Spiderman
12:19 pm on October 7th, 2009
Sorry..way off topic, but how to a get a little pic (avatar) on my profile?
Veronica
12:22 pm on October 7th, 2009
I wonder if she was planning to hide once she got in there and ambush the other EMTs when they got back. That came to mind since she doesn’t work there anymore and clearly hasn’t “moved on,” I’m willing to bet money she was fired and pissed off about it. Though you’d think they would have found a weapon in that case. Maybe she had one stashed behind a toilet, Godfather-style. More than likely, she was just going to steal something, but I just can’t imagine what they would have at an EMT station that would be worth it.
The fake 911 call certainly suggests she had a plan she had probably thought about for a while.
Here’s another idea — could it have been a really fucking strange suicide? Weirder things have happened. Maybe killing herself at her former workplace was symbolic.
Veronica
12:24 pm on October 7th, 2009
Sorry..way off topic, but how to a get a little pic (avatar) on my profile?
There is a “gravatar” link at the bottom of the page. It’s really self-explanatory from there.
Deety
2:46 pm on October 7th, 2009
It isn’t clear whether she was on her way in or out when she got stuck. Although, Veronica’s fucking-strange-suicide theory makes sense, in a twisted sort of way. Maybe she identified losing that job as the point where her life started slipping downhill?
Or maybe we’re just really morbid? Hmm, could be…
Dr.Keegee
3:46 pm on October 7th, 2009
“It means for us that she was wanting to get into that ambulance bay when nobody was there. … “It does look like she was trying to get people out of the building before she went in.“
If they keep a drug cabinet in the station she may have wanted to take inventory for old time’s sake. Especially if she had access to the (presumably) locked cabinet or if she knew where the key was kept.
Dr.Keegee
3:47 pm on October 7th, 2009
… and I thought all garage doors were mandated to have a safety device to prevent such occurrences.
delsenora
4:05 pm on October 7th, 2009
My vote is drugs. If there was another bus, the keys would have been out and available for the drug cabinets within. Most services keep an extra ambulance on hand so they can call in people in case of a severe emergency. They keep some really nice stuff on hand.
Morbid
4:25 pm on October 7th, 2009
… and I thought all garage doors were mandated to have a safety device to prevent such occurrences.
the safety sensors on the door are higher than a home garage door.
Veronica
5:00 pm on October 7th, 2009
I guess I wasn’t thinking about drugs, but obviously it makes sense they’d keep drugs there. That is probably it, unless it’s my weird n’ wacky suicide theory.
Peeperann
6:10 pm on October 7th, 2009
Sooo yeah, drugs is my vote too. But those should be a pretty sturdy cabinet with a hell of a lock on them, and really, EMT’s shouldn’t have the type of drugs most people want on hand, so maybe suicide, maybe she just want to tear everything apart inside as she’s really pissed off that she got fired (if she did).
If it’s suicide, very weird way to go. Maybe looking for attention and she thought they’d be back quick enough to find her and save her. Unless she left a note, I doubt we’ll really ever know.
biteme
6:22 pm on October 7th, 2009
Drug recon gone bad
applesnspice
8:54 pm on October 7th, 2009
As a current EMT I can tell you…. we have our drugs locked up tighter then a virgin’s chastity belt.. oh wait.. some girls are easy now a days…
Anyway it could be possible motivation, so could being pissed. Had a worker where I am get fired and he came back a week later with a gun.
Siobhan
8:54 pm on October 7th, 2009
Sooo yeah, drugs is my vote too. But those should be a pretty sturdy cabinet with a hell of a lock on them, and really, EMT’s shouldn’t have the type of drugs most people want on hand, so maybe suicide, maybe she just want to tear everything apart inside as she’s really pissed off that she got fired (if she did).
You’re right Peeperann, they don’t use or keep drugs that are of any street value in EMS stations. As far as theft value, there is probably a fortune’s worth of specialized rescue equipment, but that would be fairly difficult to unload/resell.
There must have been something she wanted from inside, or wanted to do to the place; if it was suicide, a shotgun to her head while sitting down at their front door would convey her meaning far better than getting crushed by a garage door.
If her intentions had been to take others with her, she wouldn’t have called in a false alarm to get them all out of the building.
I’m thinking either sabotage (open all O2 tank valves, and toss a lit ciggy under the garage door as she left?), personal property theft, or harassment/stalking of a previous co-worker.
mopar
9:20 pm on October 7th, 2009
Maybe she hid something in the building when she worked there and wanted everybody out so she could retrieve it. They should check nooks & such.
Peeperann
11:06 pm on October 7th, 2009
There must have been something she wanted from inside, or wanted to do to the place; if it was suicide, a shotgun to her head while sitting down at their front door would convey her meaning far better than getting crushed by a garage door.
So right Sibohan, shotgun would have been much quicker and can you imagine how long it may have took for her to pass out before she died. I’d much rather it be over in a second!
defenestratethis
4:13 am on October 8th, 2009
Boy..she was cool as a cucumber in that call. Probally an accomplished liar..judging from the story line and her demeanor. Clever too, no doubt. But why would she take such a risk, and what could have been worth all the energy to devise such a plan? If she was an addict, she would have known all the work involved in breaking into the limited E-Kit drug supply, but when ya need a fix..ya NEED a fix. Definitely a woman with a plan of some kind. I’d love to see the documentation on her work performance there…maybe thats what she was after? I’m completely baffled.
BriarRose
12:36 pm on October 8th, 2009
Hope they checked the coffee for pee. Just saying.
Wonder
5:18 pm on October 8th, 2009
Hope they checked the coffee for pee
hehe – only wished I had thought of that back when I was still living with my ex *snickers
Dr.Keegee
9:03 pm on October 8th, 2009
the safety sensors on the door are higher than a home garage door.
Yep – I missed that tidbit. Fairly sure there’s a dozen lawyers waiting for her funeral to be over before they descend on her family with reasons they should sue.
MadeaBecBec
9:17 pm on October 8th, 2009
Obit for Melissa : http://www.alsipfuneralchapel.com/obituary.jsp?site=0198&id=50211
Where was the cell phone she used beforehand and why didn’t she just push up on the door, it would’ve raised back up??? Ya know, I believe it was a suicide, made to look like an accident…..
Wonder
2:46 am on October 9th, 2009
no I dont think it was suicide, the devil got her.
Eletronic garage doors, are suppose to go back up when they bump something on the way down. Maybe was old manuel style
I was surprise to hear her co workers went to the memorial service.
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Given benefit of the doubt could be she was forced to make the call. A ex lover placed her there. What a great plan. Reminds me of a reenactment/plagiarizing a scene in a Book.
malq
6:34 pm on October 10th, 2009
Given benefit of the doubt could be she was forced to make the call. A ex lover placed her there.
That Call was pretty calm cool and collected. She went to great lenths to appear genuine. You may be right wonder but it didn’t sound like it.
Nothing makes sense. the drugs on hand are limited. I would imagine they are watched closely by surveillance or some keyed entry.
As far as the garage doors, all modern openers and closers have overcurrent reverse. If it senses it it is pushing on something, the motor goes the other way. The sensors are designed to not allow it to work if something is in the way, but apparently these have been raised above normal so she could lay her head down. So its a wtf. I think she was wanting to do damage and was trying to get in.
here is how the force sensor works. mandated since 93′
Garage door openers make life easier, but safety has been an issue in past years. In fact, in 1993, the Consumer Product Safety Commission placed safety requirements on all manufactured garage door openers. They are required to have electric eyes and an automatic reverse feature. You can check the function of these by testing the force adjustment on your garage door.
http://www.ehow.com/how_5214726_check-force-adjustment-garage-doors.html

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