Desperate Mom Calls 911 Saying She Has No Food for Her Kids
In an unusual emergency call, a mom of four young children dialed 911 last week, saying she had run out of options.
"I went to local churches and everything, trying to find food for my children," she told the dispatcher. "My kids have not eaten since yesterday."
"This is for police only," the dispatcher said. "It's not for this."
The distraught mom from Camden, New Jersey, said she was waiting for food stamps, which would take at least a month. She had no money, transportation or phone service, and the only number she was able to call was 911.
"If I could get some type of assistance," she pleaded. "If someone [could] come out. Help me with anything."
According to NBC, another dispatcher, Tondaleya Bagby, overheard the call and requested an officer go to the mom's residence to check on the family.
"It made me sad. I couldn't imagine not being able to provide for my child," Bagby, also a mom, told NBC.
When Camden County Officer David Hinton arrived at the apartment, he noticed there was no food, so he went to a local restaurant to bring food back to the family.
Bagby also told her mom, Sgt. Tracy Seigel, about the situation. And together, along with retired Lt. Scott Bagby and Lt. Janell Simpson, they pooled their money and bought the family 10 bags of groceries, which included supplies like toiletries, milk and bread.
"(The family) was overwhelmed and extremely thankful for the unexpected surprise," the Camden County Police Department wrote on its Facebook post, honoring Seigel and Hinton as officers of the week for going "above and beyond the call of duty to help those in need."
"I went to local churches and everything, trying to find food for my children," she told the dispatcher. "My kids have not eaten since yesterday."
The distraught mom from Camden, New Jersey, said she was waiting for food stamps, which would take at least a month. She had no money, transportation or phone service, and the only number she was able to call was 911.
"If I could get some type of assistance," she pleaded. "If someone [could] come out. Help me with anything."
According to NBC, another dispatcher, Tondaleya Bagby, overheard the call and requested an officer go to the mom's residence to check on the family.
"It made me sad. I couldn't imagine not being able to provide for my child," Bagby, also a mom, told NBC.
When Camden County Officer David Hinton arrived at the apartment, he noticed there was no food, so he went to a local restaurant to bring food back to the family.
Bagby also told her mom, Sgt. Tracy Seigel, about the situation. And together, along with retired Lt. Scott Bagby and Lt. Janell Simpson, they pooled their money and bought the family 10 bags of groceries, which included supplies like toiletries, milk and bread.
"(The family) was overwhelmed and extremely thankful for the unexpected surprise," the Camden County Police Department wrote on its Facebook post, honoring Seigel and Hinton as officers of the week for going "above and beyond the call of duty to help those in need."
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