Two New York EMS workers on restricted duty after witnesses claim they wouldn’t help dying pregnant woman at coffee shop near FDNY HQ. Crew may have been on break.

An interesting story out of Brooklyn in what the New York Post is calling an “exclusive”. The incident happened on the morning of December 9 at the Au Bon Pain located at 1 Metrotech Center, in the shadow of FDNY Headquarters at 9 Metrotech Center.

According to the story, the two EMS workers were buying breakfast when the coffee shop workers say they approached the crew telling them that their colleague, 25-year-old Eutisha Revee Rennix, was having shortness of breath and intense stomach pains.

Here are excerpts from the article by Ginger Adams Otis:

“The EMTs just said we had to call 911. They got their bagels and left,” said a disgusted worker.

“People were calling out saying, ‘She’s turning blue! She’s pregnant!’ ” said the witness.

But the EMTs appeared unfazed.

“I remember them saying they couldn’t do anything because they were on their break,” another worker said. “We started screaming and cursing at them.”

That sent a manager rushing to the front to again ask someone in the Metrotech coffee shop to help.

This time, two good Samaritans in blue FDNY sweaters ran to the back office. One called 911 from his cellphone while the other tried to help keep Rennix still.

“That was when the manager ran out to try and get help from across the plaza,” said a worker who was there. “Then the ambulance finally came, but it was too late.”

The Fire Department, which runs the city’s Emergency Medical Service, is now investigating the incident, and has placed the two EMTs on paid but restricted duty, barred from providing patient care.

“All of our members take an oath to assist others in need of emergency medical aid. They have a duty to act when called,” said FDNY spokesman Steve Ritea.

Ironically, the EMS emergency dispatch center that fields 911 calls is located in the same building as Au Bon Pain — just floors above where Rennix collapsed.

And the FDNY headquarters is about 600 feet away within the same Metrotech complex. In fact, the coffee shop is regularly filled with FDNY and EMS personnel and top brass.

The first ambulance on the scene was a private hospital crew that arrived 11 minutes after the initial 911 call.

But that crew’s actions are also being investigated, the FDNY confirmed. Witnesses said the EMTs didn’t have one of the equipment bags needed to administer aid.

“I couldn’t believe it,” said an eyewitness. “The whole thing was like a bad joke.”

Rennix, a mother of a 3-year-old son, Jahleel, was rushed to Long Island College Hospital a mile away in cardiac arrest at approximately 9:48 a.m. She was pronounced dead at 10:17, police records show.

EMS-union head Pat Bahnken said the allegations against the EMTs are being taken seriously.

“Such an isolated incident in no way reflects the professionalism our members exhibit every day. But, if a full investigation shows the allegations to be true, we expect these people to be punished to the fullest extent,” he said.