Pastry emergency
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At first the 911 dispatcher couldn’t understand the person on the other side of the emergency phone call. But eventually, the Moore, Okla., caller made clear the nature of his crisis: He wanted doughnuts. A toddler named Bennett made the call using an old cellphone, which still had the ability to dial 911 even without active service, the police department said. Before the Feb. 27 phone call ended, the dispatcher asked the boy if he’d be willing to share any doughnuts that he had. The boy rejected the offer. But the next day, police officers appeared at Bennett’s house anyway to drop off a fresh batch of doughnuts from Dunkin’.
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