A secret bathroom 911 call: how Paul Pelosi saved his own life

House speaker's husband told alleged intruder that he needed to use restroom and spoke in code' to alert authorities of problem

Paul Pelosi, the husband of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi who was attacked with a hammer during an invasion of their California home, saved his life after secretly telephoning for help from the bathroom.

According to Politico, Paul Pelosi told the alleged intruder - identified by authorities as David DePape - that he needed to use the restroom. Paul Pelosi's mobile phone was charging in the bathroom at the time; the 82-year-old then made a surreptitious call to 911, and remained connected.