Thursday, July 18, 2013

Heart-attack victim dies at JFK Airport as responders’ IDs fail to open security doors - NYPOST.com

Heart-attack victim dies at JFK Airport as responders’ IDs fail to open security doors - NYPOST.com: A man died after suffering a heart attack at Kennedy Airport after two teams of first responders failed to reach him — because their electronic ID cards couldn’t open secure doors at the newly renovated Delta terminal, The Post has learned.

Precious minutes were lost due to the tragic snafu, which unfolded early Saturday when Gunseye Adekunle, 50, of New Jersey, collapsed in the $1.4 billion Terminal 4 while he was preparing to board an Arik Air flight to Nigeria, sources said.

A call went out for help, but what happened next was a massive mix-up.

“You had all the assets needed to keep this guy alive, but they never really had the chance to help him,” a law-enforcement source said.

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