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Tragic security snafu: Man dies at JFK after doors delay responders
The New York Post ^ | July 17, 2013 | PHILIP MESSING

Posted on 07/17/2013 5:53:35 AM PDT by fruser1

Edited on 07/17/2013 6:06:00 AM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A man died after suffering a heart attack at Kennedy Airport after two teams of first responders failed to reach him

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: airport; security
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1 posted on 07/17/2013 5:53:35 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: fruser1

Too bad the EMTs weren’t Moslem terrorists; they would have been ushered right through.


2 posted on 07/17/2013 5:55:56 AM PDT by Jack Hammer (American)
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To: fruser1

someone blames sequestration in 3 . . 2 . . 1 . .


3 posted on 07/17/2013 5:57:53 AM PDT by JohnBrowdie (http://forum.stink-eye.net)
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To: fruser1

“Lawyers up!”


4 posted on 07/17/2013 5:59:17 AM PDT by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: fruser1

PANYNJ....big money...big lawsuit.


5 posted on 07/17/2013 6:04:05 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Civil Servants Are No Longer Servants...Or Civil.)
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To: fruser1

I wonder if they have portable defibrillators in the airport? They have them here at various spaces inside the airport, on the walls.


6 posted on 07/17/2013 6:04:13 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: fruser1

I’m surprised that the airport doesn’t have its own team of first responders. I guess I’m just naive.


7 posted on 07/17/2013 6:04:42 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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They do have their own first responders. They just apparently didn’t bother to give them access.


8 posted on 07/17/2013 6:09:05 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

The airport would probably hire all Muslims as their first responders, and they would probably spend all day washing their feet in their special, luxurious Muslims-Only bathrooms.


9 posted on 07/17/2013 6:09:52 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: fruser1
I have said, many, many, many times ...

America has been successfully terrorized !!

We are so afraid of everything, nothing works smoothly without some sort of "security" action.

I USED to have my CC swiped with a paper thingy and I signed and walked away.

Now;

I swipe, punch in if it is debit/credit/ebt/LMNOP etc.,Please enter PIN, Is This Amount Correrct (how the f**** do I know?), do you want cash back, Sorry .. bad card read, please see cashier


I imagine myself on my back and the kind, soft voices hovering over me tell me to relax, the EMT's are just outside the door ... and maybe I'm lulled into a calm of sleepiness .... Hello Jesus

10 posted on 07/17/2013 6:10:09 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: fruser1

“Snafu” is the right description for something like this at Kennedy Airport. The place is a nightmare and things are always going wrong.


11 posted on 07/17/2013 6:15:50 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Did the TSA make the EMT’s remove their shoes ?


12 posted on 07/17/2013 6:20:30 AM PDT by Col Frank Slade
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To: driftdiver

This is a new terminal. Possibly they didn’t give the first responders the right cards, possibly they gave them the cards and their supervisors didn’t distribute the cards or inform them that it was necessary to use a different card, or possibly the equipment simply malfunctioned. I think we’ll have to see what comes out later.


13 posted on 07/17/2013 6:30:17 AM PDT by livius
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To: fruser1

So, OK, the doors’ malfunctioning killed him, or the heart attack?

NYP writers maligning the airport? Just because they can?

Just saying, there’s never a guarantee EMS nor the medical system can cure.

That kind of thinking is what generates lawsuits.


14 posted on 07/17/2013 6:34:29 AM PDT by stanne
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THis is going to cost a LOT of money.

I bet that the damage award is in the $20 million range.


15 posted on 07/17/2013 6:44:30 AM PDT by Alex in chains
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To: livius

Those of us in the real world are usually MANDATED to test any/all possibilities.

Hell, being a programmer I’m required to get those BEFORE starting a project, have to have unit and manual tests as well as sign-off testing by the customer.

Reminds me of the Jax ‘new’ courthouse. 10x over budget and the damn fire suppression system seems to fail every time it’s tested; even though it’s in use currently.


16 posted on 07/17/2013 8:30:24 AM PDT by i_robot73 (We hold that all individuals have the Right to exercise sole dominion over their own lives - LP.org)
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