‘HOLD ON!’ CAPTAIN McKINLEY shouted. He lifted the helicopter back into the air.
I clicked into the seat next to Dean as BOOM! Searing winds hit us.
Captain McKinley wrestled the control stick, battling the winds for command of the helicopter.
BOOM! Another explosion to the right of us. The hot winds almost dashed us back down but he pulled up, up, up.
And then we were racing into the dark air. We were ahead of the bombs then and we got away from there, up into the black sky that was splintering now, shot through with sunlight and fire. And I held my brother’s hand.