I feel my heart beating so hard that I feel it in my throat. I freeze and I can not seem to put my one foot in front of the other. Nita shakes me and says.
"Alice!! We have to go!! Now!!"
I realize I have stopped breathing. Breathe...breathe...BREATHE!!
I take a deep breath and look at Nita, her face is white as snow and there is a permanent frown between her eyebrows. She pulls me forward.
"Let's go!!"
"I'm coming!"
She turns and grabs hold of my shoulders.
"Just follow me, okay? Can you do that?"
"Yeah...yes!!"
I remember all the things they have taught us about how to react in an emergency. They told me to stay calm, put on a life jacket, follow the red lights and I should not run and then get outside.
"Listen, we need to attend to the wounded as fast as possible. The Adm
