>"clunking" is just my word for "banging". Previously, I had
>imagined that Patsy hadn't actually replaced the receiver at
>all and that the 'Burkes voice' was just very quiet or in
>the distance. I think now that I understand what he's
>talking about. Sometimes my kids pick up the phone at the
>same time as me and when they realise the call isn't for
>them, they put the phone down - sometimes clumsily and it's
>a distinctive clunking/rattling/banging noise as they try to
>get the receiver back in the cradle. It's impossible to
>continue the conversation clearly until the phone is put
>back properly. I now imagine the same kind of scenario with
>the 911 call.

You can imagine that scenario all you want, but according to ST there was no banging, clicking, tapping, clunking, thunking, clacking or rapping as the phone was being hung up.