Daylight Page #3

Is there a way

out of this mess ?

There was a passage to the south tunnel

about a half mile back.

- You check it out ?

- Of course I checked it out !

It's all collapsed.

Well, think

I'll take a look.

I just told you it was collapsed, man.

You'd be wasting your time.

It's all blocked in.

There's no way out !

George, I was born

six weeks premature.

My own mother

couldn't keep me in.

[ Coughing ]

Eleanor.

[ Sobbing ]

Aaah !

Oh, my God !

Are you people okay ?

Yes, we're fine. We're fine.

Thank you for asking.

- How do you get out of here ?

- I'm still trying to get information.

- Cooper.

- Who's Cooper ? What's he look like ?

There he is !

He's all right.

No, no, no, darling.

Come on. I'll get him.

[ People Screaming ]

[ Coughing ]

- [ Screaming ]

- [ Coughing ]

Lady, get to the front of the bus !

The key is in the ignition.

Okay.

[ People Shouting ]

[ Shouting Continues ]

Hey, come on !

You gotta break it !

Hey, hurry up !

[ Electricity Crackling ]

Hurry up !

Come on, come on !

Hurry up !

- Help !

- Oh, my God ! Oh, my God !

- Get the key over here !

- I'm gonna try to find you some help.

Help ? You are help !

You are our help !

N-no, n-no,

I'm just me.

[ Banging On Screen ]

Aaah !

- Aaah !

- The key's in the ignition !

Lady, lady, the keys !

The keys are in the ignition !

Hurry up ! Come on !

Come on, lady, open up.

- That one right there ! Right there !

- Go, go, go !

Did it ! Hurry up !

All right, man !

- You okay ? You all right ?

- My hero !

Thanks, lady.

What about him ?

That boy havin' a crack attack.

You might as well leave him alone.

- Come on, help me.

- Yo, help yourself, lady !

I'm tellin' you--

No, I'm telling you !

We are not leaving him here !

[ Electricity Crackling ]

Okay, uh, uh,

what's your name ?

Mikey.

I'm like-- I'm like--

Like scared, okay ?

Yeah, I know, Mikey,

I'm scared too,

but I'd feel so much better

if you were out here with me.

No, no, no, no, no !

- [ Sobbing ]

- Okay, okay.

Okay, uh--

Hey, Mikey.

Okay, uh,

uh, hey, Mikey,

you think we're pretty ?

[ Sobbing ]

Yeah. So ?

Wouldn't you rather be out there with

a couple of pretty girls than in here ?

- [ Electricity Crackling ]

- Oh, God !

Oh, sh*t !

Hey, yo, Mikey !

We are all scared !

Now get your crack-sucking

skinny ass out that window !

- Now !

- Okay ! Okay !

[ Sobbing ]

Okay. Okay.

You gotta get noisy

with these kids !

- Aaah !

- Hey, girl, you listen to me !

- Jump now ! Jump !

- Aaah !

Come on, now. Get up !

Let's get you outta here.

That's gas under the bus !

Lady, get the hell outta there !

You take care of her.

I don't want any trouble outta you.

No trouble, man.

Baby, are you in there ?

Uh, I need you to cut the power.

How do I say "cut the power" ?

Cut the power.

Lightning, what do you do ?

You get under a tree.

No sh*t !

You get back in the car.

Right ? 'Cause, 'cause,

'cause tires are rubber.

The what ?

What are you doing ?

What are you doing ? No, wait !

What are you doing ?

- What are you doing ?

- This is it.

No ! Wait a minute !

- Aaah !

- Oh, my God !

Cut the power. Cut the power.

Cut the power.

[ Indistinct Chatter ]

Is anybody watching these monitors ?

Oh, my God ! Norman !

Norman, it's George !

He's alive !

Cut the power, baby !

Down here ! Move !

Down here ! Yes !

- Mikey, go !

- Something must be done !

- No, you're not doing it.

- Live ! Live !

Come on, baby,

cut the power !

- You gotta cut the power.

- That would shut down the exhaust fans.

- Those fans are on a separate system.

- Hey, who the hell are you ?

- Please, go !

- Wait, lady !

Mikey, go !

- Just go, Mikey !

- Aaah !

Oh, don't splash !

Don't splash !

If you don't cut the power now,

that woman's dead.

[ Shouting ]

- Go !

- Jump !

Cut the goddamn power !

Jump !

Cut the god--

[ Gasping ]

Yes !

- Yes !

- You did it.

Now, who the hell

are you ?

I did a terrorist hypothetical here

in '94.

Yeah, Latura.

You were canned in '95.

You're back with the

Emergency Medical Service ?

Not exactly.

How's the monoxide level ?

You've got no authority

to come in here !

No, but I've crawled through

every part of that structure...

and I might be of use,

so how's the air ?

It's changing at a rate

of a million cubic feet an hour.

That's one-twentieth normal,

and it's getting worse !

[ Norman ]

Great, it's here.

Look at this thing.

When they glued this together,

they were still fighting World War One.

Okay, anyway,

here's the north tube,

south tube,

river, the riverbed,

and here's the tunnel:

a rectangle

set inside each tube.

What's this ?

I don't recognize this.

Oh, yeah, yeah, that's--

The sandhogs worked 36-hour shifts

building this thing.

They had bunk rooms there, chapels,

kitchens-- They had everything.

But it was all sealed off

in the renovation of '72.

Hmm. Hey, Frank.

Did Wilson give an estimate

when he'd get to the mid-river passage ?

Nothin' that he

can share, Kit.

We had another collapse.

Mr. California got pancaked.

[ Kit ]

So what are we lookin' at ?

We don't know the stress points

in the mid-river.

We can't risk any explosives.

- It's all gotta be done by hand.

- That's gonna take forever.

If another shaft don't give,

-How long's the air gonna hold ?

-Three hours, max.

All right, Frank,

here's what I think we oughta do.

I think we gotta cork it up and

seal off the survivors from the fumes...

until you can dig out

the mid-river passage.

Frank, are you

the acting chief or what ?

- Yeah, I'm the acting chief.

- So why don't you act ?

What are you tryin' to do,

nothin' ?

So you'll be held blameless

in case you have to testify later on ?

Don't pull that on me, Kit.

That's past history.

I had to take a chance.

Now you do.

I was in the same situation as you.

There's nothin' to think about.

Frank, it's three hours.

You wanna go in, Kit ?

Give me clearance.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.

That tunnel is sealed from both ends.

I mean, the mid-river here

is hanging, like pick-up sticks.

Now, what the hell's

the way in, huh ?

Here.

[ Man On Walkie-Talkie ]

This is Engine Seven,

E.T.A. about five minutes.

[ Grace ]

There are four of those.

- We can shut them down

for two-and-a-half minutes.

- Each ?

Total. They're revved all

the way up to compensate for

the damaged exhaust shaft.

When we shut them down,

it'll severely cut their oxygen.

When the level gets too low,

the computer automatically

kicks the fans back on.

There's no override,

and there's no second shutdown !

- That's a safety feature.

- Anything else I should know ?

There are more problems.

You don't come out above the

roadway, you come out under it.

Norman, what's the combined force

of all the fans ?

- About 160 miles an hour.

- Great.

- Frank, where's the demo team ?

- On the way !

Listen up, please.

I wanna go over

a couple of things.

- You got tape in that camera ?

- Yeah.

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