The comment was written by Keith Weisinger, who worked as a police dispatcher for three years between 2004–06 before attending law school.

Weisinger first posted the story to an AskReddit thread five months ago but it was only picked up by media sites last week. In the thread, he speaks about his experience of being dispatcher.

To confirm that he had indeed been a 911 dispatcher, Weisinger provided documents from the local state bureau of investigations granting him access to oversee the criminal database – required for all dispatchers in the state – to BuzzFeed News.

Today, Weisinger is an environmental attorney with the United States Environmental Protection Agency and lives in Portland, OR. "This call occurred almost 10 years ago," he told BuzzFeed News. "I worked the graveyard shift, 6pm–6am, and I remember this call being pretty late – close to midnight."

Weisinger said the woman – who he believed was in her 30s – was calm at first, but gave short, hurried responses. "I remember feeling relieved we had an officer close by who could respond quickly," he added.