This PSA about domestic violence may look like a prank call, but it’s the reason Cheryl Treadway is alive today.
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“‘911- what’s your emergency?”
When you hear this question being asked or get to a point where you have to make this call, a life is likely on the line. You typically don’t order a pizza and run through a list of toppings while the dispatcher is on the other end of the phone—but that’s what Cheryl Treadway did.
Treadway and her children were reportedly held at gunpoint by her boyfriend in her home in Highlands Country, Florida earlier this week. She had used her cell phone to place an order at Pizza Hut on the store’s mobile app—and by instinct, she explained her situation. When the pizza arrived minutes later, it came with a note—telling the owners there that she’d been held hostage, and to call the police.
Cheryl’s story, which was first reported by WFLA, has garnered national attention, as well as raised awareness within the domestic violence community in Florida and around the country. If anything, it proves the power of goodness and humility at its finest.
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I doubt they would help a male victim in the same way sadly. They would probably assume he was a perpetrator.