Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Lead Us Out of the Night
[BEULAH, spoken]
Welcome to Gander Academy — I’m gonna show you now to your rooms, and then if you want to come back, we’ve got two TVs set up in the cafeteria with the news on — so you can see what’s actually happened for yourself…

[JANICE, spoken]
I didn’t even think — they haven’t seen any of it yet

[COMPANY]
Lead us out of the darkness

[HANNAH, spoken]
We’re all staring at those images

[BEULAH, spoken]
And we just stand helpless watching them

[COMPANY]
Lead us somewhere to safety

[BOB, spoken]
We barely know where we are. But we know it’s not there

[COMPANY]
Lead us far from disaster

[BEVERLEY, spoken]
Charles Burlingame was the captain of Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon. I just saw him at a pub in London. You can’t imagine. A pilot will fight to the ends of the earth to save his airplane. He just will
[COMPANY]
Lead us out of the night

[KEVIN T, spoken]
We watch those images for hours

[COMPANY gasps]

[KEVIN T, spoken]
Until someone finally turns it off