The recording and transcripts of a 911 call made by two Shakopee women who drowned last month, just released by Chaska police, offer new details but also raise more questions about the tragedy.
The data, which include police radio discussions and other phone calls, show that police arrived at the area where the women later were found within three minutes of their panicked call, but officers didn't connect a deep pond in Chaska with the emergency.
Zeynab "Hapsa" Abdalla and Bushra Abdi, both 19, went missing early on Oct. 13. It wasn't until the evening of Oct. 14 that police located their bodies and car in the pond.
The incident rocked the Somali-American community, which had scheduled a search for the women. Some family and community members have questioned how police responded to the crisis.
Chaska police haven't completed their investigation. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office determined that the women died of accidental drowning.
The women, best friends and Shakopee High School graduates, were working overnight shifts at Amazon in Shakopee and a Chaska nursing home on Oct. 12-13. They met at 2:47 a.m. in Chaska on a work break, and family members believe they drove to a gas station to grab snacks. Abdalla, who was driving, didn't have a driver's license or a permit.
At 3:07 a.m., a 911 call was placed from Abdalla's phone. At least one woman screamed for help; then, after 54 seconds, the line went dead. The dispatcher repeated "Hello?"
Police had two transcripts made of the call. The first was done in the weeks following the incident, and the second was made after further analysis. Both transcripts reveal that the female caller — either Abdalla or Abdi — frantically tried to explain what was happening.