must ask the question as we hit the ten year anniversary mark was it worth it in washington margaret howell archie. now on to a story based right here in the nation's capital washington d.c. has been suffering from a shortage of ambulances this after a slew of incidents where paramedics were not able to arrive to emergency scenes on time or it is just under hell investigates why those services are being cut back despite the city is healthy revenue stream. after a life threatening x. . minutes can be the difference between life and death yet marching to d.c. a shortage of available ambulances can mean response times of fifteen minutes or more. just last week not a single d.c. ambulance was available when a police officer was struck by a car and just a few days later a stroke victim was transported by a fire engine because the nearest ambulance was seven miles away this is been an ongoing issue for years that i don't believe the city has adequately solved according to chris bauman head of the d.c. police union the problems stem from understaffing lack of recruitment and aging equipment and they have