Kyle gives the girl towels so she can shower. Kyle tries to call his parents on his cell phone, but he cannot get through. Not knowing what else to do, Kyle brings the girl home to the Brooklyn Heights apartment he shares with his mom, dad, sister Kerri, and Uncle Matt. Her dark hair is cropped short, and she wears cargo pants, a sweatshirt, and combat boots. He turns against the flow of people to help her, convincing her to walk with him as an explosion rocks the air. He quickly realizes it is a girl, covered in ash and wearing part of a costume. Near the far end of the bridge, Kyle thinks he must be seeing an illusion: A large bird with white wings cowers near the edge. Now, with his friends and teachers scattered, his mom and sister in Los Angeles, and his father-an NYPD officer in the Joint Terrorist Task Force almost certainly at the scene of the devastation-Kyle can only move with the crowd in the direction of his Brooklyn home. Everyone assumes it is the act of terrorists, but Kyle cannot understand how such an attack could happen, nor why. He was in class that morning at Stuyvesant High School when two planes hit the World Trade Center he saw the South Tower collapse from the classroom window. Sixteen-year-old Kyle Donahue evacuates lower Manhattan by crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on foot alongside thousands of fellow New Yorkers. Additionally, there is occasional use of profanity in dialogue and interior monologue. Content warnings: September 11th potential suicide, parent death mentions of genocide and rape.
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