And the mom/fam was able to call from overseas to local PD…

Yes, Ma Bell would prioritize getting the police phone lines working first

…and leave various messages with friends or neighbors to check on Kevin.

Family: they were all on the trip. Friends/neighbors: I don’t remember.

If local lines are non-functioning, all phone traffic is inoperative regardless if it’s long distance or not.

Back then it’d be easy to knock out long distance lines but keep the locals up; you just had to take down the right trunk. And in a city that big the trunks would have been split up into local and long distance.

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That is true. See ya later reev.

Blas ph emy, blas for you, blas for everyone all around.

Right, and the family was in France.

Twilight Zone ending theme starts

A White Russian, Moss‽

Pregananant?

I see everyone is having a productive morning. You know it gives me a swell of pride knowing soldiers of your… caliber will be leading the charge tomorrow.

That’s fucking sad.

Now.

Mein Führer, I can walk!

Oooo, that’s a manna burn.