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911 dispatcher Candice (right) received a frantic call from distressed bride-to-be Amanda (left) after her wedding dress was stolen the day of the ceremony.
The job of a 911 operator is to respond to emergencies.
And for one bride-to-be who made a frantic call on Sunday morning, it was an emergency after discovering her wedding dress had been stolen just hours before she was due to tie the knot.
The distraught woman had the dress taken from her car while she was packing it outside her Kent, Wash., home and rang 911 to report the crime.
But she couldn't have imagined that the operator who took the call — whose name was Candice and was from Tacoma — would end up saving the day by offering to her own wedding dress.
Candice, began by taking the woman's information down, as is standard procedure, but said she became touched by her story.
Speaking to The News Tribune, she said she asked when the ceremony was.
"When she said 'today', my heart broke in two for her," she said.
After the call ended, Candice quickly asked her supervisor if she could offer the stranger her own dress.
"All through the call I was thinking, 'I have a dress'..." she told the newspaper.
With her supervisor's approval, Candice, who has been married for 18 months, tracked down the police officer who responded to the crime and sent them a text message with pictures of her dress.
Luckily both women had the same dress size so Candice and husband, Brandon, retrieved the dress from her parents' home and quickly delivered it across town.
The next day, Candice received a text message from the bride thanking her and telling her the rest of the day had gone smoothly.
Vonnie Mayer, who is operations manager at Valley Communications, where Candice is an operator, described her as an "extraordinary person".
"She had something someone else needed and she made it happen," he told The News Tribune.
And for one bride-to-be who made a frantic call on Sunday morning, it was an emergency after discovering her wedding dress had been stolen just hours before she was due to tie the knot.
The distraught woman had the dress taken from her car while she was packing it outside her Kent, Wash., home and rang 911 to report the crime.
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Candice (left) had gotten married 18 months earlier and offered her dress to frantic caller, Amanda, who lived nearby.
Candice, began by taking the woman's information down, as is standard procedure, but said she became touched by her story.
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Fortunately the women were the same dress size.
"When she said 'today', my heart broke in two for her," she said.
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‘All through the call I was thinking, 'I have a dress,'’ Candice said.
"All through the call I was thinking, 'I have a dress'..." she told the newspaper.
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Amanda (front) texted the 911 dispatcher and informed her that the ceremony had gone well and thank her for offering her dress.
Luckily both women had the same dress size so Candice and husband, Brandon, retrieved the dress from her parents' home and quickly delivered it across town.
The next day, Candice received a text message from the bride thanking her and telling her the rest of the day had gone smoothly.
Vonnie Mayer, who is operations manager at Valley Communications, where Candice is an operator, described her as an "extraordinary person".
"She had something someone else needed and she made it happen," he told The News Tribune.
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