911

I called 911 for the first time today. Actually, I dialed 911 for a deaf person once when I worked for CSD Relay (deaf phone call assistance) in Sioux Falls, but that doesn't count.

Here is the story: Late this afternoon, I was driving through Abilene on a busy 40 mph street. Suddenly the car in front of me swerved into the next lane. As soon as they cleared the way I saw why they swerved. There was a man in an electronic scooter barreling down the middle of the road at top scooter speed heading into traffic. Luckily, no one was to the side of me and I was able to swerve too. As I passed the guy I noticed his head was cocked to the side, he was drooling and staring off into space. This guy was clearly not alright. He had no regard for oncoming cars, traffic lights or stop signs. "Hey, are you okay? Do you need help getting off the road?" I yelled from inside my car completely forgetting the guy could not hear me. A few seconds later I decided to pull into a parking lot and call 911. The guy was scooting away from me pretty fast and he pulled into a grocery store parking lot down the road and out of my view. I gave the police dispatcher my phone number so I assumed they would call if they could not find him. No one ever called me back. I hope that guy got a ride back to wherever he came from.