SALEM, MA — Operator, “911 what’s your emergency?” “Hi, I have two teenaged children who will not stop beating each other up…”

BRIDGEPORT, CT — It took 11 minutes for an ambulance to get to the apartment where Greg Thomas lay dying from a bullet wound, officials said Tuesday.

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK — A young Oklahoma mother shot and killed an intruder to protect her 3-month-old baby on New Year’s Eve, less than a week after the baby’s father died of cancer.

ST. LUCIE COUNTY, FL — When 45-year-old Mary Lisee felt that she had eaten too much food, her first instinct was apparently to call 9-1-1, according to the St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office.

NORTH MUSKEGON, MI — When 77-year-old Virginia Claflin suffered a heart episode Saturday in her North Muskegon home, she was able to tell a 911 operator that her internal defibrillator had activated four times and give her address.

HARRISON TWP, MI — Chloe Symington curled up beside her bed, whispering softly into her cell phone. “He’s in my room,” the 13-year-old told the 911 dispatcher.

MADISON, WI — Two retail theft suspects were arrested after one of them pocket dialed 911 from the getaway car, allowing police to locate the suspects as they were attempting to sell the stolen merchandise, Madison police said.