FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It was supposed to be a carefree Spring Break trip to South Florida for a group of college students, including cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
The days of partying led to a mass overdosing where six people were hospitalized after being exposed to the lethal synthetic opioid fentanyl, disguised in cocaine four of the Spring Breakers ingested. Another two of the group were exposed by attempting to resuscitate those who passed out.
A panicked call to 911 shows the moment the vacation turned into a nightmare for the students — commotion and yelling in the background, uncertainty of the address for the Wilton Manors rental home and the dire circumstance of people passed out after using the cocaine.
