Help call mistaken for joke

Help call mistaken for joke

Newly released 911 tapes show operators doubted a help call from Riverbend Prison's execution room was real or trick call, like a false alarm. The doubt slowed help for minutes while Christa Pike, 50, stayed alive after two pentobarbital shots, execution drug, Sept. 30. Lawyer Kelly Gleason said Pike was breathing and needed life-saving care.

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