Cat Calls 911 to Help Owner, Police Say

Cat Calls 911 to Help Owner, Police Say

By Associated Press
Published January 2, 2006, 5:39 AM CST


COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Police aren't sure how else to explain it. But when an officer walked into an apartment Thursday night to answer a 911 call, an orange-and-tan striped cat was lying by a telephone on the living room floor. The cat's owner, Gary Rosheisen, was on the ground near his bed having fallen out of his wheelchair.

Rosheisen said his cat, Tommy, must have hit the right buttons to call 911.

"I know it sounds kind of weird," Officer Patrick Daugherty said, unsuccessfully searching for some other explanation.

Rosheisen said he couldn't get up because of pain from osteoporosis and ministrokes that disrupt his balance. He also wasn't wearing his medical-alert necklace and couldn't reach a cord above his pillow that alerts paramedics that he needs help.

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http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-ap-911-cat-call,1,233624.story?coll=chi-news-hed


(be nice to cats)

It was on speed-dial

/saw the local report last night

Stupid cat.