Chapter 3: The Investigation

Chapter 3: The Investigation
An internal review began.
Not because Valerie had been rescued.
Because the rescue order had ignored basic triage.
Medical reports confirmed:
The elderly man with chest pain should have been evacuated first.
Lucy, twenty-four weeks pregnant and showing signs of oxygen deprivation, should have been second.
Valerie's injuries consisted of dehydration, panic, and a superficial forehead cut.
The findings were painful.
No one accused Alex of intending harm.
But they concluded that emotion had compromised his judgment.
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He accepted responsibility.
Without argument.