911: How Do You Know ...

... that the six-year-old girl said, "Hurry, my mommy's crying"?

Is it because you were under the bed, hiding with her, and you heard her say it?

Of course not! You know she said it not because she told you, but because she said it in the 911 call transcript.

So, this was NOT proper attribution:

"Hurry, my mommy's crying," the girl said.

But this was okay:

"Hurry, my mommy's crying," the girl said, according to the 911 call transcript.