December 11, 2024 • 5 mins
Mike and Campy discuss the medical emergency that took at the zoo. EMS had trouble getting to the victim because of the traffic leaving the zoo
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
There was another problem at the Columbus Zoo with the
zoo lights on Sunday night.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We had this.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
This was a problem last year with the incredible traffic
and people trying to get in and out of that area.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yes, remember that. Yeah, I live right around the corner.
I know exactly what you're talking.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It was Sunday night, and it was it was nice
on Sunday after you know, the cold snap, so it
was kind of nice and there's a little bit of sunshine.
So people went out mid forties to go see the
lights at the zoo. Sure, and there was a lot
of traffic. And this was a story I saw on
tentv dot com. A woman was and her daughter had
gone to the zoo lights. They were trying to leave.
(00:35):
They were stuck in traffic trying to get out of
that area. When the daughter was having a medical event.
She had a hard time breathing. Oh no, she had vomited,
she was convulsing. So the woman, the mom called nine
one one, Okay. The problem was is they couldn't get
to her, Yeah, because all the traffic she was she
was gridlocked in traffic for like an hour. And we
(00:57):
had heard stories last year of there being you know,
a several hour back up trying to get in and
out of the zoo area.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
And so they.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Finally got close to her that she's on the phone
and they're saying, hey, honk your horn, flash your lights,
and honk your horns so we know what car is
yours and we can get to you, which they ended
up doing. They came by foot. They didn't they couldn't
get there with an ambulance. Which were they still in
the parking lot. It's not clear if they were in
the lot or if they were on the road, but
(01:26):
there was a traffic standstill there. And the Zoo does
have dedicated emergency lanes in the zoo parking lot, but
when it's oversaturated like that and people, you know how
it goes. People want to get out of there. People
are in a hurry to leave. And they didn't neither
ignore the special emergency lanes. Didn't see them, but they
(01:47):
were bottom line as they were unavailable because people were
using them to get out of the zoo.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
It is rather, I don't want to say it's it's
hard to get out, but with that community, because you know,
when you're coming out towards I believe it's sawmill. If
you're coming out towards that area, you know, I have
those kind of rubber kind of like the cone slowly
they're really thing. So it's very dedicated towards just to
(02:12):
the Columbus Zoo.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
And I get it. I can see it right now.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
That boy, that would be a really difficult Can you
imagine being that close and saying we can't get you, we.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Can't find you.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Well, you know, the young lady is okay, which is
the bottom line. She's she's fine, she had a medical event,
She's going to be just fine.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
But you know, the mom.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Said, what if this was a heart attack or a
stroke or something, you know, far more serious than what
my daughter was experiencing, and it just got to be
too late. Yeah, and the paramedics. Paramedics couldn't get to
that person.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
I'm wondering if they have if they can make another
lane right there in the middle that's almost like a
pit road.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
They're going to have to do something where you can
cut right through.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
This is now, this is this is the second year,
at least in my recent memory, that this has happened,
not in a medical event per se, but just extreme
congestion coming out of the wild lights at the zoo.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Oh, it backs up, It backs up a long way,
said this summer, and in the with the lights, with
the Christmas lights, My goodness.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, there needs to be I would imagine the Zoo
would be all over this. And I think last year,
if I remember correctly, the issue was they didn't have
enough available officers to help do traffic duty to get
to kind of move people along. A lot of those
guys and gals, whether it's Dublin Police or whomever, they'll
(03:29):
take overtime shifts to go work traffic.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Duty for the Zoo for these special events.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
So the zoo will say, hey, we're expecting a big
crowd tonight, it's nice out.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
People want to come see the zoo lights.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Who's available to work and work some ot and works
with special duty pay, which I believe the Zoo.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Is on the hook for well as you.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
They just didn't have the personnel last time to work
those that traffic duty.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Normally I see a patrol car right on the corner
and it's on the Dublin side too. You'll have a
Dublin officer there. Then the other side there's Powell officers.
If I have that right, because I think the Columbus
zoos Can is technically in the Powell would that be correct.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
I think in the Powell City.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
I know I've seen two different patrol cars representing both.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, that's Dublin Police Power Police. And they'll they'll find
those officers again. A lot of time, they won't be
on duty, as you know, doing a normal shift for
the police department. They'll be doing a special duty traffic
shift or something as as an expense to the zoo. Yeah,
and the Zoom made a statement that they obviously are
(04:35):
concerned about the health and safety of their guests and staff.
That's number one priority, and they're working with law enforcement
to make sure that this doesn't happen again. But I
got to tell you there needs to be This is
now the second year in a row.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
People. And I saw something pop up on social.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Media on Sunday night, the people complaining about the traffic
trying to get out of the zoo and the zoo lights.
And then now I see this story on tentv dot
com where the one and her daughter had a medical
event and they were just I mean, what a terrible
feeling if you're stuck in traffic and someone in your
car is having a medical problem and there's nowhere for
(05:12):
you to go.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah. I can't imagine that. I really can't. I mean,
especially if they're right there and in eyesight. Yeah yeah,
and then it's like, okay, we see you.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
We're on foot now we need to Can you please
honk your horn and flash your lights so we know
what car you're in. So we'll continue to track that
story and hopefully everybody can you know, figure out a
solution there and make sure that people can get in
and out of the zoo area safely during this very
popular time to go see the lights there
There was another problem at the Columbus Zoo with the
zoo lights on Sunday night.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
We had this.
Speaker 1 (00:06):
This was a problem last year with the incredible traffic
and people trying to get in and out of that area.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Yes, remember that. Yeah, I live right around the corner.
I know exactly what you're talking.
Speaker 1 (00:14):
It was Sunday night, and it was it was nice
on Sunday after you know, the cold snap, so it
was kind of nice and there's a little bit of sunshine.
So people went out mid forties to go see the
lights at the zoo. Sure, and there was a lot
of traffic. And this was a story I saw on
tentv dot com. A woman was and her daughter had
gone to the zoo lights. They were trying to leave.
(00:35):
They were stuck in traffic trying to get out of
that area. When the daughter was having a medical event.
She had a hard time breathing. Oh no, she had vomited,
she was convulsing. So the woman, the mom called nine
one one, Okay. The problem was is they couldn't get
to her, Yeah, because all the traffic she was she
was gridlocked in traffic for like an hour. And we
(00:57):
had heard stories last year of there being you know,
a several hour back up trying to get in and
out of the zoo area.
Speaker 2 (01:03):
And so they.
Speaker 1 (01:04):
Finally got close to her that she's on the phone
and they're saying, hey, honk your horn, flash your lights,
and honk your horns so we know what car is
yours and we can get to you, which they ended
up doing. They came by foot. They didn't they couldn't
get there with an ambulance. Which were they still in
the parking lot. It's not clear if they were in
the lot or if they were on the road, but
(01:26):
there was a traffic standstill there. And the Zoo does
have dedicated emergency lanes in the zoo parking lot, but
when it's oversaturated like that and people, you know how
it goes. People want to get out of there. People
are in a hurry to leave. And they didn't neither
ignore the special emergency lanes. Didn't see them, but they
(01:47):
were bottom line as they were unavailable because people were
using them to get out of the zoo.
Speaker 3 (01:51):
It is rather, I don't want to say it's it's
hard to get out, but with that community, because you know,
when you're coming out towards I believe it's sawmill. If
you're coming out towards that area, you know, I have
those kind of rubber kind of like the cone slowly
they're really thing. So it's very dedicated towards just to
(02:12):
the Columbus Zoo.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
And I get it. I can see it right now.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
That boy, that would be a really difficult Can you
imagine being that close and saying we can't get you, we.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
Can't find you.
Speaker 1 (02:21):
Well, you know, the young lady is okay, which is
the bottom line. She's she's fine, she had a medical event,
She's going to be just fine.
Speaker 2 (02:29):
But you know, the mom.
Speaker 1 (02:30):
Said, what if this was a heart attack or a
stroke or something, you know, far more serious than what
my daughter was experiencing, and it just got to be
too late. Yeah, and the paramedics. Paramedics couldn't get to
that person.
Speaker 3 (02:43):
I'm wondering if they have if they can make another
lane right there in the middle that's almost like a
pit road.
Speaker 2 (02:48):
They're going to have to do something where you can
cut right through.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
This is now, this is this is the second year,
at least in my recent memory, that this has happened,
not in a medical event per se, but just extreme
congestion coming out of the wild lights at the zoo.
Speaker 3 (03:02):
Oh, it backs up, It backs up a long way,
said this summer, and in the with the lights, with
the Christmas lights, My goodness.
Speaker 1 (03:08):
Yeah, there needs to be I would imagine the Zoo
would be all over this. And I think last year,
if I remember correctly, the issue was they didn't have
enough available officers to help do traffic duty to get
to kind of move people along. A lot of those
guys and gals, whether it's Dublin Police or whomever, they'll
(03:29):
take overtime shifts to go work traffic.
Speaker 2 (03:33):
Duty for the Zoo for these special events.
Speaker 1 (03:35):
So the zoo will say, hey, we're expecting a big
crowd tonight, it's nice out.
Speaker 2 (03:39):
People want to come see the zoo lights.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
Who's available to work and work some ot and works
with special duty pay, which I believe the Zoo.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
Is on the hook for well as you.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
They just didn't have the personnel last time to work
those that traffic duty.
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Normally I see a patrol car right on the corner
and it's on the Dublin side too. You'll have a
Dublin officer there. Then the other side there's Powell officers.
If I have that right, because I think the Columbus
zoos Can is technically in the Powell would that be correct.
Speaker 2 (04:10):
I think in the Powell City.
Speaker 3 (04:11):
I know I've seen two different patrol cars representing both.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
Yeah, that's Dublin Police Power Police. And they'll they'll find
those officers again. A lot of time, they won't be
on duty, as you know, doing a normal shift for
the police department. They'll be doing a special duty traffic
shift or something as as an expense to the zoo. Yeah,
and the Zoom made a statement that they obviously are
(04:35):
concerned about the health and safety of their guests and staff.
That's number one priority, and they're working with law enforcement
to make sure that this doesn't happen again. But I
got to tell you there needs to be This is
now the second year in a row.
Speaker 2 (04:46):
People. And I saw something pop up on social.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
Media on Sunday night, the people complaining about the traffic
trying to get out of the zoo and the zoo lights.
And then now I see this story on tentv dot
com where the one and her daughter had a medical
event and they were just I mean, what a terrible
feeling if you're stuck in traffic and someone in your
car is having a medical problem and there's nowhere for
(05:12):
you to go.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
Yeah. I can't imagine that. I really can't. I mean,
especially if they're right there and in eyesight. Yeah yeah,
and then it's like, okay, we see you.
Speaker 1 (05:20):
We're on foot now we need to Can you please
honk your horn and flash your lights so we know
what car you're in. So we'll continue to track that
story and hopefully everybody can you know, figure out a
solution there and make sure that people can get in
and out of the zoo area safely during this very
popular time to go see the lights there
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