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Listen to Alameda Drowning 911 Tapes; Read Chronological Account of Incident

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The City of Alameda has posted documents and audio related to the controversial suicide by drowning of 52-year-old Raymond Zack as police and fire personnel watched from shore. Click here for the full archive.

The Oakland Tribune has a good chronological account of the incident, and the Contra Costa Times has put up the 911 tapes in a SoundCloud file:

http://soundcloud.com/contracostatimes/sets/alameda-drowning-911-calls

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