Before the landslide, residents struggled to describe sinking street to 911 operators - baltimoresun.com:
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/bs-md-landslide-911-calls-20140508,0,6759741.story
Some callers, transferred from 911 to 311, also sought to warn those nearby
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun 6:58 p.m. EDT, May 8, 2014
With the street buckling in front of her, Evelyn Cannon called 911 as cars teetered and then began to sink, their wheels becoming less and less visible.
But Cannon felt unable to convey the gravity of the situation, she said. About 45 seconds into the call, when the operator asked her if anything was damaged, Cannon became exasperated.
"The street is damaged," she said into her phone, in one of nearly a dozen 911 recordings released Thursday by the Baltimore Fire Department. "I know this sounds crazy."
The collapse last week of a retaining wall holding East 26th Street in Charles Village above a railroad line started slowly, the street subsiding before finally giving out. Several residents and passers-by watched the shift as it occurred, and some called 911.
When they got through to emergency operators, according to recordings of their conversations, some had trouble explaining what they were seeing." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/bs-md-landslide-911-calls-20140508,0,6759741.story
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Some callers, transferred from 911 to 311, also sought to warn those nearby
By Kevin Rector, The Baltimore Sun 6:58 p.m. EDT, May 8, 2014
With the street buckling in front of her, Evelyn Cannon called 911 as cars teetered and then began to sink, their wheels becoming less and less visible.
But Cannon felt unable to convey the gravity of the situation, she said. About 45 seconds into the call, when the operator asked her if anything was damaged, Cannon became exasperated.
"The street is damaged," she said into her phone, in one of nearly a dozen 911 recordings released Thursday by the Baltimore Fire Department. "I know this sounds crazy."
The collapse last week of a retaining wall holding East 26th Street in Charles Village above a railroad line started slowly, the street subsiding before finally giving out. Several residents and passers-by watched the shift as it occurred, and some called 911.
When they got through to emergency operators, according to recordings of their conversations, some had trouble explaining what they were seeing." http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/bs-md-landslide-911-calls-20140508,0,6759741.story
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