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The TV in the soothing ICU waiting rooht-red BREAKING NEWS card that spiraled and filled the screen Then Channel 5’s Susan Margulies Steinhardt appeared on set, looking as though she’d just bolted fro to the studio, and gone directly on-air

“We’ve got breaking news,” she said

She read from a sheet of paper in front of her

“GAR has taken responsibility for the bo in twenty-five deaths and forty-five injuries, by recent count”

I had been sluripped the arms of the chair

The anchorwoman went on “KPIX 5 cannot verify the authenticity of this video o”

A silhouette of a man appeared on-screen His face was in deep shadow and there seemed to be a circle behind his head, alitally altered, could have been completely fabricated by a synthesizer

The man with the distorted voice said, “GAR is proud of our devoted soldier SF65 in the Great Antiestablish down Sci-Tron, a frivolous endeavor fed by corrupt corporate and university sponsors

“GAR works in secret and explodes in public And ill continue our work until all people around the world have achieved authority over themselves”

The video went to black, and Ms Steinhardt reappeared on-screen

She said, “This is all we have at the moment, but ill continue to update our viewers as new inforra you to our studios in New York for commentary on the news as it unfolds”

Six people in the ICU waiting roo with me

“I knew it,” said one “Had to be GAR”

“Evil bastards,” said another

On the TV the scene cut away froes of the blast were displayed on large screens behind an angular table seating news correspondents and terrorism analysts familiar to everyone with access to a TV