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Connie Schultz: Broadcasting 911 calls crucial — sometimes

Last month, Kihra Hankins’ two frantic calls to 911 were made public, more than a year after she found the bloody bodies of her boyfriend, her brother and a family friend in her Albany, N.Y., home.

They are chilling recordings — and not just because of death’s details. The 22-year-old’s pleas for help dragged on for more than four minutes. She had to give her address three times. She had to give her name three times, too. Five times she described the horrifying scene. Repeatedly, she said the victims were motionless and bleeding from the head.