“Anonymous Voices”

We sit in a room…
So dark and small…
Waiting for …
A 911 call…
We listen to your voice…
And hear your pain…
We want to help….
Although at times it seems to be in vain…
Our job isn’t glamorous…
It isn’t for all…
We’re there to help…
When you make that call…
There’s crying…
And screaming….
And small voices in pain…
That breaks our hearts….
But in that there’s [...]

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Im just a dispatcher.

 

I TAKE A BREATH AS I SIT DOWN,
GOD GIVE ME STRENGTH TO MAKE THIS ROUND
SO MANY LIVES, I HOLD IN HAND,
SO MANY PEOPLE WITH DEMANDS.
MY FIRST CALL, A CHILD IS SCREAMING,
DADDY’S BEATING MOM AND SHE’S NOT BREATHING.
IT’S HARD TO DEAL WITH AND STAY CALM,
THE CHILD YELLS, “DAD’S GOT A GUN!”
I HAVE TO TAKE CONTROL [...]

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Totally random but funny…

TOP TEN REASONS WHY 9-1-1 IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB:
10. You get a stronger sense of your own humanity by helping others.
9.   You get a better feeling about your own loser life compared to the life stories of
       pathetic RPs.
8.   Chance to meet, date, marry, and divorce a cop.
7.   Can do #8 more than [...]

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Who Am I?

Who Am I?
I am the voice that calms the mother into breathing life back into her infant son.
I am the invisible hand that holds and comforts the elderly man who woke up this morning
to find his wife of 50 years has passed away during the night.
I am the friend who talks the disgruntled teenager out [...]

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