Chapter 37
9:02 p.m.
Washington, DC
“And now…” a quiet voice said. “The President of the United States.”
Luke was just merging onto the highway as the President’s speech was about to start. Luke’s thought was that if the President spoke for an hour, by the time the speech was over, he would be entering the gates at Mount Weather.
He heard the President’s first words—and then the radio went silent.
A woman’s voice came on.
“Uh…we seem to be having technical difficulties. We’ve lost communication with the President’s bunker at Mount Weather. We’re working to correct the problem. In the meantime, a few words from our sponsors.”
Luke punched in another station. The story was the same.
He tried another station. They had put on a rock song.
Finally, a man’s voice came on the radio.
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