Actual 911 Calls
1. Dispatcher: "9-1-1, what's your emergency?"
Caller: "I heard what sounded like gunshots coming from the brown house on the corner."
Dispatcher: "Do you have an address?"
Caller: "No, I have on a blouse and slacks, why?"
2. Dispatcher: "9-1-1, what's the nature of your emergency?"
Caller: "My wife is pregnant and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
Dispatcher: "Is this her first child?"
Caller: "No, you idiot! This is her husband!"
3. Dispatcher: "9-1-1, what's the nature of your emergency?"
Caller: "Yeah, I'm having trouble breathing. I'm all out of breath ... I think I'm going to pass out."
Dispatcher: "Sir, where are you calling from?"
Caller: "I'm at a pay phone. North and Foster."
Dispatcher: "Sir, an ambulance is on the way. Are you an asthmatic?"
Caller: "No."
Dispatcher: "What were you doing before you started having trouble breathing?"
Caller: "Running from the police."
