New Orleans EMS investigation reveals long wait times, low pay [Video]

New Orleans EMS is a crucial agency residents rely on daily to save lives. WDSU Investigates has uncovered staggering wait times and allegations of questionable leadership from the director of the agency, who makes nearly $300,000 a year. WDSU Investigates obtained 911 calls and city records showing the impact of wait times.”My daughter, she is 4 years old. She just woke up, and she can’t catch her breath. And she started to panic,” Jeff Gulotta said on a 911 call recording last October. His daughter, Josephine Gulotta, spoke to WDSU Investigates about the night she waited for New Orleans EMS. “I was worried, and I couldn’t breathe,” Josephine Gulotta said. “I wanted them to come quickly. I was scared.”Her parents, Jeff Gulotta and Jamie Clark, described the terrifying situation.”She breathed out and had to take these little, short breaths to get any air back into her lungs. I’m like, that …