The men in the Buick followed Bryson while calling 911 to report the accident, it said.

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Instead of calling 911, he called a local circus clown with fire-eating experience to come and help.

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Phone in hand, I decide that calling 911 might be a priority move.

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"With officers laid off and furloughed, simply calling 911 and waiting is no longer your best option, " he adds.

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Many overwhelmed families can recount tales of calling 911 because of a psychiatric emergency only to have the ill person appear normal when police arrived.

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Calling 911 and waiting for paramedics is not enough, he said.

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Law enforcement arrives based on calling 911.

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"Nobody's here, and I keep calling and there's no ambulance, " one woman told a 911 dispatcher from her condominium a few blocks from the crash site.

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