Not the sort of experience that's best for starting the workweek:
If you live in South Philadelphia, did you happen to hear the screaming Monday morning? A lot of people in the community want answers about what exactly happened.
People describe the neighborhood on South 15th Street in South Philadelphia as very quiet but on Monday morning it was the exact opposite. ...
'It scared me and I came running out of the house, my next door neighbor came running out of the house because we really thought it was a woman in need of help,' says John Dietsche.
Here's the screaming residents heard early Monday:
Thankfully, the horrific sound was not part of an actual crisis:
Instead Dietsche and his neighbors quickly realized nobody was in danger and that this was a recording being played on a loudspeaker. ...
FOX 29 News learned from the city's Solicitor's Office that the screams were actually part of a test, conducted in a civil case for Termaine Hicks.
Hicks was released from prison in 2020 after wrongfully serving 19 years in prison for assaulting a woman. His legal team "was conducting a sound test in the area where he was wrongfully accused of committing a crime."
IN THE MORNING???
The least they could've done was put up some flyers beforehand warning everyone!
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