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A 911 dispatcher in Columbus, Ohio has come under fire after she told a rape victim to “quit crying” on the phone.

The victim, who said the dispatcher had “zero sympathy,” called 911 just after 4 a.m. last Sunday after she was assaulted at a friend’s house just off the Ohio State University campus. The caller said she woke up to a stranger holding a gun to her head. He then forced her to perform sex acts on him.

The woman told the dispatcher that the man also stole cash and an iPhone when he broke into the house full of sorority girls. She did not, however, know her friend’s address. She asked the dispatcher to locate where her phone was.

“No. We can’t. That’s why I need to know where you are,” the dispatcher could be heard saying on the call.

The caller described the attacker as a small white male with a white shirt. She asked the police to immediately arrest him.

“Ma’am, you’re going to have to quit crying so I can get the information from you,” the dispatcher told the victim.

The dispatcher continued:

When the dispatcher asked the rape victim where the attacker came in, the victim answered: “I have no idea. I have no idea. I have no idea. The back door.”

“Well, they’re not going to be able to find him with the information that you’ve given,” the dispatcher responded.

That’s when the caller broke down.

“Don’t you understand how horrified I am? I am a 20-year-old from Upper Arlington. I don’t know what you deal with every day, but the kind of sympathy you have is zero,” she told the dispatcher.

Luckily, and with the information provided by the victim, police were able to catch the suspect. They have charged Michael Callaghan, 30, with rape and burglary in relation to the attack on the woman.

As for the 911 dispatcher, a supervisor told WSYX that she could have handled the call better and will review the call. The dispatcher, however, will not be reprimanded since the victim has been helped and a suspect has been charged.

SOURCE: ABC | VIDEO SOURCE: News Inc.