On Mason Mountain

TIME-9:05AM PLACE-MASON MOUNTAIN(15 MILES SOUTH OF ASPEN,COLORADO THE HOME OF KAREN AND MICHAEL GORMAN."e;Karen, it's Marsha at The Day Care Center!"e; "e;What is it Marsha? Are the boys okay? "e;They're not here Karen. The bus never arrived. Maybe it's still on the mountain. Can you take a look outside?"e; Karen dropped the phone and ran outside. There was no bus. She grabbed her keys and jumped in her car. Maybe the bus had a flat or was stuck she thought as she sped past the guardhouse. Maybe Carl stopped for gas or for coffee. She was driving less than two minutes when she smelled the smoke. She saw The black funnel rising from below and then spotted the broken guardrail.and pulled over. She saw the skid marks on the road and knew that the life she had come to love was over.