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           RachelCreedalmostmadeherflightfromBostontoPortland.Almost.HerChicagoplaneleftontime(amiracleinitself),wasclearedstraightintoLaGuardia(another),andleftNewYorkonlyfiveminutesbehindschedule.ItgottothegateinBostonfifteenminuteslateat11:12P.M.Thatleftherwiththirteenminutes.

           Shestillmighthavemadeherconnectingflight,buttheshuttlebuswhichmakesacirclearoundtheLoganterminalswaslate.Rachelwaited,nowinakindofconstantlow-gradepanic,shiftingfromfoottofootasifsheneededtogotothebathroom,switchingthetravelbaghermotherhadloanedherfromoneshouldertotheother.

           Whentheshuttlestillhadn’tcomeat11:25,shebegantorun.Herheelswerelowbutstillhighenoughtocauseherproblems.Oneofheranklesbuckledpainfully,andshepausedlongenoughtotakeofftheshoes.Thensheranoninherpantyhose,pastAlleghenyandEasternAirlines,breathinghardnow,gettingthebegininngsofastitchinherside.

           Herbreathwashotinherthroat,thattuckinhersidedeeperandmorepainful.Nowshewasrunningpasttheinternationalterminal,andthere,upahead,wasDelta’striangularsign.Sheburstinthroughthedoors,almostdroppedoneshoe,juggledit,caughtit.Itwas11:37.

           Oneofthetwoclerksondutyglancedupather.

           "Flight104,"shepanted."ThePortlandflight.Hasitleft?"

           Theclerkglancedbehindhimatthemonitor.

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