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In Episode 426 of Mic’d In New Haven, former NYPD officer and longtime paramedic Mike Chanat takes us back to one of the most chaotic calls of his EMS career — a massive Brooklyn nightclub shooting in 1998.

Working the midnight tour at Lutheran Medical Center, Chanat and his paramedic partner Jimmy Teravecchio were redirected toward Brooklyn North after their dispatcher sensed that a major incident was developing and additional resources would be needed.

By the time they reached the club, police reported that the shooter had fled and the scene was safe enough for EMS to enter. But Chanat’s experience as a cop kept another thought in the back of his mind: Was the shooter alone? Could someone else still be inside? Could the gunman return?

They arrived to what he describes simply as “utter chaos” — NYPD sector cars, ESU units, police tape going up, injured patrons spilling into the street, shattered glass covering the floor, and eventually the realization that 10 people had been shot after an ejected patron returned and opened fire.

It’s a gripping firsthand account of what happens when policing and emergency medicine collide at a major crime scene — and how communication, instinct, and preparation become critical when the number of patients suddenly overwhelms an otherwise ordinary night.

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