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your eyes if you have to. Partner? Please tell me
what I think might have happened, did not happen.
Partner, are you alright? Partner! Partner! Be
strong! It is going to be okay! We've been pre-
pared for this sort of accident. It HAS to be okay!
Yes, yes ... I don't understand ... I don't know ...
yes, the plane really did hit you. You're in shock.
Were all in shock. Just try to relax. In sure help
will be on the way. I cannot believe this is happen-
ing. God, help us. How could this have hap-
pened? Some terrible, terrible accident. Don't
look down, partner. Just look up. What? Oh, you
don't really want to know ... do you? Well, to be
honest, its pretty bad. Well, it's real bad. You're
really going to have to try and relax. Help is on the
way, I tell you. You knowit is. Oh, my God ... our
Father in heaven ... please help her. I cannot be-
lieve this is happening. Yes, yes ... I know. Please
don't. Yes, partner ... a lot ofpeople are hurt. Yes,
a lot are dead, too. I don't know, partner ... I don't
know why. Please, you have got to be strong for the
rest of the people inside. Look up. I know ... the
smoke is awful. Look up! Look! The sky ... so
beautiful, hardly a cloud in it Oh, how I hope she
remains strong for this until help gets here. It's bad
... it's real bad. The plane hit so hard, the blast was
so powerful that even I shuddered and shook.
Even I feel weak. Oh, she has got to be strong. It
would kill her if she saw so many people jumping to
their deaths. I have got to keep her focused up and
outwards ... got to keep her calm ... oh, God, all
those poor people ... how can this happen? What
went wrong? This is terrible, terrible, terrible ...26
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