Chapter 166: A Disaster for the Innocent Bystanders
Mountain Eagle found himself in an absurd predicament due to the sudden turn of events...
Ever since boarding the plane, the Russian armed female operative had marked him as a threat, and now, with the chaos unfolding, she was fixated solely on him, preventing him from leaving. It was thoroughly embarrassing.
He watched as several media reporters charged into the center of the incident with their cameras, some taking photos while others began questioning the airport security with their audio recorders.
The hefty Schneider and two assaulted Marines were placed on stretchers, whereas the slit-throated man from the pair of thieves was denied even a chance of resuscitation and was immediately bagged in a body bag.
That’s when Mountain Eagle began to sense something wasn’t quite right...
Everywhere in the world handles the matter of death with extreme caution, and given a choice, emergency personnel would always opt to carry the injured out on stretchers.
The declared number of fatalities at the site of a major security incident usually stick to a certain standard—it’s not without reason.
Once the death toll exceeds a certain threshold, in some countries, those in charge on the scene suffer first, followed by their supervising departments—some nations even see repercussions reach the President.
In the past, when social media was not as prevalent, some covers could be kept for longer and eventually forgotten, but with the information age, such tactics became inadvisable.
Thus, the emergency response strategies across different countries are broadly similar—prioritizing rescue operations, regardless of whether you are still breathing or even if you appear charred, you’ll be placed on a stretcher and connected to equipment.
Even if you die in the ambulance or in the emergency room, or even if you are subject to forced resuscitation in the ICU with machines hooked up to a body to delay the time of death—such actions benefit the managers of the incident site.