Caller: Yes.
Dispatcher 2: OK, are you able to tell if he's breathing?
Caller: No, I can't tell right now.
Dispatcher 2: OK. We do have help on the way. What color is his car, too?
Caller: It's a black Escalade.
Background, woman yelling: WHAT HAPPENED?
Dispatcher 2: Is anyone able to open the door?
Caller: We're trying to figure out right now.
Dispatcher 1: Is he trapped inside of the vehicle or is he outside on the ground?
Caller: We're just trying get the police here right now. We don't know what happened. We're figuring that out right now. I'm on the phone with the police right now.
He was outside on the ground, according to the initial dispatch. The connection was lost, but in the nearly 4:30 of elapsed time, the caller was at Woods' side. There is no mention of a wife attempting to revive him. The woman who asks "What happened?" never says another intelligible word.
And that's all I want to know. What happened to the most famous athlete on the planet?
All we have now is a possible country-song title:
"He Gave Me the Ring: I Gave Him the Shaft."
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