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getting in the way. We certainly had no way of knowing that the wind would change and the plane carrying the divers would crash. As Commander Hebert so succinctly put it, the Lord makes the weather." |
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"You mean that the plane that brought us here is too big to land on the part of the runway that's not blocked? I want to get out of here. I have a story to file," the American reporter said passionately. "Are you sure that the press plane can neither land nor take off?" |
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"I thought you said the divers were all killed," Bartlett persisted, in spite of Hams's rebuke. "Does that mean we're all trapped here, just waiting until that damned thing blows us to eternity?" |
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"The Russian and Canadian divers were killed," Harris said. "Fortunately, we have backup right here for the dive. Colonel John Morgan and Academician Arkady Karmann are prepared to go down and defuse the warhead in the bay. The remote vehicle team will support them with the robot." |
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Standing near the desk beside Morgan, Anna closed her eyes. |
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"How do you spell the Russian's name?" The questioner was immediately shouted down by his peers. |
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"You can't mean the guy with the hook? He's sick as a dog, for God's sake." The American reporter was not going down without a fight. "What good would he be?" |
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Harris said, "If our expert, GKNT consultant Academician Karmann, cannot dive with Colonel Morgan for some reason, we have his notes and sketches. WeColonel Morgan and the support teamwill do whatever is necessary to complete the mission here. In the meantime, those of you service personnel without specific December 7 assignments, please return to your quarters and await further instructions. The medical teams can use help, but wait until they come to get you. And as soon as the wreckage cools, we'll need people at the crash scene." |
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