In the first 911 call made about the deadly incident on E. Morehead Street in January, a witness says they saw people lying “motionless” and “under rubble.”

By Makayla Holder / The Charlotte Observer

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Charlotte number one do you mean police Fire money uh I'm not sure I'm at on a Construction site and we just had a Scaffolding call there looks like There's people down below me that have Uh I don't even know stay online yeah They're they're not moving Uh it's uh it's a construction site uh Um Okay tell me exactly what happened Um I don't know I'm in a tower crane And uh they have a hydro mobiles uh Below me that are working and I just Felt them hit my power And uh Um I go down below me and there is no Longer there I'm not it had nothing to Do with me I'm I'm I'm working over in The road but I just felt to hit my power Look down And uh And collapse below me I don't I don't Even know uh i33 I see three bodies Laying down there I I hope they're not Dead Understand I'm gonna ask you some Questions answer these as best you can If you don't know that's fine uh are you There with them now I'm up in the tower crane I I don't know I'm on the radio Um these guys are pleasing me and just Want to clarify when did this happen

This just happened maybe a minute or two Ago I just saw it I was on the phone With my wife and I just like I got a Blogger how hard did they call sir This this Hydra bomb was probably 70 80 Feet in the air uh the whole ends of Collapsed what caused the fall I have no idea is there any serious Bleeding I don't know they're so far down below Me I can't see I just needed to call Somebody else uh Are they responding normally I don't I don't see them there's three People some people are in the rubble uh There's people down there trying to Uncover them I've got three people down There laying Motionless I'm so high up I can't tell I got you What part of their bodies they're Injured I don't know okay sir I know you're not There I appreciate you calling it in uh We've got some help coming now okay Thank you Thank you bye-bye

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