Paramedics called to save a Television
LONDON (Reuters) - British paramedics answering an emergency call for help arrived to find a distraught family and a broken television, the ambulance service said on Tuesday. "The occupants were complaining that their TV had broken down,'' said a spokeswoman for West Midlands Ambulance Service. The family from Wolverhampton, in central England, made their plea for help on Sunday afternoon by dialing "999'', usually reserved for fire, police or medical emergencies. "This is obviously a misuse of the ambulance service. The ambulance might have been required for a genuine emergency,'' said the spokeswoman. "The family concerned seem to have misunderstood the 999 service.''My Sardonic Thoughts
- No, I don't make this stuff up.
- "But sir, it is a part of the family"
- "If you had gotten here any later you would have had a couple people lying on the floor to take care of"
- "When the Television went on the blink, I thought I was having a heart attack"
