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jacket-pocket, containing the first handwritten reports he had insisted on
bringing before leaving the office.
It reads: Ten people have tried to crawl out of the carriages, including a mother
with a child who, according to eyewitnesses, went into a mental state of deep
stress, jumping directly into their death from one of the top carts. Several other
people had also jumped, while others tried to climb the steep arms of the Ferris
wheel and had slipped down the supports of the wheel, probably because they
made a wrong step or miscalculated the distance due to the dark. People had
crowded together, trying to catch the woman as she leaped, but the rescue
mission was impossible due to the fall of the woman. As she hit other wagons
and a metal arm of the wheel on her way down, she took a major beating a
witness told. She was dead as she hit the ground in the middle of the crowd. First
aid was attempted, but without any positive result.
"Sorry, sir, may I bother you with some questions?"
The chief of police turned around and looked at the woman who asked the
question.
"My name is Patti Anderson from Newsweek." She continued.
She didn’t wait for an answer, as she stretches her arm out, reaching for a
greeting. He absent-mindedly gives her his hand. He recognizes both the face and
the voice, but can't remember from where. The woman in front of him has a
pointy face, big round glasses, brown leather jacket that ends at the hips, high-
waisted tight jeans, and white-collar blouse with a big piece of jewellery. Her
smile is professional, reminding him of a young and driven salesman - the kind
that likes to persuade well-off pensioners to make an overly expensive purchase.
She is certainly younger than him, with at least a generation gap between them.
She could be one of his daughters' friends from university.
“The police, myself included, doesn’t answer questions right now. A press
conference will be held on Blackwood Street at 12 o’clock; you can ask your
questions there,” he says with an almost overly rigidly attitude, just to get rid of
her as soon as possible. He continues:
"I’ll have to ask you and the others to leave the area immediately, this is a
casualty site, or at least to keep out of the police barrier that’s being established."
With his pipe, he points in the direction of a small group of photographers and