Northwest by northeast.

• Author: Peters, Charles
• Position: Tilting at Windmills - 911 confusion - Brief Article

A robber knocked a Washington woman to the ground, kicked her in the head and side, seized her purse and ran away. She called 911 and explained what had happened and where she was, near the Georgia Avenue-Petworth metro station in northwest Washington. The 911 operator dispatched the police to northeast Washington. Naturally, this took some time to straighten out. While she was waiting, the victim told the operator that the robber seemed to...