Dispatchers Save Carbon Monoxide Victim

Kudos to Flint (Mich.) dispatchers Kelly Claybrooks and Natalie Money, who handled a 911 call from a woman who said her boyfriend who had called her and was short of breath. The 63 year-old man was running a generator after the power went out from high winds, and he was being poisoned by carbon monoxide. Unfortunately, the girlfriend gave the wrong address for the house, so Claybrooks and Money had to methodically ask her how she would drive to the man’s house. They also obtained the man’s cellular phone number, which led to his address. Thirty minutes later firefighters broke into the home to find the man unconscious, but were able to revive him. 

Interim police chief David Dicks said the dispatchers will receive a commendation.