Tampa Radio: Call-In Leads To Domestic Violence Rescue

An ordinary phone call became an extraordinary situation on live radio Friday afternoon, when a local radio host let his instincts kick in and potentially saved a local woman’s life.

Drew Garabo, the host of Drew Garabo Live on WHPT 102.5 FM The Bone, typically takes calls about hot topics being discussed on his daily program, but a phone call Friday afternoon took an unusual turn.

Fox13 reports a woman named "Nicole" called in, and mentioned immediately that she had broken her hand. She then quickly changed the subject, but Drew felt something was off, and started asking questions. Click Here for audio.

Drew Garabo

"Can we talk about how you fell and what you fell on, ‘cause that more intrigues me than the atheism versus gay thing,” he said, pushing their original topic to the side, and her well-being to the forefront.

The caller originally claimed to have fallen, but after Drew’s questioning, the true source of her injury was revealed.

“What happened was I grabbed my boyfriend's phone because he texts people he shouldn't be texting, and he grabbed my hand and snapped it,” she said, her voice shaking.

“That's not a fall,” Drew pressed, before asking if she called the cops.

It turned out she hadn’t yet called the cops, saying her boyfriend’s actions could have been accidental, but after 40 minutes on the line with Drew, that changed.

He encouraged Nicole and her boyfriend to get to a safe place— a church just down the street from them, where they met with deputies to resolve the situation.