Child dials 911 seeking assistance from police officer after his mom’s clever instruction
By World Wide
He interpreted his mother’s advice quite literally when she told him to call 911 if he needed help. Now a young boy is being praised for his spunky efforts in problem-solving.
Having learned from his mother to call 911 in a situation he needs assistance, a four-year-old boy petitioned the support of an emergency dispatcher with a puzzling problem… it left him stumped.
Years ago, a four-year-old boy named Johnny dialed 911, desperately seeking assistance.
When the dispatcher answered the call, Johnny quickly and confidently said, “yeah, I need some help.”
What’s the matter?” the concerned operator asked.
“With my math,” the boy replied.
Believing Johnny was asking for help with his “mouth,” dispatch asked where he lived, prompting Johnny to emphatically say, “No with my math. I have to do it. Will you help me?”
Patiently, the operator asked where he lived but Johnny insisted they continue talking on the phone.
Still uneasy and wanting to send an officer to his location, the kind man on the other end said, “No, I can’t do that but I can send someone else to help you.”
The child was persuasive.
