Talk:Engine Company 26 (Washington, D.C.)

News story
I checked out the news story described as:

On January 25, 2014, 77-year-old Medric Mills went into cardiac arrest in a shopping center parking lot across the street from Engine Company 26. Several witnesses have stated that they requested help in person from station personnel, who replied that they could only assist if dispatched from 911. Calls to 911 reportedly resulted in a unit from another station responding to an incorrect address. Mr. Mills died while awaiting assistance. The incident is under investigation.

and it all checks out. I will suggest, that if there is a Washington Post or other newspaper story to add that to the refs.

There will likely be some editors who will say "Wikipedia is WP:NOT news" or in a year or so say something like "This is one incident in a 65 year history." I'd respond - "Let's talk about it a year from now."

Smallbones( smalltalk ) 20:47, 18 February 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. See what the investigation says, but as of now it's a defining event for the station. --novanglusva 21:39, 18 February 2014 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Novanglusva (talk • contribs)

Removing incident I added in 2014. Ended up being WP:NOT news as Smallbones predicted. novanglusva (talk) 02:35, 17 March 2023 (UTC)