Chapter 9 - The Hearing

The review board played Mason's body camera footage.
The room stayed silent.
Every firefighter watched Alex walk past his pregnant wife.
No one spoke.
Then the chief asked one question.
"Did you recognize your wife?"
Alex whispered...
"Yes."
"Then why didn't you rescue her?"
He closed his eyes.
"I wasn't thinking."
The chief's voice hardened.
"No."
"You were."
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"That's exactly the problem."
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