CAT DIALS 911 Is the Ultimate Summer News Story
LatestForget a slow news day—summer is the slow news season. Politicians, celebs and bigwigs aren’t doing anything but chilling at their second and third homes. Coverage thins to two categories: sudden catastrophes (plane crash, plane crash, plane crash) and “hell, just go with it.” Here is the ultimate example of the latter: A cat in Sarasota, Florida, dialed 911.
That is the whole story! Zeke, a shelter feline given free reign of the office who likes to walk on gadgets, crank-called emergency services. And ABC 7 turned this into an entire news segment. It doesn’t get any more summer than this. Peak summer news. Stare deep into the id of the July news cycle: