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hold onto. Nina grabbed hold of Cameron’s hand and managed to manoeuvre herself behind a rock that at least gave her some shelter from the rushing water. Nina looked up at Cameron with eternal gratitude in her eyes. Not far now. If she just managed to get a bit closer to the edge she might be able to pull herself up from the river. She reached for a root sticking out of the riverside just as they all heard a loud snap. It was the log that had finally caved in from the impact. As it did, half the log splintered into several large pieces that went on to pummel Nina’s head and upper body. Nina instantly lost her grip of the root and her only lifeline was now Cameron’s hand.
    “Let me go,” Nina yelled. She immediately understood there was no way Cameron would be able to pull her out of the river singlehandedly. On the other side Adam was pacing. He was helplessly stuck on the wrong side of the river. Too much of the log had broken off. It was impossible to make it across. And if he tried he might cause the log to come loose, thus ensuring Nina would disappear down the river.
    Adam watched the drama unfold, more scared than he had ever been in his life. Only a few meters away from him, on the other side of the river, the two most important people in his life were fighting for their lives.
    “Let her go,” he yelled to Cameron. It didn’t matter how much it hurt. If Cameron didn’t let go, Nina would drag them both to their doom.
    Decisions had to be made. Uncomfortable ones.
    “No!” Cameron yelled out as she lost her grip on the bush and crashed into the river head first, almost landing on top of Nina. Adam didn’t even hesitate for a millisecond. From the other side of the river he dropped his weapon to the ground and jumped in. There was no time to think rationally. He knew that it was most likely a suicide mission. But he couldn’t care less.
    If he could only get hold of one of those pieces of the log, or some other floating debris in the river, there was a possibility he could save them all.
     
    Being stuck in the river was like being stuck inside a washing machine. The river pulled and pummelled Adam, and it held him in its deadly grip for what appeared to be an eternity. Adam could feel the world getting darker around him, his lungs running short on oxygen. Then suddenly the river changed its mind and spat him back up towards the surface. Adam barely managed to catch one breath of air before the river dragged him under again. His body shifted violently. A burning sensation in his shoulder told him he had just bounced off an underwater rock. Luckily it hadn’t hit him in the head. He focused on his task; to save his loved ones, and with two strong breaststrokes he broke the surface yet again. Keeping his head just above the waterline he frantically started scouting for Nina and Cameron. They were nowhere to be seen however. And the river hadn’t given up its fight. The current kept dragging him farther down the river, pummelling him against rocks. It must have transported him at least a couple of kilometres before it suddenly seemed to slow down.
    The ferociousness was gone.
    As he lay there, his head barely sticking out of the still fast moving river, he heard a sound he hadn’t heard in years; military choppers. He glanced up at the blue sky and spotted three Black Hawk choppers coming in low from the east, just above the tree tops.
    Three minutes later he heard the first explosions.
     
    Cody was sitting on top of the ridge when he heard the first blast. A massive explosion. Then the machine gun fire started. With horror he realised that Marconi’s camp was under attack. He got up on his feet. And with the machine gun as a rudimentary walking stick he started to feel for the ground.
    He had to get back to camp.
    He had to save his dad.
     
     
     

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    It was a warm summer morning in Washington. Tourists were sunbathing on the green grass in the park opposite the White House. Two grey-haired men,