# Emergency calls reveal delays in botched Pike execution

> Newly released recordings show confusion among first responders and prison officials delayed emergency help after Christa Pike survived lethal injection.
- Title: Emergency calls reveal delays in botched Pike execution
- Summary: Newly released recordings show confusion among first responders and prison officials delayed emergency help after Christa Pike survived lethal injection…
- Keywords: christa pike, riverbend prison, tennessee, execution, capital punishment, lethal injection, news, world, Emergency, calls, reveal, delays
- Source: BBC News — https://bbc.co.uk/news/videos/cqpvgrkp0xpyo
- Published: 2026-10-13T12:03:51.894+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: christa pike, riverbend prison, tennessee, execution, capital punishment, lethal injection, news, world
## Pike survived lethal injection
Christa Pike, fifty, survived two injections of pentobarbital on September thirtieth at Riverbend Prison in Tennessee and was taken to hospital in critical condition.
## Emergency calls show confusion
Newly released recordings obtained by the Associated Press reveal minutes passed as officials and responders attempted to confirm whether the emergency request was legitimate.
## Delays hampered response
Emergency services were delayed by confusion among first responders and Tennessee prison officials, according to the emergency call recordings released after the failed execution.
## Key takeaway

Emergency calls from a failed execution of death row inmate Christa Pike at Riverbend Prison in Tennessee reveal first responders were delayed by confusion over whether the emergency request was legitimate.