Distressed passenger delays train at 69th station, Chicago IL
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Medical EmergencyAs discussed during the dispatch call, police and rail staff assisted a woman who refused to leave a train at Garfield and later at 69th station in Chicago. The passenger appeared distressed and may have been experiencing a mental health crisis. Authorities unloaded the train and ensured the situation was handled safely.
Audio|Heard on: CTA Rail Ops - Chicago Transit Authority
Listen to dispatch call
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
Control to 911[2], 911 at Garfield, say (number withheld).
00:07
Leaving at (number withheld).
00:12
C260 for 911[2].
00:13
So stand there, Garfield.
00:14
You don't possibly be time at Garfield.
00:16
You'll be possibly unloading.
00:18
Matter of fact, take our unload the train 911[2].
00:21
You said unload?
00:26
Sit for you if I load the train.
00:29
Stand by.
00:33
Nine hundred and six, you got police around.
00:35
Let me know you got the police on the scene.
00:36
Keep trying to get that female off.
00:38
Let her know police is coming.
00:39
Fire suits, get off that train.
00:42
Nine hundred and six, how many customers other than hers? Everybody else off the train other than her?
00:56
Kilo's still right in front of you.
01:04
C/A 69th to Control.
01:06
I'm C/A 69.
01:09
I'm down here trying to work with her and all the other guys working with her too, but she's still not getting enough off the train.
01:17
Once we get nine six out of the way,
01:19
those next two followers, I need you to get them back.
01:25
Circumvent sixty-third to thirty-fifth, and that follower.
01:32
Also,
01:34
the third train, the follower with it at eighty-seventh just went about the result.
01:41
At that point of battery.
01:47
69th, I'm 10-4[1].
01:50
We got police around 69th.
01:52
Thank you for assisting and let me know when you got the police on to say make it her off the train.
01:57
And you say she's crying? Is she injured or just is it mental? What?
02:05
See at 69th she's like, is it mental?
02:10
Chief just sitting there in an offensive space.
02:14
When you try to communicate with her, she will just start crying.
02:19
Okay, I'm set for it.
02:20
Let me know when the police get en route.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received or affirmative (OK).
[2]
911: 911 hang-up / disconnect
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Location mentioned:
69th, Chicago, IL
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