Jan 15, 2008 5:57 pm US/Pacific
Excerpts From SF Tiger Attack 911 Calls
(AP)
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Tatiana, the tiger involved in last month's attack.
SF Zoo
The following are excerpts of a 911 recording made between 5:06 p.m. and 5:22 p.m. on Dec. 25. A male zoo employee is on the phone with a dispatcher relaying information he is getting from co-workers over a walky-talky.
- Dispatcher:
"Is the patient saying he was bitten?"
Male zoo employee:
"He was saying he was bitten by an animal, but there is no animal escaped so he could just be crazy." - Female zoo employee:
"He is saying he got attacked by a lion." Male zoo employee:
"That is virtually impossible." Female zoo employee:
"I'm walking away from him right now so I can talk to you."
Male zoo employee:
"I'm heading over in that direction. I can't imagine how he could have possibly gotten attacked by a lion. He would have had to go in, I just can't see it."
- Female zoo employee:
"I got a tiger out. Code One. By the yellow picnic site. Code One. Trooper, stay put."
Unidentified person:
"What? What kind of animal?"
Male zoo employee:
"We have a Code One. They say they have a
tiger out."
Female zoo employee:
"Trooper, get on the other side and close the gate."
Male zoo employee:
"OK, the tiger is out. They are closing up the south gate."
Female zoo employee:
"Trooper, don't open up the gate. Tell the SFPD to get on the radio when they get here."
Dispatcher:
"It's fire that's there first." Male zoo employee:
"The tiger is walking around, but it's calm
now."
- Male zoo employee speaking to someone:
"Just to let you know.
One of the tigers got loose, so you are going to have to tell everybody to clear out quickly."
Male zoo employee to visitors:
"The zoo is closed. They are in a situation so you are going to have to leave quickly. ... Please hurry." Female zoo employee:
"I am clearing the zoo. Get everybody out, parking lot, front gate. Get everybody out."
The following are excerpts from a seven-minute recording made between 5:16 p.m. and 5:23 p.m. on Dec. 25, between one of the Dhaliwal brothers outside the zoo cafe and a San Francisco 911 dispatcher. -Dispatcher:
"OK. I'm just going to stay on the line with you until the paramedics are with you, alright?" Brother:
"OK. Can you check up on them and see where they're at?" Dispatcher:
"They're on scene right now, but they have to stage until they're given permission to go inside." Brother:
"It's a matter of life and death!" - Dispatcher:
"OK, the ambulance is staging. I need you to understand that the ambulance ..."
Brother:
"What you need to understand is my brother is about to die out here!" (Brother shouting, 911 dispatcher talking over him)
Dispatcher:
"OK, calm down. I'm going to stay on the line with
you. If the paramedics get hurt, they cannot help your brother, so you need to calm down." - Brother:
"Can you fly a helicopter out here? Because I don't see a (expletive) ambulance here." Dispatcher:
"OK, stay calm. You have to stay calm for your brother, all right?" Brother:
"Man, it does not take this long to get an ambulance out here."
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