The big sad news in the area, of course, is the Vasilev murders. The satellite trucks are no longer gathering for “live updates” and about the only visible sign from the main street in the neighborhood is a white van (no, I’m not driving or walking down there).

It appeared that somebody had set up one of those shrine things for a while – 3 crosses on the corner – but they’re gone.

The Trib published the transcript of the 911 call today – it seems to take forever for the trained operator to comprehend that children had been stabbed by their mother. It’s agonizing. She cannot seem to grasp that he really means it when repeatedly says his children have been stabbed and he needs ambulances. Finally, she (I assume she) gets going with helping Mr. Vasilev and attempts to get him to report on their condition, if the mother still has the knife, and to calm down and breathe.

Sadly, from information that’s already been breathlessly reported in gory detail, it wouldn’t have mattered if the ambulances had rolled the moment he gave his address. He had the presence of mind to give his address the very first thing, too. He really did try to get the important facts across to the dispatcher.

I suppose that living out here in the “safety” of the suburbs, even 911 dispatchers don’t often get horrific calls like this one. It’s usually about a loud teen gathering or a drunk driver at 2am. Not horrors like this.