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Wed May 31, 2023, 03:15 PM May 2023

(Jewish Group) 911 dispatcher and rabbi take the stand on first day of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

911 dispatcher and rabbi take the stand on first day of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial

When Shannon Basa-Sabol was asked to recount the events of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in court on Tuesday, what stood out was her memory of the death of Bernice Simon.

Basa-Sabol, a 911 dispatcher, took the stand for close to an hour, describing the ins and outs of her job.

But when the crowded courtroom heard a recording of Simon’s 911 call from the Tree of Life Congregation, Basa-Sabol paused and began to sniffle. She described telling Simon to stay quiet, then hearing multiple gunshots over the phone.

“Are you still with me?” Basa-Sabol said on the recording of the call. “Bernice, can you hear me?”

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