Comics

(Undated)  —  Spider-Man will praise a firefighter and Blondie and Dagwood will salute the American flag.  It’s part of the way comic strips in newspapers will mark the tenth anniversary of the 9-11 terror attacks.  Some 93 comic strips will be devoted to remembrances in the Sunday, September 11th editions of newspapers across the U.S.  […]

A Florida man last week called 911 seeking a police escort to the Miami home of the rapper Lil Wayne. Michael Kruse, 20, was arrested on a misdemeanor charge for making false emergency calls, according to the below St. John’s County Sheriff’s Office report.  When Kruse, who was calling from his Ford Taurus, requested the […]

Bizarre

A bizarre 911 call landed an Oregon man in jail last weekend.  KPTV.com is reporting that Mark Eskelsen was arrested last Saturday after he broke into a hot tub at the Four Seasons Rec Center in Beaverton.  Eskelsen — who claimed to be in the tub for ten hours — called the emergency number and […]

News

“Please help me. You promise you will help me?” As most have come to know to dial 911 in case of emergency, a call from a traumatized young girl, while her mother lay wounded was in vain as the operator didn’t seem to stress the urgency of the situation or cater to the girl’s circumstances. […]

H-Town

A Texas man’s lack of appetite recently led to his wife’s arrest.  According to the “San Antonio Express-News,” Elsa Benson was arrested December 18th for calling 911 because her husband wouldn’t eat dinner.  Benson reportedly called the emergency number twice, and when police arrived they noticed that Benson had a strong smell of alcohol.  Authorities […]