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“Think about Nine-Eleven, Eainst a ht? Well, down in the valley of Lower Manhattan on Nine-Eleven, four hundred and three fire-fighters, cops, paramedics, and service members stared up into the face of six hundred lass and concrete that hovered, burning and groaning and swaying, above them Six hundred million cubic pounds!
“And they didn’t blink! They held the line, held their post With burning debris and the bodies of the victi around the life after life, pulling out person after person frory jaws of what can only be properly described as hell on earth The viction and on the planes didn’t have a choice about being vaporized
“Those four hundred and three on the ground had a choice, and they chose that others could live”
After a longLeonidas would have tipped his horsehair helmet”
“Of course, I’acy, E The terrorists only proved what they feared theus live everyday superheroes, free men and women who at the drop of a hat, or in this case a skyline, will stand up and sacrifice their lives to save someone else Who the hell on this earth is still ballsy and crazy enough to go doith the ship? Us! That’s who!”
I clinked lass to Emily’s
“Chin up, Agent Parker Perrine thinks he’s crazy? We’ll show his ass the h”
CHAPTER 64
THE WAITRESS HAD JUST brought dessert when our phones went crazy On the tabletop beside my untouched cheesecake, my iPhone started its almost subliminal hum a split second before Parker’s mobile joined in
“Oh, wait Are you following Bieber on Twitter, too?” I joked as we both looked at the inco texts
“The task force is calling aher head at her BlackBerry
“No rest for the se out my wallet
About half the task force was present and accounted for when Emily and I arrived upstairs at Oly at their workstations, the cops and agents were gathered together, standing in the very middle of the command center, in front of an overhead projector screen
It was eerily quiet in the crowded roo, pretty much everyone looked physically and mentally exhausted, not to er Stadium was obviously an act of terrorism Who kneould happen next?
The lights diital video appeared on the white, sail-like screen