Tue, Apr 2, 1991
Shortly after 11pm on May 6, 1991, Mary Jane Westenberg of Dearborn Heights, Michigan, was home alone in her bedroom with her two daughters, five-year-old Stephanie and three-week-old Lindsay April. As she set Lindsay April in her bassinet, she began experiencing chest and abdominal pains. She was having trouble breathing, and the pains were getting worse. She moaned to Stephanie to call 911. Stephanie's call was answered by 911 dispatcher Ken Serwatowski. Serwatowski immediately dispatched an ambulance from the Dearborn Heights Fire Department. EMTs Bill Branham and Dan Lamarand rushed to the scene. Serwatowski heard the sirens in the background and told her she could hang up the phone. The EMTs were concerned about her complaints of chest and abdominal pains and thought she might be suffering a heart attack. She was taken to Garden City hospital where it was found to be a gallbladder attack.