Have you ever had to call 911? With Poll (sorry no Gaz option)

[MIAdragon]

So taking the wife to work at 5:30 this morning, a few mins into the drive I glanced in the rear view and thought I saw something. A split second later I realized what it was, a car with no lights on going WAY too fast in my lane. Had I not swerved into the other lane we would have met in my back seat. About ¼ mile down the road the light turns red and the asshat has to lock his brakes to make the stop (As much as I wanted to jump out of the car and choke a bitch I didn’t). The light turned green and the douche just stayed there, now I’m thinking WTF is wrong with this guy then I see him driving in the classis W pattern, yup a drunk mofo. Ive seen people that looked “tipsy” but never as JA as this cat on the road.

I really didn’t know what to do but I didn’t want this JA to kill someone so I called 911. Just dialing it gave me a strange feeling, talking to the operator everything about it, even looking at my phone now seeing 911 is weird. This was the first time I’ve ever had to use 911 and hopefully the last It had me wondering how many of you have had to do it and what was the reason?

[Sandyskc]

Only once when my late husband was having a heart attack.

[wazu]

I've called for situations I have observed on the highway. From cell phones it goes right to highway patrol. Just a few times when I've seen an old guy that looks broken down or one time I saw a couch in the middle of a major interstate. Only road stuff, though.

[Rain Man]

I have several times. Of the ones I remember....

1. Drunk dude staggering around in traffic late at night.

2. Thuggy kids threw a trash can into the middle of an intersection.

3. Scammer knocked on my front door and tried to scam me out of money.

4. Drunk driver on the road near me.

5. Car in front of us lost control and wrecked on the Interstate.

But the first time was the freakiest, though it was before 911 was the emergency number. When I was about 15 years old, my mother had major surgery. She came home and everything was fine, and then one night there was yelling. My dad and sister and I converged on my parents' bedroom, and my mother's stitches had broken open, so she was looking like Carrie. Blood everywhere. My dad saw her and passed out, just went straight down and cracked his head on their dresser on the way. So my mother is bleeding profusely and my dad is unconscious, so my sister runs over to help and I get on the phone and dial 0 for the operator (no 911 in those days). I got the phone number for the hospital and called for help. Fortunately, neither injury was serious and they were both fine, but for a moment I thought I was going to be an orphan, and it took me several minutes to call dibs on their room over my sister.

[Buehler445]

Twice.

First time was when I was in High School. Friend of mine were cruising around in the country and the weather was awful. It was probably 20 sleeting and the wind was about 30. Saw a dude in the middle of the road. Then he falls down. Turns out his wife left him, he got drunk and smashed into a bridge. His ribs were broken and a lung collapsed. He was damn lucky we happened upon him, because there probably wouldn't have been any traffic on that road for a few hours or maybe until morning. Used my mom's analog cell phone. The dumb****s at the 911 joint couldn't figure out where the hell I was and had sent the ambulance the wrong ****ing direction and had to call me back (despite them numbering the roads out there). '

Second time it was in the middle of summer and I was on the turnpike from Emporia to Wichita (so I couldn't turn around) and there was a really old man trying to change a tire. I don't know if it was an emergency, but I would have felt like an ass if that guy had a heat stroke or something.

[Simply Red]

Had to call last Tue, or maybe, Wednesday @ work on lunch. This guy was passed out @ a light, and I reported it, main intention was to help him. I just hope he was alive.

[bronco610]

Unfortunetly the day my father died in my arms.

[big nasty kcnut]

I'm the 911 caller. A woman was beaten up next door. Then had to call the cops when some guy was attacked and was bleeding on our door.
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[kysirsoze]

Somehow I haven't. This thread makes me feel either sheltered or lucky or both.

[Huffman83]

I've been a 911 operator for the past 3 years. And I see so much shit happen....I just don't call it in.

It's actually annoying when people call in accidents. I understand people are wanting to help. But when you didn't see the accident and know nothing about the accident yet you still see people standing around the accident on cell phones....I think they'll know more about the accident than you do.

Honestly I can rant all day about stuff like this.

The general population of Columbia are guilty of being mouth breathers.

[CosmicPal]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

1. Drunk dude staggering around in traffic late at night.

That was me. I was trying to find my way to the Lancer Lounge.

[TJR1486]

In high school i was at a party and wouldnt let one of my ex's drive home because she was drunk and just got a DUI a few months earlier. The cops end up showing up and we had no idea why they came, we were in the basement and knew the neighbors didnt call. Well little did we know the drunk bitch called the cops and told them someone at the party was beating her. We end up having to let them in since they wouldnt leave because of what she said. All of us end up getting MIP's, just because i didnt let her go out and kill her self or anyone else. One of the many reasons i hate Olathe cops.

[StcChief]

*55 to report a crazy semi trucker.

[007]

Long time ago we had a group of teens pull in front of our house and just start beating the shit out of another teen for no aparent reason at all. We lived off a highly traveled road back then.

[Buck]

I chose 2 in the poll, but I have since remembered 2 more.

1. 2 Guys street racing down a steep hill, their light is red and they run the light just as cross traffic light turns green, one of the cars hits an elderly couple, both were knocked out and bleeding, never found out if they survived. They pulled the kids out of the car (the one who ran the red light) and checked the trunk and there was a lot of alcohol, a huge bong, and what was either a shit load of weed/coke (it was wrapped up in a brown paper wrap).

2. I'm at work going to get a cup of coffee, coworker is convulsing on the kitchen floor. Turns out she is diabetic and had really low blood sugar and was trying to get some food when she passed out.

3. Car crash in front of my work. A semi pulled out of a parking lot and clipped a truck (Chevy S-10) and the truck smacked another truck. The guy in that truck was passed out and bleeding, and he weighed about 260. His engine was on fire, and I had no time to go back inside to get someone to help me so I pulled him out and dragged him about 30 feet away from his truck onto some grass. I think he survived, not sure.

4. Left work the other night, about a month ago. Busy intersection and the train was coming so the warning lights were on. A guy on a bicycle gets tired of waiting and decides to cross against traffic and gets slammed. I run out of my car and go up do him and he was just slobbering and making noises. It was a pretty spectacular crash. After about 5 minutes he came to and was coherent.

[Fritz88]

Lived in a neighborhood filled with drug dealers and thugs. one night some drug dealer was beating the living crap out of his wife or GF. He had a gun. I had to call 911, they asked for my name and I said "do not even come close to my house, if he sees the police questioning me the thug could come after me). They complied but they needed my name.

A few minutes later, cops came, searched the entire complex, helicopters were scouring the place looking for his gun. Apparently he threw it and denied even having it.

Glad I am out of that place.