the vestibule for 911 to arrive.. ??? Regardless, my prayers are with the baby and the mother, it’s a sad story when the very young die…

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    • Xcori8r
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:36am

      As global warming is causing increasingly more severe winters, the city should consider adding tracked vehicles for emergency response.

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    • FED-UP-AND-READY-TO-TAKE-ACTION
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 10:52am

      Sad to hear of the loss of life due to the storm. Keeping in mind due to the weather no one could get to these people to help them, more of these kind of things will happen as the government become broke. When the basic services are not there many people will not have a clue what to do for themselves. We are soft as a nation and have become become over weight, out of shape people dependent on air conditioning, stores full of every food we could imagine, going to the Dr for the slightest thing, expecting someone to come running at our every need.

      The people in the cities will suffer the most as most country people still have basic skills to survive. We as a Nation need to get our house in order for what is to come………………..VICTORY OR DEATH

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    • Cobra Blue
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:30am

      FedUpAndReadyToTakeAction..

      Well said. We all need to learn how to practice self-reliance.

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    • c10win
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 11:45am

      President Bush was blasted for the hurricane in New Orleans, even though the dummies had been warned to have enough to get them through 3 days. Dem mayor and governor only concerned about partying in the chocolate city as buses sat idle filling with water. All Bushes fault. Now people are dying in New York while waiting for medical help that isn’t coming. Where is obama? Oh, on vacation and living the big life in hawaii… And rumors are that obama’s unions have a little work slowdown going in order to squeeze out some more tax dollars. A child‘s blood on obama’s hands. Maybe he can have a beer with the grieving mother and make it all better. The child is safe now…

       
    • MAULEMALL
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 12:22pm

      Just another infant….. Dems have been killing them by the thousands for years…

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    • walkwithme1966
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 12:34pm

      Often even in a city that is use to a lot of snow – you are just not prepared enough. There was just too much snow for EMS to get around – really sad about the newborn – my thoughts go out to that mother!!
      http://maboulette.wordpress.com

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    • Dandylyon
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:02pm

      @SNOW
      I can’t belive you would ask such a question.I have always said if you don’t know what to do or how to do it then copie someone who does.do you think people in Alaska die because no one can get to them in a snow storm.
      They had plenty of warning,being anything other then idiots they might of thought to bring track vehicals for situation’s like these two deaths.
      If your going to put it on the people being ready and fend for themselves then tell them outright and get rid the of morons that are being payed to be there for them or the president that says he will take of everyone craddle to grave…………………..(but only if you vote for me),you can’t have it both ways!!

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 1:46pm

      This was NOT the entire fault of the GOVERNMENT.. Mother Nature does it’s own thing.. HOWEVER.. since this was NY and they had PLENTY of warning about the impending storm.. People have to make choices that fall to the safe side.. I have to ask myself MANY questions on this..the story does NOT cover.. where was the girl when she went into labor? How long was she in labor before they called 911.. did she live in the building? did her grandmother? WHY was the baby born in a entrance way? If she lived in the building why did she leave her apartment? Something is NOT being told here.. I feel bad for the mother and the family and my condolences to them but to many unanswered questions.. As for the woman’s mother that died again my condolences.. however it does NOT explain if the mother was really ill or her death was the total sum of them not being able to get to her or if it was Nature taking it’s course..
      People have to remember that during a SNOW STORM , HURRICANE, etc.. there is only so much sometimes that can be done by GOVERNMENT.. they are not GOD.. nor MOTHER NATURE.. the workers have to deal with not just the snow but the boobs that go out in it get stuck.. gum up traffic etc.. and that would go for the ones who call 911 when it’s NOT an emergency.. REMEMBER we do out number them..

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    • avenger
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:21pm

      you aint seen nuttin yet bubba..wait till owe bama care clicks in.DEATH PANELS !

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    • RobertCA
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 4:31pm

      In an emergency like this good samaritans would offer help I’m surprised that no neighbors or anyone else offered some help , again more details are needed about this sad story .

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 29, 2010 at 6:58pm

      good thing they didn’t declare Marshall law
      http://www.prisonplanet.com/feed-me-obama-feed-me-the-plan-for-food-dependency.html

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    • HEARDENOUGHCRAP
      Posted on December 30, 2010 at 1:00am

      “Honestly though, given the extreme circumstanses of the weather and the amount of snow having been dumped on the ground,.is there anything different that realilisitcally could have been done to get to these two women, and others as well?”

      This is NOT the first blizzard that NYC or the East coast has had. Just a few years ago they knew how to handle snow. Now, suddenly, they don’t? Government workers, emergency personell, are all UNION. Ever heard of a “work slowdown”? So what if a few don’t get the care they need….collateral damage.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:55am

      Reagan/DeMint.deciple
      The woman was attempting to walk to the hospital in time to give birth there. When she realized she wasn’t going to make it she took shelter in the nearest building she could get into.

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    • Chet Hempstead
      Posted on December 30, 2010 at 5:55am

      @Reagan/DeMint.deciple
      By the way, what’s a deciple? Is it anything like a disciple?

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    • JKN
      Posted on December 30, 2010 at 7:54am

      Mayor Bloomberg has blood on his hands… Such a tragedy, such a waste of human life, and why?

      Mayor Bloomberg was so busy pushing for his Victory Mosque at Ground Zero and pushing all of his ridiculous regulations on food control, that he failed to perform his most basic duties as mayor.

      This absolute failure of a “Mayor” should be thrown out of office; but as usual, these arrogant global hacks are never held accountable.

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