Runner
Runner
“"How many of you knew the terrorism alert status today is yellow? Anyone?" Kids looked around at one another and smiled nervously. "How many of you knew we had a color-coded terrorism alert system?" A few hands went up.
"I know it exists," Brian Mitchell said. "But I don't pay attention to it. We're out here in Seattle. Why would al-Qaida terrorists attack us? Nothing ever happens in the Northwest." "You sound disappointed," said a new kid.
"I'm glad nothing ever happens here," Heather said. "I... don't want anything bad to happen." "What about Ressam?" Arnold said.
"Who's Ressam?" Melody Turner asked.
Arnold told the story. This guy Ahmed Ressam had tried to sneak into Port Angeles on a ferry from Canada right around the New Year in 2000. When he was arrested, the police found explosives in the trunk of his car. At first, they thought he was trying to blow up the Space Needle, but it turned out he was headed to Los Angeles to blow up the airport there.
I'd never heard about him, and I don't think anybody else in class had either—though a couple of kids pretended they had.MoreLess
"I know it exists," Brian Mitchell said. "But I don't pay attention to it. We're out here in Seattle. Why would al-Qaida terrorists attack us? Nothing ever happens in the Northwest." "You sound disappointed," said a new kid.
"I'm glad nothing ever happens here," Heather said. "I... don't want anything bad to happen." "What about Ressam?" Arnold said.
"Who's Ressam?" Melody Turner asked.
Arnold told the story. This guy Ahmed Ressam had tried to sneak into Port Angeles on a ferry from Canada right around the New Year in 2000. When he was arrested, the police found explosives in the trunk of his car. At first, they thought he was trying to blow up the Space Needle, but it turned out he was headed to Los Angeles to blow up the airport there.
I'd never heard about him, and I don't think anybody else in class had either—though a couple of kids pretended they had.MoreLess
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