By DAVID DUPONT and
JAN LARSON McLAUGHLIN
BG Independent News
The 911 call made Thursday night after Stone Foltz, 20, was found unresponsive at his apartment, shows a group of friends frantically trying to help Foltz and a dispatcher walking them through performing CPR.
The call came into the Wood County Sheriff’s Office at 11:21 p.m., after Foltz was found when his roommate returned home to their apartment in the 900 block of Klotz Road. Foltz had reportedly attended a hazing for Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity earlier in the evening.
Foltz, a sophomore business major at BGSU, died Sunday after being on life support since Thursday.
BG Police Lt. Dan Mancuso said this afternoon that no charges or arrests have been made in connection with Foltz’s death. The investigation continues.
The 911 call, which was routed from the sheriff’s office to Bowling Green police and fire divisions, starts with a female friend of Foltz’s calling to report that Foltz was unresponsive. She says he had a lot of alcohol earlier in the evening.
“His face is really purple and his pupils aren’t responsive,” she tells the dispatcher. “He’s breathing, but it’s really shallow.”
Then the dispatcher asks her to make sure Foltz was breathing.
“Are you positive he’s breathing? Do you see his chest rising up and down?”
The dispatcher tells the female that if Foltz is blue, “there’s a good chance he’s not breathing.”
The girl starts crying.
“I don’t see it rising,” she cries.
The dispatcher then asks if anyone at the apartment knows how to perform CPR.
“I can walk you guys through it,” the dispatcher says.
“Listen to me. You need to help your friend,” the dispatcher calmly tells the female.
But the caller starts screaming, “Oh my God.”
“Put someone else on the phone,” the dispatcher says.
The next female on the phone confirms that “his face is very purple.” Then she also becomes distraught.
“Let’s do CPR,” the dispatcher says.
Foltz’s roommate, Wade McKenzie, begins performing CPR.
“Give the phone to the person doing CPR” and put it on speaker phone, the dispatcher says.
“Do you know how to do CPR?” she asks McKenzie.
“Roughly, I was in Boy Scouts a long time ago,” he said.
The dispatcher counts with McKenzie as he does 30 chest compressions, then he can be heard giving his friend two rescue breaths before returning to more chest compressions.
He continues until Bowling Green Police officers arrive two minutes after being dispatched. Police take over CPR, then the BG Fire Division takes over once paramedics arrive.
The Toledo law firm of Cooper & Elliott will be conducting its own investigation into the death of Stone Foltz.
The law firm has spoken for the family over the weekend as Foltz was hospitalized as preparations were made to donate his organs.
The statement reads:
“The death of Stone Foltz is a tragedy. We are actively investigating the facts of the case and will be interviewing witnesses and gathering information to figure out exactly what happened on March 4. Investigations involving hazing are complex and take time, but the Foltz family will eventually know the truth.
“No family is ever prepared to say goodbye, especially under these circumstances. The Foltz family has been heartened by the outpouring of support, and we ask everyone to keep showing respect and consideration in their time of grief. Despite their unbearable sadness, the Foltz family agreed to donate Stone’s organs so that others may have a second chance at life.”
