The Brief
- “Please hurry! Something’s not right!”
- “We’re trapped in our apartment. We think the building’s going to collapse or something. We can’t open any of our doors.”
- “We’re not in the building! We are on the patio! I can’t hear! BUST IT DOWN! WHY ARE THESE PEOPLE NOT BUSTING DOWN THE (expletive) DOOR?
- Audio from 911 calls made from The Rialto Apartments show the fear and panic some residents underwent, as they begged for help from first responders.
- Officials evacuated nearly 400 people from 200 units from the five-story apartment complex, and condemned the building, pending an investigation to figure out if it is structurally sound. Engineers were at the build
Orange County released audio from the 911 call made last week from a man and woman who were unable to open their apartment doors at The Rialto Apartments in Dr. Phillips – and feared that the five-story apartment building was suddenly about to collapse.
Officials evacuated the complex – nearly 400 people from 200 apartments, and eight businesses – and ordered it condemned until engineers could verify whether the building was structurally OK or not.
What we know:…