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911 Tape Captures Last Pleas of Drowning Woman

Tries to direct rescuers to her car in 10-minute call

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 19, 2009 6:17 AM CDT

(Newser) – A 911 tape released yesterday reveals the last moments of a woman desperately trying to direct rescuers to her car as it submerged in floodwaters, the AP reports. The 49-year-old Oklahoma woman told operators she had her nose against the car’s roof. “Please hurry, because I'm running out of air and if I climb out of this car I'm going to go down,” she said.

“I need to get out now. I'm drowning,” she said soon after that during the May 2 call. She asked whether she should try to exit the car. Highway patrol officials say the woman had driven around road-closed signs and into floodwaters. Her car was found some 300 feet off the roadway; her body was recovered the next day.

The woman said her nose was to the roof in the 911 tape.
The woman said her nose was to the roof in the 911 tape.   (Shutterstock)
A drowning woman pleaded desperately for help in a 911 tape.
A drowning woman pleaded desperately for help in a 911 tape.   (Shutterstock)
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oldgoat
May 19, 2009 11:36 AM CDT
They put those signs up for a reason and people still go around them and drive into high water. Waiting until there is no air pocket left to decide to get out is cutting it kind of close.
Reader2898
May 19, 2009 1:37 AM CDT
Someone died. That's amusing to you?
nathanielfoster
May 19, 2009 1:27 AM CDT
Natural selection?

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