After being awakened by an intruder in the early hours of Oct. 28, Paul Pelosi called 911, the audio of which was released on Friday.
In it, Mr. Pelosi’s voice is calm and his words carefully chosen as he tries to convey the danger he is in without angering the intruder, who would then brutally attack him.
Mr. Pelosi is heard saying that “there is a gentleman here waiting for my wife”, whom he identifies as Nancy Pelosi. When the dispatcher asks if he needs help, he initially says no, but then insists that he does not know the man who is in his house.
Later, still in a calm voice, he indicates that the intruder is pressuring him to end the call, and gives his address. (The New York Times edited the address from the published audio.)