Vessel Rescued in English Channel After Emergency Call to Dover, Delaware, Instead of Dover, England

Vessel Rescued in English Channel After Emergency Call to Dover, Delaware, Instead of Dover, England
Police dispatchers in Delaware’s capital city are being lauded for helping direct rescuers to a boat foundering in the English Channel thousands of miles away. Screenshot via Google Map
The Associated Press
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DOVER, Del.—Police dispatchers in Delaware’s capital city are being lauded for helping direct rescuers to a boat foundering in the English Channel thousands of miles away.

Dispatchers for the city of Dover found themselves at the center of an international rescue effort last month after receiving a call from an Albanian man who thought he was calling emergency personnel in Dover, England.