The Last Hostage
“I'm going to talk to him again." He turned and nodded cautiously.
Ken Wolfe's voice replied within thirty seconds.
"Captain, this is Agent Bronsky. I've been ordered by my superiors to speak directly to your hijacker. Put him on, please.".
Kat could see Frank's eyebrows rising in her peripheral vision.
The reply from the cockpit of AirBridge 90 came almost instantly.
"No." Kat drummed her fingers on the back of the receiver for a few seconds in thought. In the distance, Frank Both...ell huddled over a desk, his hands pressing both sides of a headset to his ears. He caught her eye and arched both eyebrows, but she looked away, not wanting to be dissuaded.
"Captain, you know from your training that in a situation involving the hijacking of a civil aircraft in the United States, we are required to validate the presence of the hijacker, as well as validate the presence of any weaponry as best we can. So far, I've heard only your voice, and while I know the hijacker is sitting next to you, we absolutely must talk directly to him and hear his voice before we can begin to comply with his demands.MoreLess
Ken Wolfe's voice replied within thirty seconds.
"Captain, this is Agent Bronsky. I've been ordered by my superiors to speak directly to your hijacker. Put him on, please.".
Kat could see Frank's eyebrows rising in her peripheral vision.
The reply from the cockpit of AirBridge 90 came almost instantly.
"No." Kat drummed her fingers on the back of the receiver for a few seconds in thought. In the distance, Frank Both...ell huddled over a desk, his hands pressing both sides of a headset to his ears. He caught her eye and arched both eyebrows, but she looked away, not wanting to be dissuaded.
"Captain, you know from your training that in a situation involving the hijacking of a civil aircraft in the United States, we are required to validate the presence of the hijacker, as well as validate the presence of any weaponry as best we can. So far, I've heard only your voice, and while I know the hijacker is sitting next to you, we absolutely must talk directly to him and hear his voice before we can begin to comply with his demands.MoreLess
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