Hesh Roof's stair lost its lower landing while the children were still choosing caregivers.
The concrete steps remained under them. Step Twenty opened onto black sky. Step Nineteen reached a pump room three roofs east. Anyone crossing between them lost the relation between both feet.
Roof keepers closed the stair before a child entered the split.
The Woman's corridor opened across two rain tanks.
Hesh had accepted 126 children and 27 pump-clinic patients. Forty-nine caregivers entered the scope through current requests. Some were parents. Others were nurses, older siblings, or the person a child selected from the roof group.
The final rescue count was 202.
Private workers marked thirteen positions per cycle. Children could step back before the frame closed. A caregiver's place stayed attached only to the person who requested that care.
