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Cat called 911 to help ill, disabled owner

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Cat called 911 to help ill owner, police say
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) ? Police aren't sure how else to explain it.

But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911.

"I know it sounds kind of weird," Officer Patrick Daugherty said, unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation.

Rosheisen said he couldn't get up because of pain from osteoporosis and ministrokes that disrupt his balance. He also wasn't wearing his medical-alert necklace and couldn't reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help.

Daugherty said police received a 911 call from Rosheisen's apartment, but there was no one on the phone. Police called back to make sure everything was OK, and when no one answered, they decided to check things out.

That's when Daugherty found Tommy next to the phone.

Rosheisen got the cat three years ago to help lower his blood pressure. He tried to train him to call 911, unsure if the training ever stuck.

The phone in the living room is always on the floor, and there are 12 small buttons ? including a speed dial for 911 right above the button for the speaker phone.

"He's my hero," Rosheisen said.
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Even if the cat didn't actually dial the numbers, that is an incredible story!
 
I would have believed it if it was a dog, but not a cat. Cats don't seem very intelligent, atleast not in the same way dogs are. They seem indifferent towards everything. But dogs are smart and know when somethings wrong.
 
Damn, I need to train my gf's cats to call the local pizza joint and place an order.

Next step, picking up the order.
 
Originally posted by: LeiZaK
There are no disabled people. Only people who have met Chuck Norris.
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So wouldn't that make them disabled?

Did you come up w/ that chuck norris line yourself thinking it'd be funny or something?
 
Originally posted by: JLGatsby
I would have believed it if it was a dog, but not a cat. Cats don't seem very intelligent, atleast not in the same way dogs are. They seem indifferent towards everything. But dogs are smart and know when somethings wrong.
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Wait a minute. Are cats not intelligent or just indifferent? Being indifferent does not make you less intelligent. The cats I have owned seem pretty intelligent when compared to the dogs I have had. I am not going to say if one was smarter than the other as it is a pretty silly thing to debate. 🙂

Matt
 
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