Chapter 37
La Palma
Yasir Skandrani looked out the window of his hotel room. The afternoon sky was thick with smoke. The odor of burnt grass and rubber fouled the air. Yasir pulled a handkerchief from the pocket of his pants. He wiped at his watering eyes, ‘This is terrible,’ he thought. ‘The longer we have to wait, the bigger the chance of discovery.’
Yasir placed the handkerchief back in the pants pocket, sat down on a chair, and picked up the TV remote. A newscaster was rambling on about a soccer game when he was interrupted on TV.
“Breaking news, from Las Vegas, Nevada in the United States. This just in: An attempted terrorist attack has occurred. A bomb was discovered and disarmed by the Las Vegas Bomb Squad. A spokesperson for the police department said the potential loss of life
