911 what's your emergency

You know, you just can't make this stuff up.

This December, I had the pleasure of working on Cleveland's east side. At 1:00 AM, Me and my crew responded to a 911 hang up.

We arrived at the house, a double. Me and my crew found the door open so we entered. I started knocking on the door and yelling "Fire Department". Finally someone answered the door. The residents told us it was probably the man upstairs. So upstairs we went.

I again knocked on the door yelling Fire Department.

We heard a man answer inside - "Oh good it's the firemen"

He opened the door.

Here was a guy in his 50's. He had "Marty Feldman" eyes. This is what he said:

"Hi fireman, thanks for coming. I just told the operator that I dialed 911 by accident. You see, I forget phone numbers so I was trying to program 911 into my speed dial. I don't want to have to call information to get the number for 911."

With that we just shook our heads, turned around and left.

You just cannot make this stuff up!