Text 911: Calling for help without making a call

By Wilson Ring

Published May 20, 2014 11:41am ET

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Text 911: Calling for help without making a call — FILE--In this April 18, 2012, file photo, David Tucker, executive director of Vermont's Enhanced 911 Board, holds a smart phone in Montpelier, Vt. Tucker says the state is the first in the country where customers of the four major wireless carriers can send text messages to 911. As of Monday, May 19, 2014, T-Mobile customers in Vermont are now able to text 911. Verizon, AT&T and Sprint began the service earlier. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, file) | Toby Talbot

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Sometimes a voice call to 911 just won’t work, such as for deaf people in need of help or in certain domestic violence cases.

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