News
Channel Four Eye Witness News,
Dallas Texas
“Good evening, I am Diane Walker.
“
“And I am Stephen Mills.
Good evening.”
“We have a large number of
reports of assault and fatalities related, authorities say to the street drug known
as ‘bath salts. “
“At least 37 people have
been killed in the last twenty four hours alone in just the greater Dallas Fort
Worth area. Horrific traffic camera footage, and we have to warn you, it’s
extremely graphic, shows an attack on a school bus in the down town area. We
advise you to remove any young people from the room and we are giving a five
second warning starting in five, four…”
The blue screen behind the
anchors displayed the footage and even though the victims were blurred it was
still disturbing. Two naked men smashed the windows out and dragged victims
onto the street. The little arms flailed and then were still as the assailants
held them down and then bent down over them. The men went to the bus again and
again and the driver fled. The anchors had sterile lifeless eyes, conditioned
to real life horror.
The male held his hand to
his left ear, “wait, we have new information. Let’s go now to our traffic
copter. Mike Nolan, what are you seeing?
“
The blue screen switched to
a close up of their aerial reporter. He had thick ear phones on and the
obligatory bushy mustache that motorcycle cops and traffic reports seemed to
have to have.
“Good evening, Diane and
Steve.
“We are witnessing National
Guard troops in armored vehicles pouring into the city. We just seen Apache gunships
and I can’t even believe I am saying this, firing into the crowds on 5th
and Cheshire where the bus attack happened.”
He panned the camera out and
it focused on a tank on the street. Flashes of light flickered from the turret
silently in a surreal burst of fire.
“Things seem to be
accelerating at a disturbing pace. We are now being ordered out of the
airspace. This is Mike Nolan, Eye Witness in the Sky. “
“Okay Mike, “Diane said, now
betraying a hint of personal angst and concern. “Please get back home safely. “
But, as they watched on live
television, in the background through the cockpit window they saw an A10
Warthog airplane swooping in, the tooth painted nose clearly visible belching
cannon fire at the news helicopter. There was a flash of smoke and fire and the
screen faded to static.
“Oh my God! Oh my God!”
They went to commercial,
still completely oblivious to the war that was beginning to rage in Los Angeles.
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