"Ambulance response times are apparently still an issue plaguing the city of Detroit.
The latest incident involves Detroit News reporter Darren Nichols, who was suffering stroke-like symptoms at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Thursday morning.
Amy Lange of Fox 2 reports that it took an ambulance 25-minutes to respond to city hall.
The national average is eight minutes.
You'd think of all places, an ambulance would respond fairly promptly to city hall.
Fox 2 reported that Free Press reporter Matt Helms called 911 about 10:10 a.m. and called again, with his last attempt being about 10:30 p.m.
"It took 25 minutes for the EMS to arrive," Helms told Fox 2.
"We were literally outside listening for sirens, and didn't hear any,""
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