NEW YORK AP – Two EMTs on a coffee break who failed to help a dying pregnant woman acted “to the best of their abilities,” their lawyer said Tuesday, while the woman’s mother condemned them as “inhuman.”
The EMTs, Jason Green and Melissa Jackson, were suspended without pay and the Brooklyn district attorney opened a criminal investigation into the case. State health officials, who called the inaction “appalling,” were also investigating along with the city’s fire department, which oversees EMTs.