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The sidewalk in order to reach the injured people at the scene of that big car accident and still he could not get there on time. now, we have this letter from the ems coordinator to the mayor before today. what we did not have before today was the 911 call. what we did not have was a sense of the people who were waiting for help. >> 911, a big accident over here! >> the city of ft. lee released these calls today in response to open record requests from those looking for information, how the man...

We know it was not two but actually four people who were taken to the hospital as a result of that car accident. we know that it took emergency responders more than twice as long to respond to that accident than it should have under their normal protocols. it took them nine minutes to get to the scene of the accidents. it should have taken them less than four minutes. we know why it took them so long to get to those injured people in that accident -- it was traffic. emergency responders were stu...

Thank you. >> heres what we know happened after those 911 calls on the morning of monday, september 9th. we know it was not two but actually four people who were taken to the hospital as a result of that car accident. we know that it took emergency responders more than twice as long to respond to that accident than it should have under their normal protocols. it took them nine minutes to get to the scene of the accidents. it should have taken them less than four minutes. we know why it took them...

Through them. we knew there were problems, but now were getting sort of the personal, dramatic side of people outraged by what was going on. >> yeah. well, thats right, wolf. were poring through 26 hours of these tapes, and getting a sense of what was happening to the residents of ft. lee. remember, ft. lee sits right at the foot of the bridge, and two of the three rains on the george washington bridge were closed down. and that led the ems coordinator there to complain publicly that it was taki...

During that massive traffic tie up on the george washington bridge were released by emergency officials in ft. lee, new jersey. cnn is going through the recordings right now. investigative correspondent joins us from washington. hes one of the guys going through those records. tell us more. >> reporter: good morning. we have more than 20 hours of 911 tapes during that week where the bridge lanes were closed. remember ft. lee was hardest hit by those lane closures, two of the three lanes from ft....

This 97-year-old woman who weve heard about over the past couple of days, especially this 91-year-old female, according to the office of emergency medical services here in fort lee, this was a woman who during the midst of this traffic snarl, there was a 911 call placed and it took emergency responders roughly seven minutes to get to her. that was according to the department almost double the amount of time it usually takes. nbc news has obtained a letter that was written to the mayor from the e...