ALBANY, GA (WALB) — Larenzo Riggins was hungry when he walked into the east Albany McDonald’s on Thursday. “I went in to order seven McDoubles and one McChicken, and one fry,” said Lorenzo Riggins, 911 caller. But after he walked outside, he says he noticed that wasn’t what he got. “I left out the […]
SANFORD, FL (RNN) – The mother of Trayvon Martin took the witness stand Friday in the George Zimmerman murder trial. Sybrina Fulton said she believed it was Trayvon’s voice screaming for help on a 911 call from the night of his death. She appeared shaken as the call recording was played in the courtroom. When […]
Get up, a-get-get down, Dallas, Texas, because 911 is definitely a joke in your town. And you have racist — now terminated — operator, April…
OHIO (WOIO) – Police agencies report that as of 3:00 p.m. Friday, the 911 phone problems have been fixed. As of Friday morning, calls made from a land line phone to 911 were not able to be processed due to a state wide outage. Many state and local agencies worked to fix the problem. This outage […]
Americans are pausing to mark the 11th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. The country’s leaders and the families of the victims are taking part in solemn ceremonies in Washington, New York, and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Hundreds gathered at the September 11th Memorial in lower Manhattan to remember loved ones lost in the worst terror attack […]
NBC News is drawing fire after it chose to air an interview with “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” star Kris Jenner on Tuesday morning, instead of the moment of silence remembering when the first plane hit the World Trade Center. Victims’ families, the NYPD, FDNY and Port Authority Police observed the moment at 8:46 a.m. […]
WASHINGTON – President Obama remembered victims and praised the resolve of Americans in remarks made at the Pentagon memorial Tuesday, the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This is a full transcript of what the president said: THE PRESIDENT: Secretary Panetta, General Dempsey, members of our Armed Forces, and most importantly, to the families –survivors […]
(CNN) — On newspaper racks Tuesday, 9/11 was markedly absent from the front pages of the New York Times and the New York Post. “The pain, the outrage, the loss — these never fade,” wrote the Times public editor Margaret Sullivan. “The amount of journalism, however, must.” On the 11th anniversary of a tragedy, some […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Forget calling ‘911’, what if you could send a text or a photo? That technology getting tested around the country. But one local councilman asking, why not here? The chaos in the theater shooting in Colorado could one day lead to change in local 911 centers. Those shootings sparking talk about […]
A woman from inside a jail told a 911 operator that she was being held against her will, but that’s what happens when you’re arrested. DUH!
LORAIN, Ohio – A 52-year-old northeast Ohio woman is facing charges after deputies say she harassed 911 dispatchers over the phone. On Monday, a deputy stopped at Marlene Thomas’s home after her brother claimed she was harassing him over the phone. The deputy said she needed to stop or she’d be arrested. “At that point […]
NORTON, Ohio – A reindeer walking down a busy road in Norton kept 911 dispatchers busy on Sunday. Before noon, residents started calling about a reindeer on state Route 21 south, near state Route 585. Dispatch: “911, where’s your emergency?” Caller: “Yeah, this is kind of strange. Route 21 south at 585.” Dispatch: “OK.” Caller: […]