Arkansas woman drowns in a flood after 911 dispatcher scolds her during her final minutes

22 minutes. That’s how long a newspaper delivery woman in Arkansas pleaded for help. This was happening as floodwaters were swallowing her SUV. Audio recordings from the call reveal a disturbing reaction from the dispatcher.

Debra Stevens was working her normal newspaper delivery route in Fort Smith, Arkansas, when rising flood waters began to overtake her SUV.

The final, desperate 911 call of the 47-year-old woman who delivered the Southwest Times Record to front doors came at 4:38 on the morning of August 24. It was a panicked, 22-minute plea for help with a dispatcher that the Fort Smith Police Department admitted sounded"calloused and uncaring at times." "I have an emergency -- a severe emergency," Stevens told the female dispatcher."I can't get out, and I'm scared to death, ma'am.

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