The operator didn't answer until the tenth ring, which seemed like hours.

But after eight rings she didn't pick up and the operator answered.

When the operator answered, he said, "Has the general arrived yet?"

Even the operator in the switch- board had answered his earlier call after more than a dozen rings.

Work on the dispatching center, where operators would answer 911 calls, started last fall after years of delays.

The operator finally answers and says a "wire got crossed."

The 911 operator answered and the caller would not give his name.

Unicef didn't have enough operators to answer all the calls.

The operators answer 20,000 to 30,000 calls on an average day, an increase of 36 percent since 1984.

When the operator answered, he asked to be connected with Poplar 217.