Dispatchers assumed Christa Pike's survival call was a prank, costing her 30 minutes of emergency care
From the Newshound archive · first published 3 October 2026 · last updated 14 October 2026.
Christa Pike, who her lawyers say is the only person known to have survived a lethal injection, woke in hospital with no memory of the failed September 30 execution and was "angry and confused" to find herself shackled…
Prison workers told dispatchers they 'did not make that call', deepening the confusion and pushing the delay past 30 minutes.
A paramedic transporting Pike to hospital told dispatch: 'There's been so much other confusion — I want to make sure they are aware of this.'
A separate death row inmate's execution date has been pushed back in Tennessee following Pike's botched attempt.
