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Heath Ledger - News Accounts
BennyBoy:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 23, 2008, 07:01:10 pm ---The masseuse call Mary-Kate Olsen TWICE? What was she thinking? Isn't everyone on the planet trained to dial 911?
Good God, I can only hope that Heath was already dead and her ridiculous time wasting phone calls didn't contribute to his death.
Unbelieveable.
L
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No shit...especially since it turned out to not even be her apartment...right?
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: BennyBoy on January 23, 2008, 07:02:50 pm ---No shit...especially since it turned out to not even be her apartment...right?
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No, it's not her apartment. She doesn't even have an apartment in the building...she lives around the corner or something.
Supposedly, the masseuse wanted to contact Mary-Kate's bodyguard who had EMT training....but come on, call 911 and get the pros on the job.
This just makes me angry--I am trying to be understanding and assume the masseuse was scared and frightened and unsure what to do...but at the same time, she spent 15 minutes setting up her massage table before realizing the man in the bed was not moving.
L
BennyBoy:
--- Quote from: MaineWriter on January 23, 2008, 07:05:20 pm ---Supposedly, the masseuse wanted to contact Mary-Kate's bodyguard who had EMT training....but come on, call 911 and get the pros on the job.
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That is by far the dumbest thing I've ever heard. I can't believe some people...
nakymaton:
I wonder if the masseuse avoided 911 because of publicity issues with celebrities?
Or maybe she panicked.
Or maybe she was really clueless.
Or maybe all of the above.
I wish the masseuse and the housekeeper had taken CPR, though. Check breathing and pulse, then start CPR... There was half an hour wasted before anyone tried breathing for him.
(New resolution for the year: get re-certified in CPR.)
I wish other news organizations would correct their stories, though. Heath was in bed, under his sheet, snoring, at 1:30. At 3 pm he was unresponsive (and possibly already dead).
moremojo:
This might be a case where a person's celebrity may have hindered the help they needed. The masseuse was probably impulsively deferring to Heath's star status, and was trying to think of ways of rendering aid without involving the authorities (I'm speculating that she might have been speculating that drugs [illegal or prescription] may have been involved), so as to protect Heath from potential embarrassment (or perhaps even criminal charges). If Heath were an unknown, 911 would have been the first option, no doubt (which it certainly should have been in any case).
The article confirms that Heath was found in bed, and not on the floor, as I was hearing earlier today.
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