“Cancer Kills 1, Self; Wounds 3”
2012; Springer Science+Business Media; Volume: 27; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/s11606-011-1978-0
ISSN1525-1497
Autores Tópico(s)Health and Conflict Studies
ResumoAP—A woman is dead and three family members critically wounded in a hostage-taking gone terribly wrong. The victim—a wife and mother of two— was seized nine months ago in her doctor's office. According to her doctor the suspect, Breast Cancer, entered the office as a routine mammogram. “It told me to tell her the worst news of her life, then let me go,” he said. Thus began the stand-off. Within days the experts— the cancer specialists— had arrived on the scene. Over the next nine months they tried all standard therapeutic tactics to secure her release, without any success. It finally ended last night in a hail of chemotherapy and high-tech gadgetry as the cancer experts, out of desperation, ordered a last-ditch raid. By the time the smoke cleared the woman and her captor lay dead, with the husband and children grievously wounded in the process. An unnamed source close to the investigation says the suspect was found clutching its human shield with a note on its chest. “All I wanted,” it said, “was everlasting life.”
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