"This is Stork Leader William Jeremiah reporting to all points. Minutes ago, Stork delivered Baby to its Cradle. While we are not out of danger, yet, we have at least bought some more time. This brief victory has not been won without a price, however. Casualties have been heavy. I estimate that as many as forty people have now lost their lives as a result of this crisis, or the human response to it. I ask that you continue to pray as you have never prayed before that God will have mercy upon us."
The policemen under the direction of Sergeant Vincent Coleman labored under the glare of spotlights in the biting windswept rain. By the tracks on the edge of the New Jersey Pine Barrens, they gathered the bodies of the fallen, including the lone female form of Darcy Clementine, and wrapped them
