SWAT team swarms middle school after accidental ‘butt dial’
According to the Chicago Tribune, a man accidentally called his wife when he sat on his phone and it called one of the last numbers he dialed. This happens all the time. What happened next is why you are reading about it on the internet.
The wife received his garbled communication, and somehow, this led her to believe that he was being held hostage. She called 911 and soon a SWAT team was deployed to his workplace — a local middle school. Why would she think he was in danger? A school official explains.
“He was listening to music and he had, I don’t know, hip-hop … or music like that, where there were lyrics that were gangster-like,” explained Mark Friedman, interim co-superintendent of District 36. “So there were lyrics on the radio as he was driving home, and she listened to it and became concerned.”
Ah yes, those “gangster-like” hostage takers are always up to no good. The best part was when the team converged on the school and set up a perimeter for three hours, until they found out that the man was safe at home. So they were ready to pounce on an unsuspecting building! Good use of taxpayer money.
