An emergency dispatcher who made disparaging remarks about Oprah Winfrey during the Maya Angelou 911 call has been suspended. An emergency dispatcher who made disparaging remarks about Oprah Winfrey during the Maya Angelou 911 call has been suspended, ET has learned. EMS Director Dan Ozimek gave a statement to ET, saying, “These comments are unacceptable and we have opened an internal investigation to look into the circumstances surrounding this event.” John Ruckh was heard on the 911 tape saying that Oprah, a friend of Angelou’s had “fallen out of grace” after a controversial interview in which Oprah expressed her thoughts about race in America.
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