Yes, when I find a comatose body first thing I think to do is call Mary Kate Olsen

This is going to be interesting to see how this pans out. Seems the Massuesse called Olsen first when she found Heath's body.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LEDGERS_FINAL_MOMENTS?SITE=DEWIL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT

At 2:45 p.m., massage therapist Diana Wolozin showed up for her appointment with Ledger, who didn't answer when she knocked on his door. She then tried to call him on his cell phone, but again got no response. She went into the bedroom, set up her massage table and again tried to wake Ledger.

Wolozin told police that Ledger was cold to the touch, but that she assumed he was just unconscious. She grabbed his cell phone and called Mary Kate Olsen, whose number was programmed into the phone. Wolozin knew that the "Full House" star and Ledger were friends, and she asked Olsen for advice on what she should do next.

Olsen, who also lives in Manhattan but was in California at the time, responded by saying she would send over her private security guards to help deal with the situation. In the ensuing moments, Wolozin realized that Ledger might be dead. She called Olsen again, then called 911.

It makes me wonder if perhaps there could have been a chance for Heath if the woman called 9/11 FIRST.

But I will hold off on speculations until the full autopsy is in.

My kid's Dad's girlfriend couldn't breathe last summer- what did he do? He called me, and it took me a couple of minutes to tell that he meant she really couldn't breathe, and wasn't just really congested or something. So I told him to take her to the ER, ASAP. And then I had to tell him which one was closest, because he didn't know.

She wound up needing a pacemaker. :scared:

One of my old roommates woke up one day to find our whole back yard on fire (we lived in the hills, very dry and it could have turned into a major forest fire).

What did he do? He called me at work, about an hour away to tell me, "The back yard is on fire!"

:silly:

Luckily, he was able to knock it down with the garden hose but really!

I don't know. It was his phone she used right?

I think it took her awhile for the enormity of the situation to hit her.

Maybe she'd found him in a similar state before? :shrug:

It is an odd thing, but I think he was already long dead by that point.

Such a tragic waste.

Safe passage, Heath.

I know that quite well. I used to be a 9-1-1 dispatcher and some of the things people did-well, we could talk about that for months.

Even though people do odd things in emergencies I still think there is more than meets the eye here. Why would someone want to send their private security instead of, at the very least, wanting to call a doctor or something?

I've said it to friends the past few days now. I bet there was someone else there when it all went down, whatever it actually was. There is something I can't put my finger on but it seems way too suspicious.

I embarrassed myself a few years ago in mishandling an emergency, which fortunately turned out ok.

just like I heard with Anna Nicole Smith... the person that found her kept trying to call that Howard Stern guy and got no response. Finally called 911. Jeez, call them right away! What's he gonna do? Or Mary Kate Olsen?

and that's why the therapist called her. I don't know if that's true or not. But it would be a decent reason to call.

And does he have am ambulance that could pull him out of there with the supplies needed.

Yeah, I guess if I were in this woman's shoes I'd panic too - but still, I wish 911 was called first.

The reporter might have just been trying to rationalize calling Mary Kate.

I believe that in an emergency like that I would be cool headed enough to call 911 first, but afterward I can envision myself thinking, "get so-and-so, he/she's a doctor/EMT/nursing student/hospital orderly!"

Okay so you don't get out of bed until 2:45 and then only when your MASSEUSE awakens you.

Sheesh what life!!! Maybe he was really into the whole Bruce Wayne thing.

Still the whole thing is quite sad.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/nyregion/24celeb.html?ref=movies
housekeeper says he was snoring around 1pm :(

I agree, whatever the situation, call 911 first, worry about damage control later. I wonder if she was afraid of calling 911 on a celebrity and causing a scandal :(

Somewhere I read that Olsen also owned the apartment? But not sure if that's true or not.

to sweep for drugs. The illegal kind.

I don't know if anybody could have revived him by then.

...by which I mean: We're on the same page. Yes, let's wait to see what pans out. Having said that: my take is that the masseuse, being an intimate of the celebrity world (if only because of her occupation) felt compelled to dial another celebrity before she dialed 911. Why? Because so much of celebrity isw about hiding secrets, disgusing reality, shielding celebs from the prying media, and the bad publicity and career-damage that could result if that's NOT done. Thus: Your celebrity client is lying unresponsive at your feet. Your mind races: "If I call 911, I'll be creating a media event! I've got to ask another celebrity how to handle this!" So, the idea of the masseuse creating "bad publicity" for her client trumped the more normal impulse we might have to immediately dial 911 when we see an unresponsive person at our feet.

As to the Olsen-gal's response? ("I'm sending over my security") That's along the same lines, but also rooted in the fact that the Olsen gal has never lived a normal (i.e. "non-celebrity") life, and thus is likely to respond to a desperate situation by reaching for "security" (protecting the celebrity) before it would occur to her that this is an actual life-or-death situation that no number of bodyguards and publicists could protect Heath Ledger from.

If you know celebrity history, you know that it's often been the case that dead celebrities have been found by friends or intimates and that they, in turn, haven't called the cops or 911 first-- they've called lawyers or agents, or personal security. They've "cleaned up" the scene before the police or EMT got there-- get rid of the drugs, etc. This has happened always, and it always will.

:eyes:

Indeed, Hollywood is a tight community, especially if you are a massage therapist or psychiatrist to the stars.

This sort of thing happened with Anna Nicole too. And it would probablly happen with the POTUS. The people who take care of them panic when something happens, and they don't call the authorities; they phone other famous (or wealthy) people to consult with and get their advice before making a move.

It's because of the fear of being fired or upsetting someone with more power than you have. That's why in most creative endeavors overseen by businesspeople, it is much safer to say no to something than to green light it, unless you have consulted with thirty other people.