I was woken out of a sound sleep early this morning to someone outside screaming “Help Me! Someone Help Me! Oh My God Help Me!” I jumped out of bed, threw my shorts on and grabbed my gun and cell phone from my night stand. I ran outside while dialing 911. As I got outside I told the dispatcher my address and as I did I realized that the screaming was coming from inside my neighbor’s house. I informed the dispatcher who said she could hear the lady screaming too and asked me to go into the house and see what was happening! I was shocked that she asked me to go in the house, but I was already on my way anyway. As I was going through the gate of the fence I yelled into the house “Are you OK?” (A dubious question but that’s what I said). My neighbor yelled back to me “Help me, my sister died overnight!” I relayed to the 911 operator who told me that she heard. I proceeded into the house to find my neighbor standing in her kitchen frantically trying to dial her phone and screaming. The 911 dispatcher told me to tell her ‘”everyone is on the way”. I did, and then asked my neighbor if she was sure about her sister. She screamed YES! She said she needed to call her mom. Just then her mother answered her phone (at the other end) and my neighbor was screaming “Mom are you sure! Where is she now?” That is when I realized that her sister that passed was likely not in the house. Once she hung up the phone I asked where her sister was and she told me she was in Florida. When the police arrived I updated them. At this point I went back home. The police stayed with her until her boyfriend arrived.
So, in the end it turned out to not really be an emergency, but that’s how my morning started today. I was mostly surprised about the 911 operator: Such as asking me to go into the house when she could here what sounded like a lady screaming bloody murder. Also strange to me was that the 911 operator hung up after she told me to tell the lady that “everyone is on the way.” She probably realized that she didn’t need to be on the phone with me anymore but it was still not what I expected. I’m not criticizing, it’s just my reaction.
I am not sure why I am telling you guys, guess I just needed to vent it. Thanks for listening.
/John
ETA: although I grabbed my gun before I went outside, it was concealed the whole time.
So, in the end it turned out to not really be an emergency, but that’s how my morning started today. I was mostly surprised about the 911 operator: Such as asking me to go into the house when she could here what sounded like a lady screaming bloody murder. Also strange to me was that the 911 operator hung up after she told me to tell the lady that “everyone is on the way.” She probably realized that she didn’t need to be on the phone with me anymore but it was still not what I expected. I’m not criticizing, it’s just my reaction.
I am not sure why I am telling you guys, guess I just needed to vent it. Thanks for listening.
/John
ETA: although I grabbed my gun before I went outside, it was concealed the whole time.
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