Remember5

"After you were hit, the people in the cars behind you got out to help, calling 911, checking the driver and trying to get to you. Your car was between a rock cliff and the truck, all the doors were pinned. I spoke to a woman who helped and she told me everything she saw before the police got there. You somehow managed to unbuckle yourself and get into the back seat, the boys were completely fine, scared and crying but not even a scratch.  You told this to the woman through the glass and she said you were bleeding from a gash on your head," she squeezed his hand as a reminder she was okay now and he gave a small smile in response.

"Someone found a crowbar and they managed to open the back hatch. Everything seemed hopeful, it'd be easy to get the three of you out the back, right? Nope, that when the earthquake started." It took a few seconds for her to process what he said and when she did, her eyebrows rose, skeptical.

"Yes, everyone was surprised, how many earthquakes does New England really get, and how many of those actually cause any damage? But it's true, I felt it at work and it caused you to be here."

Confused again, she said "Go on, they opened the hatch and the earth rumbled, what then?"

"Remember that rock cliff? Well there were a few loose boulders the shook free and fell down. Everyone scattered to avoid them but you couldn't. One landed and crushed the hatch, leaving only a couple feet to squeeze through and another right above you." Another breath, another squeeze.

"You had the presence of mind to get low and cover the boys when the shaking first started so when it stopped the people saw you huddled over the two boys. You had squished them between the two carseats. You saved them."

"I don't remember them" she said sadly but urged him to continue.

"They tried to figure the best way to get the boys out, afraid the rock could shift. The ended up bracing the bottom of the hatch with some metal bars. Another call to the police told them it'd be twenty minutes before help arrived so everyone agree to try. Mikey went first, he just turned five and you were able to get him over the seat and they pulled him out. I think you had alreafy realized to wouldn't fit so you gave Sam, he is three, your phone and told him: 'Call Charlie, Call Mel'. They said he just kept repeating it. It was good that you had because it was only seconds after Sam was out that  another boulder fell. Directly over where you were.