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http://www.wftv.com/family/8529743/detail.html

I have never seen so much ignorance ever.

I read about this tragedy online yesterday. I was outraged, for the young child and the mother who died. How very sad. I don't think kids play as many pranks today because of caller ID, do they? Years ago when I was a kid, you did that out of boredom. I'll admit I did a few times, but I never called the Operator (our equivalent of 911 today). It's so rare today that we get a prank call or even a wrong number.

That 911 operator should feel deep remorse. You'd think they'd have training about this, when it doubt still proceed with an ambulance to be sure?

Mary

Oh this is just horrible.

I have a friend whose son likes to play on the phone. Calling 911 was one of his favorite things. They did begin to fine her everytime the child did it, which in turn prompted her to monitor the child's playing on the phone. But none-the-less, every call WAS responded to.

That is really sad. I hope that they deal with prank calls severely.

Miss Mary wrote:I read about this tragedy online yesterday. I was outraged, for the young child and the mother who died. How very sad. I don't think kids play as many pranks today because of caller ID, do they? Years ago when I was a kid, you did that out of boredom. I'll admit I did a few times, but I never called the Operator (our equivalent of 911 today). It's so rare today that we get a prank call or even a wrong number.

That 911 operator should feel deep remorse. You'd think they'd have training about this, when it doubt still proceed with an ambulance to be sure?

Mary

Mary many years ago I had a friends teenage son call 911 to report a serious auto accident we happened upon ( I was giving him a ride home from a friends house) The dispatcher asked if it was a prank and the young man very colorfully stated that no it wasnt a prank. Lucklily there was a patrol car nearby and help arrived quickly. Nothing was ever said to that young man for cursing the dispatcher either. Anyway to get back to the topic: that operator should have sent help right away.

Ah that is awful, I do think the 911 operator should be fired, and should be fired now. I think she was wrong to think a 6 year old would make a prank call, and now the poor kid won't call 911 again. I feel so sad for the kid and his mom, my prayers are with them.

This is terrible! It was not up to the dispatcher to make that kind of observation. She should have just sent help and if it turned out to be a prank then it should have been dealt with accordingly. I do not care how many years of service she has, she should be fired. She has too many years and knew better.

Dustin wrote:Ah that is awful, I do think the 911 operator should be fired, and should be fired now. I think she was wrong to think a 6 year old would make a prank call, and now the poor kid won't call 911 again. I feel so sad for the kid and his mom, my prayers are with them.

I second that.

I called 911 by pure accident once. I was trying to call a friend of mine. Her number began with 917. Well, my finger slipped and accidentally pressed the 1 twice. The police was at my house in under 5 minutes. I apologized and explained what happened. The cop said it happenes all the time with numbers starting with 917 and he let it go. I did not get in any trouble over it. After that, I was paranoid to ever call my friend again out of fear of it happening again. Now, if I have to call her, I only call her cell instead of her home phone. Regardless, all calls should be taken seriously.

Shortly after we became hi-tech years ago with aol, the cops showed up at my door saying they had a 911 call from my home. I said, "No sir, I didn't call 911." They asked if i had kids and if they were playing on the phone. I said, "No sir, they were not playing on the phone. Our phone line was tied up with aol." They said, "That's the problem then. Your aol phone num is 291-1???." The computer and phone would miss the 2 and just dial 911. It happened often and i knew to wait before dialing up again so that i could answer the 911 callback. AOL finally got that number changed.

Same thing happened with my Mother In Laws cell phone.

Wow the same thing happened with me on Ocracoke Island NC a few years ago when I was using dial up to get online. My modem for some reason dialed 911 instead of 928 (no I dont know how that happened) and the sheriff was soon banging on my door

Hurricane Hunter 914 wrote:http://www.wftv.com/family/8529743/detail.html

I have never seen so much ignorance ever.

I smell a wrongful death suit coming.

the news said this morning that the family was going to file a wrongful death suit.

And rightly so alicia

"A lawyer said he plans a lawsuit over the death of a woman whose young son called 911 to report she had collapsed, only to be told he shouldn't be playing on the phone.

Geoffrey Fieger, best known for defending assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, is representing the boy, Robert Turner, who turned 6 last month.

Fieger said Sherrill Turner, who had an enlarged heart, would have survived February 20 if help had been sent immediately.

The boy recounted his talk with the 911 operator on Sunday's "Today" show on NBC.

"She thought I was playing on the phone," Robert said.

By the time authorities arrived, Sherrill Turner, 46, was dead.

"This indicates an endemic problem," Fieger said. "There's a discounting of children. Robert did exactly what he was taught to do."

Detroit police are investigating the 911 response. A spokesman did not immediately return a call Sunday.

After Turner collapsed, Robert placed two calls to 911. In the first call about 6 p.m., Robert told an operator his mother had passed out, but an operator asked to speak with an adult.

When he called back about three hours later, an operator told him: "You shouldn't be playing on the phone."

Police arrived after the second call.

In a statement Friday, Police Chief Ella Bully-Cummings said it was important not to rush to judgment and indicated she would have no further comment because of "imminent or impending litigation."

Fieger said he plans to file the wrongful death lawsuit against the city of Detroit on Monday."

http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/10/911.c ... index.html

Whatever happened to public humiliation? Like the stocks? That's where this 911 operator belongs for starters.

Lindaloo wrote:This is terrible! It was not up to the dispatcher to make that kind of observation. She should have just sent help and if it turned out to be a prank then it should have been dealt with accordingly. I do not care how many years of service she has, she should be fired. She has too many years and knew better.

EXACTLY!!!!! I could care less how many crank calls she has recieved over the years or what her training is. He made it very clear that it wasn't a prank. She should have acted accordingly!!

I hope the family wins the case because the operater shouldn't of had any opinion on the call and should of sent for the police immediatly.

Now we know one of the culprits. I don't know if this is related to the case in Detroit:
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Teen Accused of Making 1,000 911 Calls

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A teenage girl acknowledged making about 1,000 fake 911 calls from her cell phone, laughing, taunting and saying, "You can't catch me," police said Monday.

Police said some of the calls made this month lasted several minutes, and one lasted an hour.

The girl was charged over the weekend with two counts of misdemeanor falsely reporting an incident for allegedly making six fake 911 calls from a local church phone Saturday.

"She didn't give us a reason for doing this," Chief of Detectives Dennis Richards said. "She was very disrespectful, and she said that she was going to keep calling 911."

The girl's name was not released because she is a minor.

The case follows the arrest earlier this year of Juan Merced, who along with his wife and oldest son was accused of making nearly 1,000 fake 911 calls from his Buffalo home.

Police said this new case may be a copycat one.
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Information from: The Buffalo News

Buffalo is quite some distance from Detroit....over 250 miles. dont see how this could be related.