The Emergency Contact
When the city introduced a new emergency-contact system, residents were asked to nominate one person who would answer the phone at any hour and make sensible decisions under pressure. Martin Vale, who had once called a locksmith because his trousers were stuck in a revolving door, nominated his neighbor, Gloria. Gloria nominated Martin. The arrangement seemed harmless until a municipal clerk accidentally linked their names to the city’s entire emergency network—and the first …
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