Mary Harris

Jesse stays on the line. And then after a little while, you can faintly hear in the background over the phone, someone shouting, anybody home? The ambulance got there just three and a half minutes after Jesse disconnected from 911. Jesse hears him say, you awake? Then move that suitcase. And then she hangs up.

Jesse stays on the line. And then after a little while, you can faintly hear in the background over the phone, someone shouting, anybody home? The ambulance got there just three and a half minutes after Jesse disconnected from 911. Jesse hears him say, you awake? Then move that suitcase. And then she hangs up.

It's easy to read the statistics and still not be able to imagine what the overdose crisis looks like in this country. More than 100,000 people die from an overdose each year. That means that Americans are now more likely to die from an overdose than from a car accident. This hotline's purpose is simple and very single-minded. It's not to get people sober or push them into treatment.

It's easy to read the statistics and still not be able to imagine what the overdose crisis looks like in this country. More than 100,000 people die from an overdose each year. That means that Americans are now more likely to die from an overdose than from a car accident. This hotline's purpose is simple and very single-minded. It's not to get people sober or push them into treatment.

It's easy to read the statistics and still not be able to imagine what the overdose crisis looks like in this country. More than 100,000 people die from an overdose each year. That means that Americans are now more likely to die from an overdose than from a car accident. This hotline's purpose is simple and very single-minded. It's not to get people sober or push them into treatment.

It's just to keep people alive. One injection or snort after another. I wanted to know what it was like for everyone, the callers and the people like Jesse, who sit there while someone uses, knowing they could die right there on the phone. Jesse talks to people week after week, and sometimes they just stop calling. Maybe it's because they're not using anymore. Maybe it's because they're gone.

It's just to keep people alive. One injection or snort after another. I wanted to know what it was like for everyone, the callers and the people like Jesse, who sit there while someone uses, knowing they could die right there on the phone. Jesse talks to people week after week, and sometimes they just stop calling. Maybe it's because they're not using anymore. Maybe it's because they're gone.

It's just to keep people alive. One injection or snort after another. I wanted to know what it was like for everyone, the callers and the people like Jesse, who sit there while someone uses, knowing they could die right there on the phone. Jesse talks to people week after week, and sometimes they just stop calling. Maybe it's because they're not using anymore. Maybe it's because they're gone.

Actual overdoses on the hotline don't happen that often, and Jessie had no way to know what went on after she hung up that day with Kimber. She kept answering calls on the line, tried to distract herself. She says she probably walked around her yard, poured herself a Sprite. Then she got a text from a pretty close friend of hers, a guy named Steven. He's a paramedic, so he sees a lot of overdoses.

Actual overdoses on the hotline don't happen that often, and Jessie had no way to know what went on after she hung up that day with Kimber. She kept answering calls on the line, tried to distract herself. She says she probably walked around her yard, poured herself a Sprite. Then she got a text from a pretty close friend of hers, a guy named Steven. He's a paramedic, so he sees a lot of overdoses.

Actual overdoses on the hotline don't happen that often, and Jessie had no way to know what went on after she hung up that day with Kimber. She kept answering calls on the line, tried to distract herself. She says she probably walked around her yard, poured herself a Sprite. Then she got a text from a pretty close friend of hers, a guy named Steven. He's a paramedic, so he sees a lot of overdoses.

She has him in her phone as bruh.

She has him in her phone as bruh.

She has him in her phone as bruh.

Immediately, her phone rings. It's him. Like, instead of texting, he wants to talk. She answers. He said, where?

Immediately, her phone rings. It's him. Like, instead of texting, he wants to talk. She answers. He said, where?

Immediately, her phone rings. It's him. Like, instead of texting, he wants to talk. She answers. He said, where?

Act 2. Stephen. Stephen Murray, the paramedic who responded to that overdose call Jesse took, he had a lot of jobs before working in an ambulance, each with a very different uniform. The first was a black t-shirt. He was in a metal band. Then, a suit and tie. When he was in college, he ran for a seat on the village council and won.

Act 2. Stephen. Stephen Murray, the paramedic who responded to that overdose call Jesse took, he had a lot of jobs before working in an ambulance, each with a very different uniform. The first was a black t-shirt. He was in a metal band. Then, a suit and tie. When he was in college, he ran for a seat on the village council and won.

Act 2. Stephen. Stephen Murray, the paramedic who responded to that overdose call Jesse took, he had a lot of jobs before working in an ambulance, each with a very different uniform. The first was a black t-shirt. He was in a metal band. Then, a suit and tie. When he was in college, he ran for a seat on the village council and won.