3-year-old visiting Winnipeg loses finger after incident at city-run park

This playground merry-go-round at Kildonan Park has been taped off and out of use since a three-year-old girl got her pinky stuck in a gap on October 10th. Wadiq Zakaria says his sister's injury was so bad, she later needed to have most of the finger amputated. It's been really difficult for her. She's been having nightmares at night, waking up crying, and sometimes even having difficulties to sleep. But she's holding on strong. Zakaria and his family have since returned home to Kansas City. but the situation has left them frustrated because they feel it wasn't treated with urgency. He says it took more than 30 minutes for first responders to arrive when his sister was stuck. There were no lights and no sirens when they got there. Then she continued waiting as they tried to free her. We called the emergency line to get help as any other person would do, expecting, you know, ambulance and fire department to come there as soon as, you know, you receive the call, but I know it might take a minute, but it shouldn't take, you know, 35 minutes. In a statement to CBC News, the city says both it and the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service are reviewing the incident. They say they can't provide more details because it involves personal health information. They also say when crews arrive at a scene and don't need to move traffic, they may turn off lights and sirens to reduce anxiety and help with communication. The family has submitted a compensation claim to the city for the injury. Gavin Axelrod, CBC News, Winnipeg.