FOURTH GRADE CLASSROOM ANNOUNCEMENT :

"Story 2 4B"

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John hates night shifts at the police district. Yor are forced to drive alone for hours
waiting for some news that always turns out to be something bad. It was around
3:30 AM when a strange communication arrived: an unidentified vehicle had crashed
near the port. John hurried to get there, when he saw ...(Simone Rocchetti)
.... dark smoke and fire covering the city. There were two other police cars just behind him." It must be something serious" said to his mate Patrick. He nodded silently. The city was in chaos. Every single fireman was there to help. When he got off the car, he heard a man say that a large oil tanker had come too close and crashed against the quay, because of the strong wind causing a violent explosion...(Andrea Ottaviani)
"This explosion cannot be an accident," said John to his partner Patrick, while they were watching helplessly the flames that heaved the port. A loud noise of a burst interrupted the screams of fear. It seemed to come from downtown this time and it was even more violent than the first. "There's something wrong going on!" exclaimed as he got into the car. The two were heading to the city center, when.....(Simone Rochetti), they saw a woman crawling right in the middle of the street . She was screaming with pain. As soon as they saw the woman, they opened the door and got out of the car. The two called for help, but nobody answered, so they rushed to help the woman, who was in shock. they looked around. it seemed as if time had stopped. The two took the woman into the car and drove her to the hospital. The city was in chaos. The hospital was full of people. All the doctors were there to help. " Just in time" said one of them, as he saw the woman bleeding so much. Suddenly all the lights in the city went out.. (Niccolò Braccini)
and screams and moans came from all over the hospital. John and Patrick helped the doctor carry the injured woman on a bed. Then they went back to the car. They tried to communicate with the police station. But it was useless. They had no answer. The two decided to go to the police station for more information anyhow. They got into the car and left the hospital. The streets were in chaos. People were running. Others had locked themselves in their houses or were about to leave the city. The whole city was panicking. The reason, however, was still unknown. John and Patrick arrived at the police station. When they went in they saw...(Eleonora S.)
… an apocalyptic scenery. In that damned night, they were terrorized by the macabre sight in front of them. There was blood anywhere: a red lake surrounded bluish piles of cops’ corpses. All of their friends were dead. It was a carnage. It was as if a pride of wolves had attacked the police station. There were no words to describe the horror. Their souls screamed, loudly screamed in anger!
Then John began to understand. He was trying to join the dots: every crime that night must have been a distraction. Somebody needed to empty the station so that the policemen were engaged around the town. Their real target was the police department, but surely they had an accomplice in police force, somebody who could give them the green light to start the slaughter. Who was the accomplice? What did they seek? He couldn’t answer these questions: it was too early. Firstly they had to investigate and discover the whistle-blower. The two agents rushed towards the head office in search of some information. John arrived first. He knocked on the door of the police commissioner 's door, but there was no answer. He was standing behind that door, when he suddenly heard a feeble moan.. (Francesco P.)

FRANCESCO P.