Two women in ICE custody save the federal agent who detained them from a seizure

EVIDENCE, NEEDS A COURT ORDER TO BACK THAT UP. TO BACK THTHAT UP. >> ALL RIGHT. MISTY MARRIS, AS. >> ALL RIGHT. MIMISTY MARRIS, AS ALWAYS, WE APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. >> THIS MORNING, TWO WOMEN WHO. >> THIS MORNING, TWO WOMEN WHO WERE DETAINED IN MINNEAPAPOLIS. WERE DETAINED IN MINNEAPOLIS LAST WEEK ARE SHARINING THEIR. LAST WEEK ARE SHARING THEIR STORY AFTER THEY SAY THEY. STORY AFTER THEY SAY THEY RENDERED MEDICAL AID TO A. RENDERED MEDICAL AID TO A FEDERAL AGENT WHWHO TOOK THEM. FEDERAL AGENT WHO TOOK THEM INTO CUSTOTODY. THEY BELIEVE HE. INTO CUSTODY. THEY BELIEVE HE WAS HAVING A SEIZURE. IN AN. WAS HAVING A SEIZURE. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE MININNESOTA. INTERVIEW WITH THE MINNESOTA STAR TRIBUBUNE, TIPPY AMUNDSEN. STAR TRIBUNE, TIPPY AMUNDSENEN AND HEATHER ZIEMANN SAID THEY. AND HEATHER ZIEMANN SAID THEY WERE SITTING HANDCUFFED IN THE. WERE SITTING HANDCUFFED IN T THE BACK OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT SUV. BACK OF A LAW ENFORCEMENT SUV HEHEADED FOR ICE HEADQUARTERS IN. HEADED FOR ICE HEADQUARTERS IN THE E TWIN CITIES. WHEN ONE OF. THE TWIN CITIES. WHEN ONE OF THE AGENTS IN THTHE CAR BEGAN TO. THE AGENTS IN THE CAR BEGAN TO SUFFER THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCY. SUFFER THAT MEDICAL EMERGENCY. >> THAT'S WHEN THE WOMEN JUMPED. >> THAT'S WHEN THE WOMEN JUMPED INTO ACTION, A ACTING AS FIRST.

INTO ACTION, ACTING AS FIRST RESPONDERS TO GUIDE AGENTS. RESPONDERS TO GUIDE AGENTS THROUGH, AS JOE MENTNTIONED, WHT. THROUGH, AS JOE MENTIONED, WHAT THEY RECOGNIZED AS A SEIEIZURE. THEY RECOGNIZED AS A SEIZURE. AMUNDSEN AND ZIEMANN WERE. AMUNDSEN AND ZIEMANN WERE ADVISED BY THEIR A ATTORNEYS NOT. ADVISED BY THEIR ATTORNEYS NOT TOTO TALK ABOUT WHY THEY WERE. TO TALK ABOUT WHY THEY W WERE BEING HELD. BUT WE KNOW THIS. BEING HELD. BUT WE KNOW THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED IN AN AREA. INCIDENT HAPPENED IN AN AREA CALLED BROOKLYN PARK. . WELL, TE. CALLED BROOKLYN PARK. WELL, THE CICITY OF BROOKLYN PARK TOLD OUR. CITY OF BROOKLYN PARK TOLD OUR TWIN CITIES AFFILIATE THAT. TWIN CITIES AFFILIATE THAT 9-1-1 WAS CALLED FOR A SEIZURE. 9-1-1 WAS CALLED FOR A SEIZURE IN PROGRESS. THAT CITY, THAT. IN PROGRESS. THAT CITY, THAT SUBURB OF MINNEAPOLIS, HAS BEEN. SUBURB OF MINNEAPOLIS, HAS BEEN THE SITE OF RECENT IMMIGRATION. THE SITE OF RECENT IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND. ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS AND ANTI-ICE OPERATIONS AS WELL. ANTI-ICE OPERATIONS AS WELL. THOSE PROTESTS. THOSE PROTESTS. >> TIPPY AND HEATHER, JOIN US. >> TIPPY AND HEATHER, JOIN US NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS.

NOW TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE WANT. BEFORE WE GET STARTED, WE WANT TO NOTE NBC NEWS DID REACH O OUT. TO NOTE NBC NEWS DID REACH OUT TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND. TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FOR COMMENT ON THIS. SECURITY FOR COMMENT ON THIS STORY. WE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY. STORY. WE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY HEAR BACK. OUR AFFILIATE, KEKEIR. HEAR BACK. OUR AFFILIATE, KEIR REACHED D OUT LAST FRIDAY. IT HS. REACHED OUT LAST FRIDAY. IT HAS NOT YET HEARD BACK, BUT WEWE DO. NOT YET HEARD BACK, BUT WE DO WANT TO HEAR YOUOUR ACCOUNT ABOT. WANT TO HEAR YOUR ACCOUNT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. TIPPY, WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. TIPPY, WE SHOULD NOTE THIS WAWAS LAST. WE SHOULD NOTE THIS WAS LAST THURSDAY, A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE. THURSDAY, A COUPLE DAYS BEFORE ALEX WAS SHOT. THAT WAS ON. ALEX WAS SHOT. THAT WAS ON SATURDAY. START JUST BY QUICKLY. SATURDAY. START JUST BY QUICKLY WALKING US THROUGH THE MOMENTS. WALKING US THROUGH THE MOMENTS YOU FIRST REALIZED SOMETHING. YOU FIRST REALIZED SOMETHING WAS WRONG. YOU SAY YOU WERE IN. WAS WRONG. YOU SAY YOU WERE IN THAT SUV, HANDCUFFED. OTHER. THAT SUV, HANDCUFFED. OTHER AGENTS WERE THERE. THEN WHAT. AGENTS WERE THERE. THEN WHAT DID YOU NOTICE?

DID YOU NOTICE? >> WELL, WE WE SAW HIM. I SAW. >> WELL, WE WE SAW HIM. I SAW HIM START TO LEAN BACK. AND. HIM START TO LEAN BACK. AND THEN HE SAID OUT LOUD, WELL, THEN HE SAID OUT LOUD, WELL, NOT REALLY LOUD, VERY SOFTLY, NOT REALLY LOUD, VERY SOFTLY, THAT HE WAS NOT FEELING VERY. THAT HE WAS NOT FEELING VERY WELL. AND THEN HIS ARMS STARTED. WELL. AND THEN HIS ARMS STARTED TO SHAKE, AND THEN TIPPY JUMPED. TO SHAKE, AND THEN TIPPY JUMPED IN. IN. >> IT BECAME OBVIOUSLYLY AWARE O. >> IT BECAME OBVIOUSLY AWARE TO ME, OR I WAS VERY AWARE OF THE. ME, OR I WAS VERY AWARE OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT WAS. EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT WAS HAPPENING. BUT THE DRIVEVER, THE. HAPPENING. BUT THE DRIVER, THE OTHER ICE AGENT AND THE OTHER. OTHER ICE AGENT AND THE OTHER AGENT BEHIND US DID NOT SEEM TO.

AGENT BEHIND US DID NOT SEEM TO BE AWARE THAT IT WAS HAPPENING. BE AWARE THAT IT WAS HAPPENING AND THAT IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. AND THAT IT WAS AN EMERGENCY. SO I QUICKLY ASKED THEM TO PULL. SO I QUICKLY ASKED THEM TO PULL OVER, UNCUFF ME, AND LET ME. OVER, UNCUFF ME, AND LET ME HELP HIM BECAUSE WE COULD HEAR. HELP HIM BECAUSE WE COULD HEAR HIS TONGUE AND THE FLUIDS IN. HIS TONGUE AND THE FLUIDS IN HIS MOUTH BEGIN TO SOUND LIKE. HIS MOUTH BEGIN TO SOUND LIKE THEY WERE GOING TO BE ASPIRATED. THEY WERE GOING TO BE ASPIRATED INTO HIS BODY, AND I WAS. INTO HIS BODY, AND I WAS WORRIED THAT HE WAS GOING TO. WORRIED THAT HE WAS GOING TO STOP BREATHING. I KNEW FROM. STOP BREATHING. I KNEW FROM MINIMAL TRAINING THAT I HAVE AS. MINIMAL TRAINING THAT I HAVE AS AN ON BEING ON THE EMERGENCY. AN ON BEING ON THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM. WHEN I WAS A. RESPONSE TEAM. WHEN I WAS A KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, THAT I.

KINDERGARTEN TEACHER, THAT I NEEDED TO GET HIM INTO THE. NEEDED TO GET HIM INTO THE RECOVERY POSITION, KEEP P HIM. RECOVERY POSITION, KEEP HIM WARM AND KEEP HIM CALM. SO THEY. WARM AND KEEP HIM CALM. SO THEY DID THAT. THEY PULLED OVER. DID THAT. THEY PULLED OVER. THEY UNCUFFED ME, LET ME RUN. THEY UNCUFFED ME, LET ME RUN AROUND THE VEHICLE. THEY BEGAN. AROUND THE VEHICLE. THEY BEGAN TO UNCUFF HEATHER AND THEN I I. TO UNCUFF HEATHER AND THEN I. GOT TO HIS SIDE AND I TOLD HIM. GOT TO HIS SIDE AND I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE OKAY. I. THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE OKAY. I HAD TO MOVE HIS SERVICE WEAPON. HAD TO MOVE HIS SERVICE WEAPON FROM HIS HIP TO THE FRONT OF. FROM HIS HIP TO THE FRONT OF HIS BODY TO BE ABLE TO GET HIM. HIS BODY TO BE ABLE TO GET HIM INTO THE RECOVERY POSITION, AND. INTO THE RECOVERY POSITION, AND THEN I JUST HELD HIS HEAD UP SO. THEN I JUST HELD HIS HEAD UP SO THAT HE COULD HAVE A CLEAR.

THAT HE COULD HAVE A CLEAR AIRWAY. I SPOKE TO HIM AND I. AIRWAY. I SPOKE TO HIM AND I ASKED HIM HIS NAME. I TOLD HIM. ASKED HIM HIS NAME. I TOLD HIM THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE SAFE, THAT HE WAS GOING TO BE SAFE, AND THAT I WAS GOING TO STAY. AND THAT I WAS GOING TO STAY THERE UNTIL EMS ARRIVED. THERE UNTIL EMS ARRIVED. HEATHER GOT THE OTHER ICE. HEATHER GOT THE OTHER ICE AGENTS TO CALL 9-1-1 AND THEN. AGENTS TO CALL 9-1-1 AND THEN THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY. THEY WERE ON THEIR WAY. >> THEY HAD TO BE TOLD. >> THEY HAD TO BE TOLD. >> BUT WE HAD TO GUIDE THEM. >> BUT WE HAD TO GUIDE THEM THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THIS. THROUGH EVERY STEP OF THIS PROCESS AND EVERY STEP OF F THE. PROCESS AND EVERY STEP OF THE EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT WE. EMERGENCY SITUATION THAT WE WERE IN, AND THEY LEFT THEIR. WERE IN, AND THEY LEFT THEIR VEHICLE OPEN. THEY LEFT US WITH. VEHICLE OPEN. THEY LEFT US WITH THIS INCAPACITATED OFFICER.

THIS INCAPACITATED OFFICER. THEY LEFT US WITH HIS WEAPON. THEY LEFT US WITH HIS WEAPON. THEY LEFT US IN A SITUATION. THEY LEFT US IN A SITUATION WHERE IT JUST STRUCK ME THAT. WHERE IT JUST STRUCK ME THAT THIS IS NOT HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT. THIS IS NOT HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT SHOULD BE CONDUCTING THEMSELVES. SHOULD BE CONDUCTING THEMSELVES AND SHOULD BE ALLOWING. AND SHOULD BE ALLOWING DETAINEES ACCESS TO ALL OF. DETAINEES ACCESS TO ALL OF THESE THINGS. AND AS I JUST. THESE THINGS. AND AS I JUST STOOD THERE, FINALLY COMING, STOOD THERE, FINALLY COMING, LIKE, AWARE OF THE SITUATION, LIKE, AWARE OF THE SITUATION, HOLDING THIS MAN'S HEAD, HOLDING THIS MAN'S HEAD, LOOKING AROUND LIKE, OH MY. LOOKING AROUND LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS, THIS IS ALL HAPPENING, GOODNESS, THIS IS ALL HAPPENING, NUMBER ONE. AND THAT I'M. NUMBER ONE. AND THAT I'M HOLDING THIS MAN'S HEAD. AND.

HOLDING THIS MAN'S HEAD. AND HIS FELLOW ICE AGENTS WOULD NOT. HIS FELLOW ICE AGENTS WOULD NOT DO THE SAME. THEY LEFT ME. DO THE SAME. THEY LEFT ME. >> I HAD TO GRAB A TACTICAL. >> I HAD TO GRAB A TACTICAL VEST TO PUT UNDER HIS HEAD. I. VEST TO PUT UNDER HIS HEAD. I HAD TO GO AND OVER THE SEAT AND. HAD TO GO AND OVER THE SEAT AND DIG IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. DIG IN THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE TO GET THINGS TO WARM HIM UP. I. TO GET THINGS TO WARM HIM UP. I HAD TO TELL THEM TO SHUT THE. HAD TO TELL THEM TO SHUT THE DOOR. BODY HEAT IS IMPORTANT TO. DOOR. BODY HEAT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, KEEP IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS, ESPECIALLY IN THE WEATHER. ESPECIALLY IN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WE WERE HAVING THAT. CONDITIONS WE WERE HAVING THAT DAY. DAY. >> AND WE'RE DOING A ALL OF THIS.

>> AND WE'RE DOING ALL OF THIS HAVING JUST WITNESSED HOW RENEE. HAVING JUST WITNESSED HOW RENEE GOOD WAS TREATED, A MOM JUST. GOOD WAS TREATED, A MOM JUST LIKE THE US, A WOMAN JUST LIKE. LIKE THE US, A WOMAN JUST LIKE US A COUPLE WEEKS PRIOR, NOT. US A COUPLE WEEKS PRIOR, NOT RECEIVING THE CARE THAT SHE. RECEIVING THE CARE THAT SHE SHSHOULD HAVE RECEIVED. AND IT. SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED. AND IT WAS JUST VERY THE WHOLE THING. WAS JUST VERY THE WHOLE THING IS JUST UNSETTLING, AND IT'S. IS JUST UNSETTLING, AND IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE A SITUATION. HARD TO IMAGINE A SITUATION WHERE THEY HAVE TO CARE FOR. WHERE THEY HAVE TO CARE FOR THEIR OWN AGENT OR ANONOTHER. THEIR OWN AGENT OR ANOTHER DETAINEE IN EMERGENCY. AND NOT. DETAINEE IN EMERGENCY. AND NOT ONLY. ONLY. >>>> THAT, I MEAN, PEOPLE NEED O.

>> THAT, I MEAN, PEOPLE NEED TOO BE AWARE OF THE INCOMPETENCY. BE AWARE OF THE INCOMPETENCY. THESE THESE AGENTS COULDN'T. THESE THESE AGENTS COULDN'T HAVE HAD BASIC TRAINING FOR. HAVE HAD BASIC TRAINING FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. I MEAN. WE. EMERGENCY RESPONSE. I MEAN. WE MINIMAL EXPERIENCE. MINIMAL EXPERIENCE. >> ALSO, ONT NOTE, I MEAN, >> ALSO, ONT NOTE, I MEAN, WHAT AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT. WHAT AN ACCOUNT OF WHAT HAPPEN. HAPPEN HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND THESE. HAPPENED BETWEEN YOU AND THESE FEDERAL AGENTS WHEN THIS. FEDERAL AGENTS WHEN THIS MEDICAL EVENT WAS OVER, AFTER. MEDICAL EVENT WAS OVER, AFTER YOU HAD GIVEN THIS PERSON HELP, YOU HAD GIVEN THIS PERSON HELP, WHEN NO ONE ELSE EVEN COULD. WHEN NO ONE ELSE EVEN COULD HAVE? WHAT HAPPENED AFTER? HAVE? WHAT HAPPENED AFTER? >> WELL, THEY HANDCUFFED US.

>> WELL, THEY HANDCUFFED US AGAIN AND TO TRANSFER US TO. AGAIN AND TO TRANSFER US TO ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND WE'RE LIKE, ANOTHER VEHICLE. AND WE'RE LIKE, SERIOUSLY? LIKE WE JUST HELPED. SERIOUSLY? LIKE WE JUST HELPED YOU IN THIS EMERGENCY. YOU'RE. YOU IN THIS EMERGENCY. YOU'RE STILL GOING TO TAKE US TO THE. STILL GOING TO TAKE US TO THE WHIPPLE BUILDING? AND THEY DID. WHIPPLE BUILDING? AND THEY DID. >> YEAH, THEY DID. ON THE WAY. >> YEAH, THEY DID. ON THE WAY THERE, I ASKED WHEN WE WERE. THERE, I ASKED WHEN WE WERE GOING TO RECEIVE OUR PHONE CALL. GOING TO RECEIVE OUR PHONE CALL TO CALL OUR LAWYER, AND THEY. TO CALL OUR LAWYER, AND THEY SAID THAT WE SHOULD RECEIVE A. SAID THAT WE SHOULD RECEIVE A CALL AT THE WHIPPLE BUILDING, CALL AT THE WHIPPLE BUILDING, BUT THEY W WEREN'T AWARE OF THE. BUT THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THE CURRENT POLICIES THERE. AND. CURRENT POLICIES THERE. AND THEN ULTIMATELY, THEY ASKED IF.

THEN ULTIMATELY, THEY ASKED IF WE HAD ONE LAWYER WE COULD CALL. WE HAD ONE LAWYER WE COULD CALL TOGETHER. WE COULD CALL FROM. TOGETHER. WE COULD CALL FROM THE CAR. SO WE WERE E ABLE TO. THE CAR. SO WE WERE ABLE TO CALL SOMEBODY FROM THE CAR, AND. CALL SOMEBODY FROM THE CAR, AND THEY WERE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY. THEY WERE ALREADY ON THEIR WAY. COMING TO GET US. COMING TO GET US. >> VERY QUICKLY, TO THE E BEST F. >> VERY QUICKLY, TO THE BEST OF YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAVE YOU BEEN. YOUR KNOWLEDGE, HAVE YOU BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING G AT THIS. POINT? >> YES. >> YES. >> YEAH, WE HAVE. WEWE WERE WE. >> YEAH, WE HAVE. WE WERE WE RECEIVED CITATIONS IN THE. RECEIVED CITATIONS IN THE WHIPPLE BUILDING. USUS I WE'RE. WHIPPLE BUILDING. US I WE'RE NOT EVEN CONFIDENT ON ALL OF. NOT EVEN CONFIDENT ON ALL OF THE NUMBERS. THIS IS NOT OUR. THE NUMBERS. THIS IS NOT OUR WORLD. THIS IS. WORLD. THIS IS. >> WELL, YOU CAN'T EVEN READ. >> WELL, YOU CAN'T EVEN READ THE CITATION. IT'S ONE OF THEM. THE CITATION. IT'S ONE OF THEM TRIPLICATE FORMS.

TRIPLICATE FORMS. >> YEAH, BUT YES, WE AND WE. >> YEAH, BUT YES, WE AND WE HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL, A FEDERAL. HAVE LEGAL COUNSEL, A FEDERAL LAWYER FROM HERE IN MINNESOTA. LAWYER FROM HERE IN MINNESOTA THAT IS ASSISTING US WITH THAT. THAT IS ASSISTING US WITH THAT PART OF IT. BUT WE HAVEN'T. PART OF IT. BUT WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING YET. HEARD ANYTHING YET. >> ALL RIGHT. . TIPPY AMUNDSON, >> ALL RIGHT. TIPPY AMUNDSON, HEHEATHER ZIEMANN AGAIN, WE HAVE. HEATHER ZIEMEMANN AGAIN, WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO DHS FOR COMMENT. REACHED OUT TO DHS FOR COMMENT. WE HAVAVE NOT HEARD BACK YET. WE.