Bill for Late Ambulance: Durand Ford, Jr. to Pay $780 for Ambulance Delayed 30 Minutes, Father Dies of Heart Attack While Waiting [VIDEO]

Several recent reports confirm that Durand Ford, Jr. from Washington, D.C. was recently billed approximately $780 for an ambulance that arrived 30 minutes too late to administer aid to his ailing father. Ford, Jr. explained to a local NBC news affiliate he was upset and angry that DC Fire & EMS would still bill him an outstanding even fee after such a long and detrimental delay. 71-year-old Durand Ford, Sr. allegedly died from a heart attack while waiting for the medics to arrive.

According to the New York Daily News, the Ford family called 911 at approximately 1:25 a.m. on New Year's morning when Ford, Sr. began complaining of chest pains and shortness of breath. He was having a heart attack... and it took the ambulance about 30-40 minutes to get to his aid due to several "delays." But by that time, it was already too late.

Reports confirm that a fire-truck managed to arrive within nine minutes of Ford, Jr.'s call. The ambulance took a significantly longer time because there "wasn't one available" when the 911 call was placed. DC Fire finally contacted another county to send out a replacement ambulance, but not until 22 minutes after Ford, Jr.'s initial call.

News4 reports - "At about 1:47 a.m. D.C. Fire asked Prince George's County Fire for assistance in responding to Ford's family's call. About a minute later, an ambulance was dispatched from Oxon Hill -- seven miles away from Ford's Southeast D.C. home. The ambulance arrived in ten minutes."

It took an ambulance approximately 33 minutes to arrive - by that time, Durand Ford, Sr. had already passed away. Ford, Sr. was an Air Force veteran and worked as an "advisory neighborhood commissioner" in D.C.'s Ward 7. He died 13 days short of his 72nd birthday.

Still, Ford, Jr. recently recieved a $780.85 bill for the ambulance fee.

Ford, Jr. recently told a local Washington, D.C. NBC-affiliate: "I feel angry. Upset... "I'm disturbed that we even received this bill. We're still grieving about the situation. [We're] very angry about what happened and the service we did not receive from the district."

D.C. council member Yvette Alexander claims that to her knowledge, a bill wasn't sent out. She is currently working with the Ford family to help "resolve" the problem.

Ford's home is only about a mile and a half away from the nearest D.C. firehouse.