City’s 911 fails to answer 31 calls a day (FL)

HIALEAH, Fla. — When Paulo Rivero fell from the roof of his home in West Hialeah, his wife, Aida, immediately called 911.

But no one answered while her husband was unconscious on the ground. Eventually, after repeated calls, an emergency operator got on the line. Aida Rivero, in her 70s, took her husband to the hospital.

Motorcade honors dispatcher (TX)

Kaufman County emergency vehicles escorted the body of Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office Dispatcher Stormie Matthews from MD Anderson in Houston back to her home city, including passing through Athens mid-afternoon on Saturday.