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Officials report a few heat casualties
[Jim Damaske | TIMES]
DUNEDIN -- Today's high temperatures caused some casualties at the Obama event. William McElligott, division chief of the Dunedin Fire Department, said his team treated 22 people for heat-related injuries.
The patients were among the crowd of 11,000 that McElligott estimated were inside the stadium.
At one time, he said, the line to get in was in excess of a mile (eventually, everyone got in) and temperatures reached 88 degrees.
Three people were taken to area hospitals for more advanced care. There were no critical cases, he said. McElligott's team operated an area that offered air conditioning and water.
"Most of the folks here needed to cool down,'' he said, calling the room "the basic comfort station.''
Will Van Sant, Times staff writer
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