Chapter 12

They had heard reports that Bin Laden was hidden somewhere in the neighborhood they were now patrolling. Robert was at the wheel of the Humvee, David was a co-pilot and in the back were the rookies Miller and Hendricks. In front of them were in another Humvee Sergeant Hastings, Romero and Cooper. They stopped on a closed street with lots of debris resulting from the previous bombing in the area. They got out of the vehicles and began to walk the deserted street. With the rank of Sergeant too, David always stood forward to lead others and command actions. They passed the debris and heard a sound coming from the house on their right. They all pointed towards the house, David raised his right arm with a clenched fist to signal them to stop, and then signaled them to separate in two directions, indicating the three on his left to go toward the back of the house, as he, Robert, Miller and Hendricks walked through the front door. The house was almost in ruins, there was a lot of debris in