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988 launched as a mental health alternative to 911 a year ago. Here's how the hotline is working to reach more people.
In 2022, 988 was launched as a free mental health crisis hotline. One year later, here's how it's doing.
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Most kids struggle to recognize an emergency and call 911. Here's what experts say to do.
"We have to teach our kids what to do in an emergency," one doctor says — though getting through password-protected phones makes it difficult.
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Apple Watch automatically calls 911 during stranded hikers' 'life or death' situation
When James Prudenciano recently purchased an Apple Watch, he likely had no idea the device would save his life just days later.
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Taco Bell employee loses his job for calling the police on a deaf customer
Becky Rosemont Burch wrote on Facebook that her son Brandon Washburn and his girlfriend were denied service at an Ohio Taco Bell and employees called the police when they wouldn't leave.
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7-year-old receives snow pants for Christmas and promptly calls 911
As a child, there's nothing worse than receiving something you need (underpants), as opposed to something you want (literally anything). However, the cops properly weren't alerted to the crime.
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'Peppermint Patty': White woman calls 911 on black woman for exiting parking lot wrong
She told the 911 operator that she was "getting attacked" by "two black women calling me a racist."
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Woman on whale-watching boat trip calls the police on a group of whales
Darren Lucciana took his family for a boat ride on Washington's Puget Sound — a popular spot for whale watching — when three humpback whales swam up to their boat. Freak-out ensues.