1/30/09

It's Gonna Be A Cold Winter


Photo by Max Ortiz / The Detroit News


Tuesday
About 5 p.m.: Reporter calls 911 and describes the body's whereabouts.
20 minutes later: Operator calls back asking for more specific directions.

Wednesday
4:43 p.m.: Reporter calls 911, waits and is disconnected.
4:46 p.m.: Calls again and explains that he called yesterday but body is still there.
4:55 p.m.: Fire Department calls back for specific directions and reporter offers to meet at the site.
5 p.m.: Fire Department arrives and the homicide department is called; recovery begins.

Read the LeDuff story HERE.

Reminds me of that Raymond Carver story when the fishermen find a dead body in the river but they do nothing and continue to fish all weekend.