Read more 911 call stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4190/911-call.html2010 - Newseren-usNewser Feed Generator2010-03-22T00:29:37http://www.newser.com/story/81172/snowbound-man-dies-after-10-calls-to-911.htmlThe heavy snows that pummeled the East Coast last week claimed one victim in Pittsburgh whose death was surely preventable: a 50-year-old man who called 911 nine times over two days to complain of severe stomach pain. Every time an ambulance was dispatched, it got stuck in snow. Poor communication...http://www.newser.com/story/81172/snowbound-man-dies-after-10-calls-to-911.html2010-02-17T23:55:00http://www.newser.com/story/80666/alec-baldwin-hospitalized-after-fight-with-daughter.htmlAlec Baldwin was rushed to the hospital just after midnight after 14-year-old daughter Ireland—the same one he famously called a "rude, thoughtless little pig" in 2008—called 911 saying her father allegedly threatened to take pills following an argument and was "unresponsive." Baldwin was released shortly after 1am; a...http://www.newser.com/story/80666/alec-baldwin-hospitalized-after-fight-with-daughter.html2010-02-11T15:50:41http://www.newser.com/story/76658/mom-calls-cops-on-grand-theft-auto-addled-teen.htmlA Boston teen's excessive video game playing caused his mom to call 911 this weekend. Angela Mejia awoke at 2:30am to find her son still playing Grand Theft Auto IV, so she unplugged his PlayStation. "I want to help my son, but I can’t find a way," lamented the...http://www.newser.com/story/76658/mom-calls-cops-on-grand-theft-auto-addled-teen.html2009-12-21T23:02:00http://www.newser.com/story/68067/sheriff-sorry-for-missing-jaycee-case.htmlThe Sheriff of Contra Costa County apologized to Jaycee Lee Dugard’s family today for not investigating the case earlier, the Los Angeles Times reports. Sheriff Warren Rupf said a 911 caller warned years ago that children were living in tents in Phillip Garrido's backyard. But a deputy responding to the...http://www.newser.com/story/68067/sheriff-sorry-for-missing-jaycee-case.html2009-08-28T21:21:38http://www.newser.com/story/66188/iowa-911-now-accepts-texts.htmlAn emergency call center in the basement of the county jail in Waterloo, Iowa, today became the first in the country to accept text messages sent to 911. "I think there's a need to get out front and get this technology available," the county's police chief says, adding that 911...http://www.newser.com/story/66188/iowa-911-now-accepts-texts.html2009-08-05T19:18:00http://www.newser.com/story/65822/gates-sends-flowers-to-911-caller.htmlThe Cambridge woman whose 911 call sparked a national uproar over racial profiling received flowers and a note from her neighbor, Henry Louis Gates, yesterday, the Boston Herald reports. It was "an expression of gratitude," her lawyer says. Lucia Whalen, who never mentioned race when she called the police about...http://www.newser.com/story/65822/gates-sends-flowers-to-911-caller.html2009-08-01T10:05:02http://www.newser.com/story/65610/espns-andrews-to-911-im-being-treated-like-britney.htmlAs if being videotaped in hotel rooms weren't bad enough, ESPN's Erin Andrews now has to deal with reporters outside her Georgia home, the New York Post reports. "I'm being treated like fucking Britney Spears and it sucks," she complains to a 911 dispatcher. After describing herself as the "girl...http://www.newser.com/story/65610/espns-andrews-to-911-im-being-treated-like-britney.html2009-07-30T02:15:06http://www.newser.com/story/65591/caller-in-gates-arrest-didnt-mention-race.htmlThe Massachusetts woman who called 911 on Henry Louis Gates and his chauffeur as they wrestled with the Harvard professor’s front door said today she never mentioned race to Sgt. James Crowley, the officer who arrested Gates. Lucia Whalen’s statement contradicts the police report filed by Crowley, which states that...http://www.newser.com/story/65591/caller-in-gates-arrest-didnt-mention-race.html2009-07-29T19:20:59http://www.newser.com/story/65411/cops-release-gates-arrest-tapes.htmlIn audio from the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr, released today by Cambridge police, the arresting officer tells the dispatcher to “keep the cars coming” as he faces an “uncooperative” suspect, the Boston Herald reports. An earlier tape reveals the 911 call in the case, in which a Harvard...http://www.newser.com/story/65411/cops-release-gates-arrest-tapes.html2009-07-27T18:00:00