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In third grade, I had an oral report on neuclear war. If you lived in a target area like we did, you had approximately 40 minutes after muclear weapons were launched.40 minutes to do wt? Say good-bye to loved ones, stuff yourself with doughnuts, take a hundred-mile-ride:whatever one did with only 40 minutes left to live. If you were me, the son of a billionaire who had the greatest computer company in the world? Those 40 minutes were spent escaping to an underground shelter, built specifically for our family. That day, dad was guiding us down the stairs to a silver door, I was looking for my twin brother, but no sign of him. I guess he'd probably with grandma. Just a moment, dad snapped onto the control, the door of the Compound closed behind us. "I still have one of you." With dad's six words, my childhood ended, so did the rest of the world. I've lived in the Compound for 6 years, dad said we still have 9 years to wait for the auto lock of the door to open.I wanted to forget my best friend brother Eddy but I can't. What if he and grandma are still alive? I turned on my computer and try to connect to the internet, although I'd already know what's up. "Cannot connect to the internet"
S.A. Bodeen
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