911 CALL: DELAYED AMBULANCE RESPONSE FOR CHILD SPARKED PANIC

The 911 calls related to the March 23 delayed response for a child having a seizure on Ridgewood Road, which prompted an angry outcry from some parents after it took 16 minutes for an ambulance to respond, paint a picture of panic and distress from several people on the scene as they waited for the paramedics to arrive.

At one point, a parent screams, "This is too long, where is the ambulance, where is it?"

One 911 operate tells a worried parent, "it looks much worse than it is."

Hear the calls below:



Maplewoodian.com obtained the recordings the same week that Mayor Vic Deluca updated residents stating the delays were caused by a "glitch" in which dispatchers incorrectly sought mutual aid from South Orange.