Have you actually called 911?

I've called 911 a few times.

Once, I was on my way home on a snowy evening at about 11:30 p.m. and I was headed down a big hill on the way to my house. I saw a car lodged in a ditch on the side of the road, and since I didn't feel safe stopping (it was slippery and I was late for curfew, and I just don't feel right stopping to see if a random car needs help) I called 911.

And just last night I was walking downtown with my sister and there were some panhandlers blowing kazoos in people's faces and asking them for change. When I said, "Nope sorry, no money," they said, "Come on! Lemme see your wallet!" so I went to the payphone around the corner and dialed 911. I told them first off that it wasn't an emergency and then explained the situation to them. They said they'd send an officer out.

I've called a few other times but I can't remember.

 

[Kadarin]

I've called a few times..

About three years ago when I went over to my parents' house, my mom was freaking out because my dad had collapsed, and it turned out that he had an aneurysm in his abdominal aortic arterey. If I hadn't walked in the door almost exactly when I did, my dad wouldn't be here today. Paramedics must've been there inside of two minutes, it seems..

Another time, years before, I had to call because someone was shot behind the tire store I used to work at. I had fun explaining that to the district manager..

 

[Harvey]

I've called a few times when I was one of the first to witness a serious traffic accident or freeway hazzard, such as a couch in lanes, etc.

 

[yakko]

Yep. Once when I was almost hit by a drunk driver, once when I saw an accident happen in the middle of the night and once when I pulled out of the mall behind some guy who was smoking pot while driving.

 

[Evadman]

2 times in my life.

The first is not the proudest moment in my life. I called and said a colorful swear word into the phone then hung up. 20 seconds later the phone rang. I was 9 I think. I got a whuppin for that one.

The second was when I was 16. I witnessed a kid riding a bike get run over by a van when the kid decided to try to cross against traffic

 

[Gaard]

<<People running through my yard.>>

:Q

 

[Braves]

one of my parents tried to OD one time, so I had to call 911. Thinking about way back then has really realized how far my family has come and while I still sometimes "dislike" my parents I can never really hate them.

 

[GundamW]

Once.
My diabetic grandma passed out due to low sugar level. Only me and my two younger sisters were at home. I called 911 and the paramedic came pretty quickly while I was still on the phone with the dispatcher. My grandma came about a few minutes later.

 

[jlee]

Never had to, fortunately.

 

[Rallispec]

i've never done it personally, i have been around when somebody else called it though for one of our freinds.
very scarey stuff.

 

[UNCjigga]

Yea, once when my sister's purse got stolen at putt-putt golf. We called the local police dept. to file a report, but they said in order to make a report/claim by phone we needed to dial 911 first. So we did (seems stupid though.)

 

[Fausto]

Never called it, but had it called on my behalf once. I got mashed by a car on my bicycle years back while commuting home from work. One of the witnesses dialed 911, thinking that I was seriously hurt (I was sore, but nothing broken). The fire guys looked a tad disappointed when they realized the "car/bike" accident involved a bicycle and not a motorcycle.

 

[crypticlogin]

Once when this strange woman kept knocking at the door trying to get me to open, repeatedly saying things like "Why won't you let me in? It's me, ****!" (replace **** with a name that changed every couple of minutes) This was apartment housing and she'd managed to get inside the vestibule that lead to the two units, closed the outer door behind her, and started knocking and scratching at my door. Despite telling her I didn't know her, she kept at it until I called 911 and the cops came by to take her away. From what the cops would tell me, she'd just been laid off and was reported missing from a couple of counties over.

That was freaky.