911 call goes unanswered, dispatcher was ordering pizza

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An emergency call to 911 in Florida was not answered because the dispatcher was ordering a pizza, according to officials.

The call came into the Broward County Sheriff's Office after a man had a seizure and passed out at an optometrist's office in September, according to WSVN.

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