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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.

Tuesday - 05/21/2013, 10:13am EDT

Tags: D.C. Office of Unified Communications, ABC 7

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.

Monday - 05/06/2013, 11:17am EDT

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.

Saturday - 03/09/2013, 08:26am EST

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.

Sunday - 12/09/2012, 02:11pm EST

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?

Monday - 11/19/2012, 08:12am EST

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.

Tuesday - 05/22/2012, 10:17am EDT

Tags: Montgomery County Fire and Rescue, Scott Graham, NBC4

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.

Monday - 04/09/2012, 07:19am EDT

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.

Tuesday - 01/10/2012, 03:55pm EST

Tags: evictions, Housing Opportunities Commission