DIAL 911
We are told that the 911 emergency system is state of the art. All you need to do is dial those numbers, and you will almost instantly be connected to a dispatcher. In front of the dispatcher will be a read-out that lists your telephone number, your address, and the name by which that telephone number is listed at that address. Also listening in are the police, the fire department, and the paramedics. Someone might not be able to say what the problem is. Or perhaps a woman’s husband has just suffered a heart attack, and she is so our of control that all she can do is scream hysterically into the telephone. But the dispatcher doesn’t need her to say anything. He knows where the call is coming from. Help is already on the way. There come times in our lives when, in our desperation and pain, we dial 911 prayers. Sometimes we’re hysterical. Sometimes we don’t know the words to…
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