Chapter 63UN TowerThe Brigadier-General had seen the approaching taxi when
they were nearing Franklin D Roosevelt Island two miles away. Putting down
the binoculars he dialled a number on his satellite phone. The call went
directly to the commander at Staten Island.
“They’re en route. The taxi will be with us
in another ten minutes.”
“Ok, Frank, I’ll let the crew know.”
The captain of the Coast Guard vessel, Katherine Walker,
took the call personally.
“That’s a ten minute window, sir, for the water taxi
to stand off the river wall… right, we’ll accompany her to the docking
area.”
She called the order to the steersman. “Come about,
and face up river. We are about to play nursemaid to a New York water
taxi.”
US Mission Building“What do you mean no one was aboard? Dammit, they
