911 recordings released of tragic Seward Park death

Five days after a tragic accident took the life of a Seattle man, 911 recordings have been released and reveal how fellow Seattleites came to the rescue of his surviving toddler.

Eric Medalle, 42, was killed while driving through a heavy windstorm on March 13. Medalle was driving through Seattle’s Seward Park neighborhood when a large tree fell and landed on his car. The tree killed Medalle in the front seat, but his toddler survived. The 911 recording details how neighbors came to the rescue of the toddler in the back seat.

An enormous tree has crushed the entire front end of this car, and there is a baby in the back and we are trying to get them out … Someone is trying to get through the back of the vehicle, and we have no idea if anyone else is in the vehicle but the front end of the car is completely crushed … we think there is a dead person in the front.

Medalle was a Pokemon illustrator, and is survived by his wife and two children. His goal for his children was that they go to college. A crowdfunding campaign has been started to help make that goal a reality.

People who wish to give to the effort online can contribute here.

There's a Fundraiser for Eric Medalle's daughters up now. Please pass it on. https://t.co/8GH2XCw8lI

— Pokemon Go News (@PokemonGoNews) March 16, 2016