--- description: He's still grounded title: Read a Sixth-Grader's Handwritten Apology for Making a Prank 911 Call image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f23f5f19c6d4f7b/69885250524fc054c4df2dec/apology.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Read a Sixth-Grader's Handwritten Apology for Making a Prank 911 Call  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 30, 2015 4:02 PM CUT  Savannah Chatham Police  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent May 30, 2015 4:02 PM CUT A remorseful young troublemaker wrote an apology note and [read it aloud to emergency dispatchers](http://scmpd.org/apology-accepted/ "undefined") after he mad a prank call to 911 on a dare from his friends. “I am writing an apology letter for what I did last night,” the unnamed sixth-grader wrote. “Last night I called and said ‘dezz nuts.'” The kid wrote “dezz nuts,” but may have actually said “deez nuts” in the prank call. “I know there will be consequences, and I will not complain about them,” he wrote. “I am sorry for what I did and I hope you can forgive me.” He wrote that he made the call because his friends dared him to do it. His parents made him write the note and read it aloud to the on-duty emergency communications staff at Savannah-Chatham 911 center. Emergency dispatchers were so impressed that they accepted his apology and then gave him and his family a tour of their office. He’s still grounded, though. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3902470/911-prank-apology/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3902470/911-prank-apology/"},"headline":"Read a Sixth-Grader's Handwritten Apology for Making a Prank 911 Call","datePublished":"2015-05-30T16:02:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:30.771Z","description":"He's still grounded, though","url":"https://time.com/3902470/911-prank-apology/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral","9/11","Humor","Funny"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f23f5f19c6d4f7b/69885250524fc054c4df2dec/apology.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f23f5f19c6d4f7b/69885250524fc054c4df2dec/apology.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"apology","caption":"apology","creditText":"Savannah Chatham Police","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3902470/911-prank-apology/","name":"Read a Sixth-Grader's Handwritten Apology for Making a Prank 911 Call"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","description":"Our food. Your questions. What are McDonald’s fries made of?","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/nGOOAY0j/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-01-20T22:40:44.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/nGOOAY0j.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3902470/911-prank-apology/","duration":"PT5M5S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3902470/911-prank-apology/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```