The Fire Fighters Leaving Labi's Apartment

Talabi and his family were baffled. Though the fire fighters had insisted they would return, he didn't have any idea of when. Talabi decided to gather all the bed sheets in the apartment and tie them together to form a makeshift rope. Then he knotted one end around the metal window frame and threw the other end down the side of the tower. It didn't reach the ground, but dangled near the second or third floor. With one arm, he planned to hold the rope,. In the other, he'd carry his five-year-old daughter down the building. When he neared the end of the in tilabi would jump, protecting his child against the fall with