GOOD AND BAD: Dionne McKoy (Above left), here with fellow EMT Melisa Jackson, tried to help a pregnant woman an hour before she died. Jackson allegedly didn't.
By GINGER ADAMS OTIS
At least one city EMT tried to do right by tragic Brooklyn mom Eutisha Rennix, who died last month after suffering an acute asthma attack while two medics on a coffee break stood idly by.
Veteran dispatcher Dionne McKoy was in the Au Bon Pain coffee shop in the heart of FDNY headquarters Dec. 9 around 8 a.m. -- about an hour before Rennix's condition suddenly deteriorated -- and saw that the pregnant 25-year-old didn't look well.
She urged Rennix to let her call an ambulance, sources said.
But Rennix, six months pregnant and with a 3-year-old boy at home, said she didn't want to miss work, according to sources. She refused McKoy's offer of aid.
Green and Jackson were in the shop at about 9 a.m. when Rennix's health took a critical turn, witnesses said. They told panicked Au Bon Pain workers to call 911, bought bagels and left.
They failed to even examine the stricken woman, who by then was in the back office and in the throes of an acute asthma attack, according to preliminary autopsy results.
Now Jackson and Green could face criminal charges in the death of Rennix and her 6-month-old fetus.
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Veteran dispatcher Dionne McKoy was in the Au Bon Pain coffee shop in the heart of FDNY headquarters Dec. 9 around 8 a.m. -- about an hour before Rennix's condition suddenly deteriorated -- and saw that the pregnant 25-year-old didn't look well.
She urged Rennix to let her call an ambulance, sources said.
But Rennix, six months pregnant and with a 3-year-old boy at home, said she didn't want to miss work, according to sources. She refused McKoy's offer of aid.
Green and Jackson were in the shop at about 9 a.m. when Rennix's health took a critical turn, witnesses said. They told panicked Au Bon Pain workers to call 911, bought bagels and left.
They failed to even examine the stricken woman, who by then was in the back office and in the throes of an acute asthma attack, according to preliminary autopsy results.
Now Jackson and Green could face criminal charges in the death of Rennix and her 6-month-old fetus.
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