I called once...my DH was out of town...and I was sleeping in our bedroom with my 3 kids...all under 5 years old. My alarm was set, and started to go off with the major alarm, which meant that a door had been opened...then I heard the door at the end of my hallway slam shut...I was petrified. I called 911, and made the operator stay on the phone with me...it took 19 minutes for the police to arrive...and I spent the whole time looking at the sliver of light under my bedroom door, just waiting to see a shadow in front of it. I felt helpless to protect the kids...and went and got a bottle of hairspray and a lighter...my Dh asked me if I planned on seting them on fire...or offering them a smoke and an updo!! Anyway...it turned out the door had not been properly shut...wind had blown it open, and slammed the other door shut....but I was TERRIFIED!!!!! Scariest and most helpless 20 minutes of my life!!
Oh my god! I would have been a nervous wreck the entire time! I probably would have passed out!
A long time ago (like 1984) my parents called 911 because my sister was choking and they couldn't get her to breathe again (she swallowed one of my Strawberry Shortcake dolls), but when they told the operator that the choking victim was a baby the 911 operator completely flipped out. She started hysterically crying and couldn't even manage to get the ambulance to come. To this day I remember my mom yelling at the operator and telling her to calm down and help us! Luckily, my father slapped my sister on the back and that dislodged the toy, if we had left it up to the operator, my sister would more than likely be dead.