Reporter reports on 911 problem in the Nation's Capital then has a heart attack & needs 911.
Jennifer Donelan is a wonderful TV reporter at WJLA-TV in Washington who was always friendly competition when I was at WUSA-TV. DCRTV.com’s Dave Hughes reports that Jennifer is in the hospital recovering from a heart attack that occurred moments after a 5:00 PM live shot yesterday:
She developed chest pains and breathing problems after the news piece and WJLA news crew members called for an ambulance. She was taken to Washington Hospital Center. We hear that Donelan is resting comfortably today in the hospital’s ICU after doctors inserted two stents to remove blockage in her heart arteries.
But there is more to this story. It turns out that my friend Jennifer was in the District of Columbia when this occurred. The story that she was reporting was the one above questioning the 911 response for an infant in cardiac arrest in the 5000 block of Benning Road in Southeast. Shortly after going live on TV telling that story the crew on the live shot had to call 911 to get help for Jennifer. We are told the response was quite prompt.
It’s one of life’s little twists. In fact it is something I always figured would happen to me with all the stories I did about 911 issues. We wish Jennifer a quick recovery and hope she’s back out on the streets soon keeping us informed.
