Prolog
PrologCOMSUBPAC—PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
COMSUBPAC—PEARL HARBOR, HAWAIICommander Archibald Desmond focused on two semis speeding across a high bridge with a Corvette sandwiched between them, surrounded by traffic front, back, and left, with railing on the right. Suddenly, the front semi braked and turned sharply left. The trailer twisted right, slamming through the bridge rail. The Corvette braked hard, skidding toward the broadsided trailer as the semi behind the Corvette slammed into its left rear, spinning the little sports car to the right. Despite the grittiness of the monochrome satellite image on the RCA KP-5040 projector TV, Desmond saw the second semi push the Corvette through the broken railing of the Gold Star Memorial Bridge, 135 feet above the Thames River, in Connecticut
