Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Dispatcher in Fatal Fire Hung Up on Victim Because He Spoke Spanish, Lawsuit Says

The New York Times reports:
A group of former 911 dispatchers in Pennsylvania contends in a federal lawsuit filed this month that an Allentown man and his nephew died in a fire in 2020 after an emergency operator hung up on the man because he spoke Spanish — a claim that county officials dispute.
There's more:
The operator who answered the call from the man, Heriberto Santiago Jr., on July 27, 2020, made no effort to use a translation service as flames were engulfing his three-story home in eastern Pennsylvania, the lawsuit said.
Attention migrant caravans : you could die if you come to America if you don't know English. Your country is excellent, why not stay there?