this was not violent but so violent. a 49-year-old woman collapses on a psychiatric emergency room floor. surveillance video captures the moments when others decide to intervene or not. and their decisions have dire consequences. she was a really beautiful person. and an aunt. she loved children. she loved them with a passion. esmin green comes to new york city in 1995, hoping to find work that will allow her to send money home to her six children in jamaica. she was by all accounts heartbroken to be separated from her family for so many years. i think maybe one of the reasons why she clung to other people s children it is because she had left her six children in jamaica.
emergency medical technicians arrive. esmin is admitted involuntarily to the psychiatric emergency room of the kings county hospital center in brooklyn. one thing about the psychiatric emergency room, it s not like an ordinary emergency room. once you re taken in, they won t let you out without permission from a doctor. so if something is going wrong in there, you re a prisoner, and you re totally at the mercy of the hospital staff. it s june 19th, 5:32 in the morning. and esmin green, who has been waiting for a bed for nearly 24 hours, slumps to the floor. none of the patients move to help her. some people have asked why didn t anybody who was in the waiting room do anything. but chances are they were all
but esmin is dead. according to the medical examiner, esmin green is killed by blood clots that can be caused by long meerdz of periods of inactivity. we have to keep asking ourselves why didn t anybody help.inactivity. we have to keep asking ourselves why didn t anybody help. and i m not sure we ll ever know why. we may find out what went on in each individual s mind, you know, each, the security guards, the nurses, the doctor. but, you know, nobody should check their conscience at the door. the hospital has also been accused of falsifying green s medical records. they record that at 6:00 a.m., esmin got up and went to the bathroom, and that at 6:20, she was sitting quietly in the waiting room. but the camera doesn t lie.
and being without her children filled that void. she found a second home with the jesus is lord ministries and worked at day-care centers in the brooklyn area. she was very good in communication with children, as a teacher, a counselor, whatever. and she would always do a good job. but esmin also has to contend with her own demons. she has psychological problems. at times showing dangerous signs of agitation and psychosis. in june 2008, esmin loses her job and is evicted from her apartment. in the early hours of june 18th, she breaks. everything just changed. she changed from one personality into next just as she did. esmin green is out of control, and pastor marilyn johnson calls 911.
according to the medical examiner, esmin green is killed by blood clots that can be caused of long periods of physical inactivity. we have to keep asking ourselves why didn t anybody help. and i m not sure we ll ever know why. we may find out what went on in each individual s mind, you know, each, the security guards, the nurses, the doctor. but, you know, nobody should check their conscience at the door. the hospital has also been accused of falsifying green s medical records. they record that at 6:00 a.m., esmin got up and went to the bathroom, and that at 6:20, she was sitting quietly in the waiting room. but the camera doesn t lie.