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Water Man: The Gift
The water is calling
After four draining days at work, Darius was overjoyed to have some daddy time with his daughter, Dalilah as he drove across the Al Salam Bridge in Egypt on a beautiful Thursday afternoon.
‘’Let’s get some ice cream at your favorite place.’’
‘’Ooh, at Cream-works, Baba?’’
‘’That’s right. You got it.’’
Dalilah’s smile made Darius more happy as he continued driving across the bridge.
Darius started noticing some shaky vibrations on the bridge. But he then thought it was normal for that to occur every once in a while. The vibrations increased as Darius drove in the middle of the bridge.
He was hoping his eyes were deceiving him from what he was seeing. The right part of the bridge was collapsing. Darius slowed down his driving. Dalilah looked at her dad and wondered what was going on.
Darius looked back towards where they came from and saw the other side of the bridge was also collapsing. Panic took over his body. Dalilah started noticing the bridge coming apart on both sides.
‘’Baba, I’m scared?’’
‘’I know, sweetheart. We’re going to be okay.’’
Before Darius took his next course of action, the entire bridge came apart and…
