I paused as I remembered it.
“Actually, he saw me and was reaching out for me. I still couldn’t hear, but I was sure that he was saying my name. But I had twenty-five seconds before the second bomb went off.
“In a situation like that, you have to make quick decisions. I did. I grabbed the two men next to me and dragged them out of building… And I left Josh there to die.
“Forty feet was the safest distance to survive a Tod’s bomb blast. So when I got there, I dropped them, threw my body over them, and waited for the explosion. ‘It was a harrowing sight.’ That’s what I wrote in my report.
“The bomb went off, and the medical bot attended to Manny and Phil. When I went back for Josh’s body, there wasn’t enough to collect.”
“That’s awful!” Rose exclaimed.
“I remember being taken to the in
