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Dawn: The Roll Call and Devastating Silence
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At first light, survivors gathered at the Rec Hall where Edward Eastland's wife conducted a roster check, calling each cabin one by one. The mood was fragile but hopeful — some girls had survived by clinging to uprooted trees, others had floated on mattresses as the water rose to the ceiling. Then the youngest girls' cabins were called. Sixteen from Twins were present. But when 11 Twins cabin girls and all of Bubble Inn were called, silence answered. Ainsley stood watching in shock as the scope of the disaster became clear. Not one girl from Bubble Inn — Ellen's cabin — had survived. [1] — Ainsley Bishara "At dawn, as survivors gathered at the Rec Hall for roll call, cabin after cabin checked in. Then they called Bubble Inn — Ellen's cabin — a…" 13:46
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