Emergency help for Christa Pike was delayed over confusion after botched execution, 911 calls reveal

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911 dispatch recordings reveal that emergency help for Christa Pike after her botched lethal injection was delayed due to confusion.
First responders and prison officials struggled for about half an hour to verify the legitimacy of the emergency call.
Initial reports indicated the call might be false, with one dispatcher stating medical assistance was not needed.
Christa Pike survived two doses of pentobarbital and was hospitalized; she has since been discharged.
Pike is the only person known to have survived an execution attempt in the U.S.
The Tennessee Department of Correction has not explained what went wrong during the attempted execution.

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