After the small plane he was flying in crashed into a Tippacanoe County (Ind.) corn field, Tom Williams dialed 911 and reached sheriff’s dispatcher Lisa Stewart. But Williams had no idea where he was and couldn’t see any landmarks to pinpoint his location. The county’s 911 system could only locate the receiving cellular tower, and showed the location as somewhere near the Tippacanoe River. Williams’ two friends were trapped and bleeding inside the plane, so Stewart made a decision—she instructed Williams to start walking across the snowy field to find an address, highway or person who could give a location where emergency units could respond. It took Williams 11 minutes of walking to find a man working in a barn, all the time talking to Stewart on the phone. Meanwhile, dispatcher Susan Crecelius was radioing units in the field to reach Williams. Both victims in the plane were taken to hospitals in serious condition. Read more about the incident here, listen to the 911 call (below) and watch a video after the break.
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