![]() ![]() ![]() He is the man who despondently leaps to his death from the bridge that Jack witnesses. Ten years previous to the bank robbery, the current manager of the bank, Zara, had turned down the request of a man who had applied for a loan. Jack had been able to save her by roughly pulling her back from the precipice of mortality with the result being she never knew who saved her and has spent much of his life since wondering. ![]() This event was equally significance in his decision to join the force. Jack, however, was able to intervene in this case and thereby present a recurrence of tragedy. Many years before, however, Nadia was also drawn to that same bridge with suicidal intentions. NadiaĪt the time of the bank robbery and hostage situation at the center of the narrative, Nadia is a psychologist. Jack decided to follow his father’s footsteps in part because he witnesses the suicidal jump off a bridge by a man and was overcome with the guilt of feeling helpless in the face of such tragedy. Oh, and Jim is also Jack’s father who are additionally bonded to each as a result of grief over the premature death of Jack’s mother. Jim is older and more experienced than Jack. Jim and Jack are two police officers who arrive to investigate an attempted bank robbery at which hostages had been taken. ![]() We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. ![]()
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![]() ![]() It’s 1969, and for the Levin family, the times they are a-changing. 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