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Woman: Hung up on after calling 911 in D.C.
A woman in D.C. says her calls for help to 911 went unanswered after an attempted robbery, but city officials say the system was working properly.
D.C. woman put on hold after calling 911
A D.C. woman says she was put on hold after calling 911 when an intruder entered her Northwest home, NBC 4 reports.
Tags: 911 call, intruder, D.C., Northwest D.C.
Fairfax looking to add 911 texting service
Fairfax County is considering updating its 911 emergency system to accept text messages sent to 911, with four major carriers already on board.
Tags: texting, derecho, Sharon Bulova, fcc
Emergency call centers to accept texts by 2014
People may be able to text their emergencies to 911 in the next few years.
Tags: call center, texting
911 still vulnerable to powerful storms
Two massive storms in the past five months have caused widespread outages and even an emergency system failure. The question now: Does new technology leave people more vulnerable to emergency system failures and the dangers that go with them?
Tags: derecho, superstorm Sandy, hank silverberg, Hurricane Sandy, Verizon,
Md. dispatcher snores through emergency call
As a panicked woman's husband turned blue last month, a Montgomery County Fire and Rescue dispatcher snored, fast asleep.
Sept. 11 jet headed for restoration, new home
Inside NoVA reports the first Marine jet to respond to the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon will be permanently retired and placed at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va.
Tags: marines, Quantico Marine Base, pentagon
Supporters allege woman evicted for calling 911 too much
Sources close to the 69-year-old say the Gaithersburg woman was convinced that she was being followed and that someone was constantly spraying her with a noxious substance.
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