Volume 19
January 2018 Edition
Is Your Gated Community Equipped to Avert Disaster ?
In every emergency , there is too much at stake to be delayed at the gate . SOS Silent is saving lives , money and time .
“ I want you to help me please , somebody hurry please , I don ’ t want to die .”
“ Chris Clingan died from his wounds on June 16 , 2013 , after waiting nearly 10 minutes for first responders to save his life .
The 22-year-old man was stabbed repeatedly by his roommate inside their north side gated apartment complex , and Clingan ’ s last words , a plea for help , were recorded by 911 operators .
Bexar County deputies , EMS , and fire fighters responded to the Regency at Overlook Canyon but they couldn ’ t get to Clingan because they couldn ’ t get past the gate .
The 911 call captured the first responders ’ desperate attempt to reach Clingan .
“ I need a gate code ,” a dispatcher said . “ We already have people there , we ’ re just needing the gate code to get in .”
By the time they reached Clingan it was too late . Chris was later pronounced dead at the hospital , according to KSAT .
Chris Clingan , pictured here with his mother , Babette Clingan
“ I ’ ve been stabbed like eight times , I ’ m bleeding to death ,” Clingan told Bexar County dispatchers .
( Video courtesy of ABC KSAT 12 )
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