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slowly sprung to prominence ...
story - part 3
Last scene from part 2
On
reaching the hospital his heart really broke. The entire hospital
was in shambles… It was the same scene as in the market place.
He looked around for his mom, sister, baby and dad. They were nowhere
to be found.
Continued ...
The sun was slowly setting on the horizon oblivious of the happenings
around the place. It was becoming darker and darker. The tremor
has knocked down the electricity and the whole town was without
artificial light. Luckily it was not a new moon day and hence the
moon was providing a minimal light to the whole place. The entire
town was filled with cries, wails and sobs. There was panic around
and everyone was searching for one of their loved ones. The onset
of night was depressing for everyone as it was not easy to search
anymore.
Rene was grief struck. A big lump of sorrow was forming near his
throat and tears were rolling down his eyes. He could see the panic
around the place. It was the same situation as it was at his house.
He did not know where to start. The entire hospital had collapsed.
The area was filled with bricks, concrete blocks, rafters and roofing
material. He was also not familiar with the complete layout of the
hospital. He tried hard to remember how he used to enter into the
hospital and which direction he took to reach the pediatric section.
With that mental map he walked around the rubbles towards the north
east part of the rubbles.
The entire area was surrounded with people. Everyone was trying
to clear the rubbles by hand and calling their loved ones. With
minimal moonlight it was difficult to recognize the people around.
As Rene was wondering what he must do, he could hear Max barking.
He could not appreciate how much he loves to have Max around in
this moment of great disaster and grief. Rene tried to find Max
in that crowd. Max has found his dad, mom and sister and he was
barking to get Rene! Rene could not hide his moment of joy and was
relieved to see the whole family again. He rushed towards them and
hugged everyone including Max. What a help from Max!
In that moment of happiness Rene forgot about the little baby girl.
He looked up and asked, ”What happened to the baby”?
His sister immediately started crying and his mother was trying
to console her to be strong. Rene could sense that something is
really wrong. His father explained, “When I came to meet them
we all stepped out of the hospital building for a brief moment when
the entire hospital collapsed. We are unsure what happened to the
baby girl. All we are doing is trying to remove the rubbles from
this spot at this time”. Rene surveyed the concrete and brick
rubbles and was wondering how to clear this. He recollected the
construction excavator operating at the front end of the rubble
and decided to seek help from them. He asked his dad to continue
what he was doing and he went to get the excavator help.
Rene was back in 15 minutes with the excavator. The excavator helped
removing the rubble one after another. It was a slow and cumbersome
process. For every few minutes it had to pause as they discover
an injured person below. Minutes were ticking, hours were passing,
but there was no sign of their sister’s baby girl.
[Story
will continue.. in the June Issue]
Second World War
Teacher:
When did second world war occurred?
Student: From page number 26 to page number 34 in the history book.
* The characters, settings and happenings are fiction only. |