“It was my dad and his friend…” A 7-Year-Old Dialed 911 — But What She Whispered Next Left Even the Rescuers in Tears Vanessa Gomez had spent fifteen years as a 911 dispatcher in Pinos Verdes County. She’d heard it all — frantic voices during fires, panicked parents with choking babies, neighbors shouting about smoke across the street. But at 2:17 p.m. on a quiet September afternoon, a call came through that stopped her cold. “911, what’s your emergency?” she asked, steady as always. Silence. Th