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Emergency crews scramble to reach unresponsive elderly man blocked by snow, Chana IL
Being blocked by snow and unable to move her unresponsive elderly (name withheld), the wife urgently called for emergency assistance near East Illinois Route 64.
Audio|Heard on: Ogle County Fire
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Transcript:
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Attention, Oregon ambulance.
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Here needed near East Illinois Route 64.
00:05
Her elderly male wife states,
00:09
she was unable to get him off the pot.
00:11
She's now telling me she believes he's not breathing.
00:14
Their driveway is blown shut with snow.
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Repeating organ ambulance, you're needed near East Illinois Route 64.
00:22
Originally, a caller said she needed help getting her (name withheld) off the toilet, and she thinks that he is not breathing now.
00:28
He is in hospice care.
00:30
Their driveway is blown shut, time out 1858.
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Location mentioned:
IL-64, Chana, IL 61015
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