911
 

Cascade Emergency Services phone log

Call commenced at 21:12:00

Operator: 911.  Please state the nature of the emergency.

Caller: .....help...down on...pier........hello?

Operator: I'm afraid that you are in a bad connection area, sir.  Could you please repeat that?

Caller: Stupid goddamn piece of (banging noise).........hear me?...is...Blair......urg ..need......

Operator: I'm sorry sir, can you please repeat your name?

Caller: Sand....g  Blair.....

Operator: I'm sorry sir, could you -

Caller: Dammit, we don't...time..this...call ....cell phone.

Operator: Sir?

Call terminated at 21:13:05.

Call commenced at 21:13:45

Operator: 911.  Please state the nature of the emergency.

Caller: Look, it's me again.  I need -

Operator: Can you please state your name and the nature of the emergency.

Caller: Look, I told you before.  Sandburg.  Blair Sandburg.

Operator: Which emergency service do you require, Mr. Sandburg?

Caller:  'Which emergency' - I need an ambulance!  I need cops! I need help!  My partner's been shot.  Damn, what does Jim say?  Officer down.   Officer down on pier thirteen.

Operator: Are you saying there is a police officer involved, Mr. Sandburg?

Caller: No,  I just like jerking you around.  What do you think?  Sorry, sorry.  Detective Jim Ellison, Major Crimes.  We need an ambulance.  He got sh-shot (indecipherable).

Operator: Mr. Sandburg, could you please repeat that?

Caller: Shot in the...in the l-leg.

Operator: Mr. Sandburg? Mr. Sandburg, are you all right?

Caller: Oh, man. It looks like they got me too.

Operator: Mr. Sandburg, an ambulance is on the way.  Can you describe the nature of your injuries?

Caller: Uh, J-jim got hit in the leg.  I think it nicked something, he lost a lot of blood, and he hit his head when he fell.  I tied my ble- tied my belt around it.

Operator: Can you describe your own injuries, Mr. Sandburg?

Caller: Funny, I didn't notice.  I guess I was too focused on Jim...

Operator: Can you describe your own injuries?

Caller: God, I'm tired...

Operator: Mr. Sandburg!

Caller: Blair.  My name's Blair.  Call me Blair if you're goin' to yell at me.

Operator: Blair.  What are your own injuries?

Caller: I got shot. (chuckles)

Operator: Where, Mr. Sandburg.

Caller: Blair.

Operator: Blair.  Where were you shot?

Caller: My chest, I think, just under my ribcage.  I can't see, I guess they got me a good one, 'cos everything's going everywhere.  I haven't felt this bad since my frat party.   Frat party?  I don't think I was ever in a frat.

Operator: Blair, I need you to do something for me.

Caller: Sure thing.  Whatever you want.  (laughs) I'm easy.

Operator: (chuckles)  I'm sure you are.  But I need you to find some material and press it to your wound.  I know it's going to hurt, but you have to keep pressure on it to control the bleeding.

Caller: Can't do that.

Operator: Blair -

Caller: Can't.  I need both hands on Jim.

Operator: Jim?  Detective Ellison?

Caller: Yeah, Jim-bo Ellison.  Whoa, I must be in bad shape if I called him that.  The belt isn't working.  I need to use my hands.

Operator: Blair.  Think. You could die. Would Jim want you to do this?

Caller: Nope.  If he was awake, he'd probably kill me.  But he isn't awake, so I have to do this. How long until the amblulan- ambulances get here?

Operator: Five to Ten minutes.

Caller: That long, huh? (silence)

Operator: Blair?

Caller: .......What's your name?

Operator: My name?

Caller: Yeah, I told you mine, fair swap and all that.

Operator: Michelle.  Michelle Nolan.

Caller: Hi Michelle.  What's a nice girl like you doing on a phone line like this?

Operator: (laughs) I have to say, you don't sound like a cop.

Caller: Me?  'Cos I'm not.  'm a grad student at Rainier. Got the long hair, the crappy clothes & car, the whole length.

Operator: Sounds like a lot of people I know. How does a grad student end up riding around with cops?

Caller: Police Observer.  Studying closed societies. (gasps)

Operator: Blair?  Blair, what's wrong?

Caller: Hurts.  Oh man  that hurts.

Operator: Blair, you need to -

Caller: Nuh uh.  Jim needs me. (heavy breathing)  Keep talking ok?  Just keep talking to me.  I need something to focus on.

Operator: Blair,  just keep breathing.  Focus on your breathing.  In and out.

Caller: (laughs)

Operator: What?  What's so funny?

Caller:  You.  Usually it me that, (gasps) me that does the breathing coach bit. Jim would laugh his pants off if he could hear this.

Operator: How is Detective Ellison?

Caller:  Jim?  I think he's ok.  I got the bleeding stopped.  He's still breathing, I think he's ok.  Did I just say that?

Operator: You two must be very close

Caller: Yeah, we are.  He's like my best friend and brother rolled into one.  I took over his entire life, and he's just been so cool about it, you know what I mean Michelle?  I must drive him insane.  Mr. Straight laced cop...(indecipherable)

Operator: Blair?

Caller: Huh?

Operator: Blair.  Stay awake.  Can you do that for me?

Caller: Awake.  Oh yeah, I can do that.

Operator: So, closed societies, that's Anthropology, right?

Caller: Yeah!  How did you know?

Operator: My brother used to study it.

Caller: Brother? Hang on....Ben Nolan?

Operator: Yeah.

Caller: Wow.  Small world.  What happened to him?

Operator: Joined the Army.

Caller: Army?  Anthro to Army.  That's a major leap (laughs) I guess it kinda..kinda... (Indecipherable.)

Operator: Blair?

Caller: (indecipherable)

Operator: Hold on Blair, I can hear the sirens.  Hold on.

Caller: Sirens....

Operator: That's it Blair.   Stay awake.  I can hear them.  You'll be ok.

Caller:  Ok?  Jim.  They gotta...Jim.  No, take Jim first,  he...

Operator:  Blair?  Blair!

Caller:  This is Simon Banks of the Cascade PD.  Who is this?

Operator:  Michelle Nolan,  911 telecommunications operator.  How is he?

Caller: Who?

Operator:  Blair.  The man I was just talking to.  Blair Sandburg.

Caller:  Blair?  They have him in the ambulance.  They're talking him off to Mercy.

Operator:  I'm going off duty in fifteen minutes.  How will I know you in the emergency room?

Caller:  I'm a bit hard to miss. How do you know Sandburg?

Operator: Please, Captain.  I want to make sure he'll be all right.

Caller:  (sighs) I'm tall, over 6 foot, big and black.  How do you know Sandburg?  Are you a friend from University?

Operator:  No, I've never seen him before.

Caller:  I have to go.

Operator:  All right. I'll see you at the hospital.

Caller:  Fine.  Damn, how the hell does the kid do it?  Chatting up a 911 operator... (disconnected)

Call Terminated at 21:30:53

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Last modified: November 12, 2010