j.q. moves from phone to phone with no luck. the phone keeps ringing. finally he moves into the corridor, spotting a red phone at the nurses' station.
john rests his head and closes his eyes as he listens to his wife falling apart.
from across the room and through the ceiling, a small red light snaps on. we zoom in to see what it is.
sheer pandemonium. hostages run for cover. the phone receiver swings back and forth, and a bloody j.q. is slumped against the wall.
j.q. blinks. the wound, the hysteria, the events of the day, and now a leg sticking through the ceiling. it's all very surreal. he gets up, moves to the leg, and pulls. and the ceiling comes crashing down.