1. {copied from the Channel 4 NBC site): Two New York City EMT's accused of walking away from a pregnant woman who collapsed and later died have been suspended, city officials said today. The two fire department employees, Jason Green, 32, of Long Island City and Melissa Jackson, 32, of Queens Village, were suspended without pay as the investigation continues into allegations they refused to help the woman because they were on break and wanted to eat breakfast. Mayor Bloomberg called the EMTs actions 'unconscionable." When asked if "burnout" might have been a factor, the Mayor said,"Burnout? They were sitting there having coffee. How could they be burnt out? They're human beings. Somebody is dying down the street and (people) say help them and they just sat there."
Eutisha Rennix and the baby she was three months from delivering died during the Dec. 9 incident. Witnesses said the emergency workers were on break ordering breakfast at the Metro-tech Center Au Bon Pain restaurant where Rennix worked as a cashier. She collapsed in a woman's bathroom and several workers and customers asked the EMT workers for help. Instead, they said they walked out of the store telling them to call 9-1-1.
2. Rudy Guiliani announced he will NOT run for the U.S. Senate (from NY) in the 2010 election. Polls have him winning the election by double digits and personally, I can't see how he could lose against the Democrat incumbent who replaced Hillary Clinton.
"America's Favorite Mayor" will stay in his lucrative security business, and some have been saying he will never again seek political office.
