Audio of the 911 calls from the Hampton Inn Saturday evening paints a chaotic scene in the swimming pool area as multiple callers reported children passing out.
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The 11-year-old brother of a young girl who passed out pleaded for help as he also struggled to breathe.
Dispatch: Is she breathing?
Caller: I don’t know, I don’t know, I don’t know!
(Unintelligible)
Dispatch: How old are you?
Caller: I’m 11.
Dispatch: I need you to stay calm for me, OK? How many people are unconscious?
Caller: Three.
Dispatch: Where are they all located at?
Caller: In the pool area. Please hurry!
Dispatch: Is there any chemicals or anything?
Caller: I don’t know!
Dispatch: The other person that’s unresponsive, are they breathing?
Caller: I don’t know! I don’t know! I don’t know if they’re breathing!
Dispatch: Alright, Brooklyn, I need you to ask for me, is there somebody else there that can clarify whether they’re breathing?
Caller: I have my mom, my aunt and my uncle.
Dispatch: OK, ask them if they’re breathing.
Caller: Please hurry!
Dispatch: We’ve got them on their way. Brooklyn, are they breathing? …I need to know, are they breathing?
Caller: I’m not sure, I think they’re breathing!
Dispatch: I need you to check for me.
Caller: I think they’re breathing, I don’t know. Oh! The paramedics are here! Please hurry!
(Unintelligible)
Caller: Yes, they’re with me and I’m in and out… I’m, like, hazy.
Dispatch: Okay, get out of the pool – out of the pool area.
Caller: I am out of the pool. I – I can’t – there’s like, brown stuff in the pool and I’m like.
Dispatch: Brown stuff in the pool? Brooklyn?
Caller: Brown stuff in the pool.
Dispatch: Is there somebody with you, Brooklyn? You said you’re feeling ‘dazy’?
Caller: I have my mom, my uncle, my aunt and it’s hard for me to breathe and I have a headache.
Dispatch: Okay, is there a medic with you?
(Unintelligible)
Dispatch: Brooklyn – where are you exactly at right now?
Caller: (Heavy breathing and crying) The paramedics are here. I – I – it’s hard to breathe, my throat hurts.
Dispatch: Brooklyn?
Caller: (Panting)
Dispatch: Can you go outside?
Caller: (Crying) Oh my gosh.. the paramedics are here!
Dispatch: Is the paramedic with you?
Caller: Yes! (Crying) The paramedics are here!
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The mother of a two-year-old girl also urged first responders to hurry as her child cried while falling in and out of consciousness.
Caller: My daughter is 2 and we were just in the pool and she’s like half – like, she’s not very responsive.
Dispatch: Okay, is she breathing?
Caller: She is breathing but she keeps, like, passing out. You need to hurry, she is like, passing out.
Dispatch: Okay, did she inhale, like, water?
Caller: Yes, we were in the water. She is passed out. I need you to hurry.
Dispatch: Okay, I’m working on it ma’am. Go ahead and stay on the line. I’m going to get the medics started but I’ll have more questions for you.
Caller: I need someone to assist my daughter.
(Baby crying in the background)
Caller: She is like, crying right now, but she keeps passing out.
After being told first responders were on the way, the mother asks if she can end the call.
Dispatch: If you feel like you need to, yes.
Caller: I do need to, I need to be with her.