Daylight Page #6

I know. You have a choice.

It's like the first person

that ever ate a raw oyster.

- What are you talking about ?

- Well, think about it.

A person would have to be

starving to death to get

involved with a raw oyster.

- He probably had to eat it

or die. Stay with me.

- Uh-huh. I'm here.

It was slimy. It smelled. It looked

like something out of a bad chest cold.

So there had to be that moment

of truth before he sucked that

slider down. Staying with me ?

- I'm here.

- Think of that moment of truth.

Do I really need this ?

Do I want this in my life ?

But he had to eat.

So he dug down and found the guts

just like you did.

- Is that a compliment ?

- Yes. Come on. Where're you from ?

- La Porte, Indiana.

- And what do you do ?

I write. I try to get my plays produced.

Nobody goes to the theater anymore.

- And you were going home ?

- Yeah. I was.

So, uh-- So tell me something,

all right ? For real.

I probably won't be able to take it,

but are we gonna get out of here ?

Madelyne, I wouldn't be down here

if I didn't think so. I swear.

- Promise ?

- I promise. Now trust me. Come on.

So, this explosion

that we're setting could cause

the whole thing to cave in, right ?

- It could happen.

- It's better than a blowout.

A blowout ?

I really hate the way that sounds.

- You okay ?

- Yeah, I'm fine.

Go back to "blowout."

Please explain.

If the water level was higher,

the pressure would build and

the air would blow to the top.

- Like a cork ? A geyser ?

- It happened to a couple of guys

digging the Baltimore Tunnel.

- And what happened to them ?

They died, right ?

- Help me open this pack.

They died, right ?

One made it.

Help me out.

All right, keep a tight grip.

We're gonna make it.

[ Metal Clanging ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Sighs ]

[ Panting ]

[ Blows On Hand ]

[ Grunts ]

- [ Metal Clanging ]

- [ Screams ]

[ Screaming ]

Kit !

Kit !

[ Gasps Loudly, Grunts ]

[ Panting ]

- You're insane !

- Gimme that, Madelyne.

We're hot ! Go !

[ Panting ]

[ Gasps ]

[ Screams ]

Hey, what are you doing ?

Go on. It's snagged !

[ Terrified Chattering ]

Stay in there.

Stay in there.

- What about you ?

- The hell with me ! Go !

Go ! The hell with me.

[ Grunts ]

- [ Explosion ]

- [ Gasps ]

[ Gasps, Panting ]

[ Panting Continues ]

Aaah !

[ Screaming ]

[ Mikey ]

Yes ! He did it !

[ All Cheering ]

[ Panting ]

You okay ?

[ Panting ]

We gotta stop asking

each other that.

[ People Continue Cheering ]

[ Firemen Chattering ]

- What do you got ? How big ?

- Three-point-three.

That's a hell of a bang, sir.

- [ Crewman #1 ] Three-bar !

- [ Foreman ] Look out below !

We're coming down !

[ Helicopter Blades Whirring ]

[ Fireman ] Make more room !

We gotta back up the ladder !

[ George ]

Hey ! I heard machines !

I think they're going to try

to dig us out from the Manhattan end !

- No !

- What ? They're digging.

What's wrong ?

The digging can shift pressure and bring

the place down. They're not thinking.

- Or maybe they are

and they think we're dead.

- Digging at the Manhattan end !

Latura ! They're coming !

[ Excited Shouting ]

[ Screaming ]

Oh, sh*t.

No !

George !

- Hold on, big man ! Hold on !

- I can't-- I can't move.

- Can you feel your body ?

George, can you feel your body ?

- I can't move.

- I can't feel my body.

- Okay, hold on, big man ! Hold on !

[ Panting ]

Am I okay ? Am--

Am... I... okay ?

Oh, God.

- [ Grunting ]

- Am I okay ?

[ Disgusted Scream ]

[ Grunting ]

[ Spits ] It'll keep you alive.

Breathe through this, George.

Breathe, breathe. Please. Come on.

Steady breath ! Breathe !

Don't let it beat you !

Come on, George ! Breathe !

In and out ! In !

Come on, George ! Come on.

- Breathe !

- [ Coughing ]

Breathe, breathe, please.

Leverage ! We need leverage !

Get that truck up !

[ Panting ]

Come on.

Oh, George.

[ Ashley ]

Come on, come on.

We're coming.

- All right, got it ? Take it.

- I'll take it.

- We're gonna make it.

- Thank you.

- Come on. Move, move, move !

- [ Ashley ] We got him !

Take that !

- All right, lift, lift, lift, lift !

- We're with you.

- We're right here.

- We're with you, George.

- [ Eleanor ]

Breathe as strong as you can.

- That's it, you got it !

- George can't hear

'cause the water's going !

- [ Grunting ]

Come on, George.

Stay with us, George. Stay with us.

- Oh, my God. He's going under.

- [ Grunts ]

[ Vincent ]

Keep them coming !

- He's going under !

- Get it off him !

- All right !

- [ Grunts ]

- Okay, let me know when.

- Okay !

One, two, three !

[ Both Straining ]

- We got him !

- He's out.

Okay, come on.

Get him out of the water.

Hold his head. Don't let his head go !

- Get the planks outta there !

- Keep it moving. Come on !

- Come on ! Come on !

- Here it comes.

[ Mikey ]

We got it.

Bring it down. Come on !

[ Sarah ]

Get over here !

Everybody get ready to lift him

on the count of three. Ready ?

All right, altogether.

One, two, three !

- You got him ?

- Keep moving so we don't--

- We need somebody up here !

- Here we go now, all right ?

- [ Shouting Indistinctly ]

- [ Mikey ] Come on. Let's go.

- Let's go. It's freezing.

- You're doing great.

Together we can do it.

We can do anything.

You're doing great. Ready ?

All right,

one, two, three. Lift !

[ Reporters All Chattering At Once ]

I hope they're alive. Hang on.

We're doing the best we can.

I don't know. I don't know !

Now, please.

- Do you have any survivors ?

- I can't answer that.

- Are you going to guard the place ?

- Is it completely collapsed ?

Are there any survivors ?

I said that's it !

That's it !

[ Helicopter Blades Whirring ]

[ Reporters Continue Chattering ]

Why George ?

Why not some piece of trash ?

Why-- Why is it always

the good people ?

I can't answer that. You just hope--

I mean, you just gotta believe it.

I think some people

are gonna make it out of there.

And George is gonna be one.

- [ Sighs ]

- Well, yeah, we gotta think that.

Yeah... we do.

[ Boat Horn Honking ]

[ People Chattering ]

[ Steven ]

George, I'd give you my shirt,

but I don't think it'd do much good.

[ Eleanor ] George, we'd give you

the shirt off our backs.

- It'll be all right.

Keep calm. We're here with you.

- How'd you get fired ?

[ Grunts ] It's a long story.

I wouldn't worry about it.

[ Latonya ] Stay awake now.

Stay with us.

She said she read

you got people killed.

She's right.

Did she mention it was

a building collapse in the South Bronx ?

- No, she said--

- And that we were the

first ones on the scene ?

No.

And some of the guys said, "Forget it.

They're probably dead anyway" ?

Or read the part where I said,

"if we were goin' in--"

Or mention that

I was wrong ? Hmm ?

That a gas main blew on the way out

and three men died ?

My friend's brother

was one of them ?

Did she mention the press,

the inquiry, the funerals ?

You're a writer, you can

fill out the rest, can't you ?

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