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PLEASE.

PLEASE, PLEASE.

THREE, FOUR, FIVE.

ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE. OKAY.

HERE YOU GO.

LOOKS GOOD, I'M STARVING.

ARE YOU OKAY, DAD? -NO, I'M NOT OKAY.

DO YOU REALIZE THAT ONE OF YOUR FRIENDS

ALMOST GOT KILLED YESTERDAY?

IT COULD'VE BEEN YOU.

-IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN ME-- -IT COULD'VE BEEN YOU!

WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING ANYWAY?

-I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, IT'S FAMOUS, THE SHREDDER,

EVERYBODY KNOWS-- -YEAH, IT'S FAMOUS.

WELL, CLUE NUMBER ONE, PAL.

IT'S CALLED THE SHREDDER.

-YOU KNOW, DAD, IT'S NOT LIKE WE JUST GO AROUND SAYING,

"HEY, LET'S GO GET ONE OF US KILLED."

-BOOGIEBOARDING AT THE SHREDDER IS SAYING EXACTLY,

"HEY, DUDE, LET'S GET ONE OF US KILLED."

-WHEN HE HIT THE WALL AND WENT UNDER,

I WENT FOR HELP AS FAST AS I COULD.

I GUESS I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS.

-YOU CAN'T GUESS AT THINGS LIKE THAT.

IT WASN'T JUST DANGEROUS, IT COULD'VE BEEN FATAL.

DO YOU REALIZE IF THAT KID'S BRAIN WAS DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN

FOR A FEW MORE SECONDS,

HE COULD'VE ENDED UP BEING A VEGETABLE

FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE?

I'M CLOSING THAT SECTION OF THE BEACH PERMANENTLY.

HEY, DAD?

-YEAH, THEN PUSH MY NINE O'CLOCK BACK,

AND CANCEL MY LUNCH WITH JEFFERIES, I'LL HOLD.

-HEY DAD, CAN I RIDE TO SCHOOL? I GOTTA TAKE MY PROJECT IN.

-SON, I'M ALREADY LATE, CAN'T YOU RIDE YOUR BIKE?

-BUT DAD, MY PROJECT IS A PLASTER OF PARIS MAP OF ITALY.

-WELL, MAYBE YOU CAN GET YOUR MOTHER TO GIVE YOU A RIDE.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WITH HER THIS WEEK ANYWAY?

YEAH, RUTHIE, GO.

I LEFT WORD FOR MR. JEFFERIES EVERYWHERE,

STILL NO RESPONSE.

-ALRIGHT, WELL KEEP TRYING. I'M ON MY WAY IN.

YEAH.

SON, LOOK, I'M REALLY LATE.

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, I'LL GIVE YOU AND YOUR PROJECT A RIDE

TO SCHOOL TOMORROW, OKAY? -BUT DAD--

TOMORROW'S SATURDAY.

HEY, COREY, HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?

-HEY, CAROLINE, HOW'S MY FAVORITE LIFEGUARD DOING?

-I'M DOING GREAT, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUT HERE.

-IT SURE SMELLS AND FEELS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

-LISTEN, I GOTTA GO BACK TO MY TOWER, OKAY?

I'LL SEE YOU LATER? -OKAY.

-HI. -HEY.

DO YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?

UH, YEAH, I JUST KNOW THAT HE LIKES

TO COME TO THE BEACH AND SIT. AND HIS NAME'S COREY.

COREY BERENS, THE CAJUN KID.

YOU KNOW HIM?

-ANYONE WHO FOLLOWS HORSE RACING KNOWS HIM.

HE WAS THE NATION'S LEADING JOCKEY.

PROBABLY THE BEST JOCKEY IN THE WORLD.

THERE ISN'T A HORSE THAT WOULDN'T RUN FOR HIM AND WIN.

-BUT HE'S BLIND. WHAT HAPPENED?

-HE TOOK A BAD SPILL DURING A RACE.

GOT KICKED IN THE HEAD BY THE HORSE BEHIND HIM.

HE'S LUCKY HE WASN'T KILLED.

HE WAS SMASHED UP PRETTY BAD THOUGH.

FRACTURED SKULL, BUSTED RIBS, AND LOST HIS SIGHT.

-MUST BE VERY DIFFICULT FOR HIM.

HEY ISAAC, WHAT'S UP, MAN?

WANT TO RIDE TO SCHOOL TOGETHER?

I'M NOT GOING.

MY MOM TOLD ME TO GO OVER TO MY DAD'S PLACE,

AND MY DAD DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS.

SINCE THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE WHERE I AM,

MIGHT AS WELL JUST DO WHATEVER I WANT.

HEY, LET'S HIT THE SHREDDER.

DO SOME BODYSURFING, IT'LL BE COOL.

-ARE YOU NUTS? SCOTT COULD'VE BEEN KILLED THERE.

IT WOULD'VE BEEN OUR FAULT.

WE SHOULDN'T HAVE EVEN BEEN THERE.

-LOOK, SCOTT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING.

HE'S THE ONE THAT SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.

AND HE'S A LOUSY SWIMMER ANYWAY.

LOOK, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS KNOW HOW TO TIME

SHOOTING THE SHREDDER, AND I DO.

-MY DAD CLOSED DOWN THAT PART OF THE BEACH.

BESIDES, IT'S WAY TOO DANGEROUS.

THAT DOESN'T SCARE ME.

IS THAT IT? YOU'RE SCARED?

YOU KNOW WHAT, I AM SCARED.

AND YOU SHOULD BE SCARED TOO.

-WELL, I'M NOT, AND I'LL FIND SOME GUYS

WHO AREN'T DADDY-BOY WIMPS.

DON'T GO, IT'S TOO DANGEROUS.

SO WHAT? I DON'T CARE.

HELP!

OH, MY GOD!

HELP, HELP!

MY SISTER WENT UNDER!

ARE YOU OKAY?

OKAY.

GOOD GOING, CAROLINE.

GO KIDS, KEEP GOING.

YOU GUYS OKAY? TAKE MY HAND.

BRING HIM IN.

YOU'RE OKAY. YOU'RE GONNA BE FINE.

SHE'S GONNA FINE, BEN.

LOOK, SHE'S ALRIGHT. YOU'RE OKAY.

GET THEM A HOT TOWEL, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.

GO WARM THEM UP.

WHAT'S THE TROUBLE?

-IT'S COREY, HE SAW THOSE KIDS IN TROUBLE, LOGAN,

I'M SURE OF IT.

WELL, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

IS IT?

HEY.

-CARROT JUICE AND TWO ORANGE JUICES.

-LISTEN, NICOLE, COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR?

SURE.

FEEL LIKE SOME COMPANY?

-HEY, I KNOW THAT VOICE. SURE, CAROLINE.

MORE COFFEE?

YEAH, I'D LOVE SOME, PLEASE.

-ARE YOU OKAY? -YEAH.

I HAD HER POUR ICED COFFEE.

THAT WAS A SETUP.

WHY?

-BECAUSE I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T TELL ME THE TRUTH

IF I ASKED YOU.

COREY, I KNOW YOU SAW THAT KID IN TROUBLE YESTERDAY.

MY ONLY QUESTION IS WHY WOULD A WORLD-CLASS JOCKEY

LIKE YOURSELF PRETEND TO BE BLIND?

THAT'S EASY. FEAR.

HEY.

HEY.

-YOU KNOW, I'VE BEEN AFRAID OF THINGS IN MY LIFE.

AND I FIGURED OUT THAT THE ONLY WAY TO CONQUER FEAR

IS JUST TO FACE IT.

AND NOT HIDE LIKE I AM? RIGHT.

-I KNOW ABOUT YOUR ACCIDENT, COREY.

-ALL I REMEMBER IS TUMBLING, FALLING,

THE GROUND COMING UP BENEATH ME.

AND MY HORSE DAKOTA SHAN, HE BROKE HIS LEG.

THEY WANTED TO PUT HIM DOWN, RIGHT THERE.

WELL, WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

-WELL, I WAS UNCONSCIOUS, BUT MY MOM,

SHE WOULDN'T LET THEM PUT HIM DOWN.

SO SHE BOUGHT HIM FROM THE OWNER,

AND WHILE I WAS RECUPERATING AND LAID UP, SO WAS HE.

WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE HOSPITAL,

WE GOT OUR STRENGTH BACK TOGETHER.

-YOU MUST'VE LOVED HIM AND RACING A LOT.

RACING WAS MY LIFE.

WHEN I LOST MY SIGHT, I FIGURED,

AS LONG AS I CAN'T SEE, I DON'T HAVE TO GET ON A HORSE,

AND RACE AGAIN.

I'M SCARED I CAN'T RIDE ANYMORE.

WORSE THAN THAT, I'M SCARED OF PEOPLE CALLING ME SCARED.

-SO WHEN YOU GOT YOUR SIGHT BACK,

YOU JUST DECIDED TO KEEP IT TO YOURSELF?

-MY MOM'S THE ONLY ONE WHO KNOWS I CAN SEE.

AND NOW YOU.

YOU CAN'T KEEP HIDING, COREY.

YOU OWE IT TO YOURSELF TO KEEP RIDING.

YOU OWE IT TO DAKOTA SHAN.

-YOU KNOW, DAKOTA SHAN, HE'S QUITE A HORSE.

A REAL FIGHTER, HE STILL HAS FOUR PINS

HOLDING HIS LEG TOGETHER.

AND HE'S ALMOST READY TO RUN AGAIN.

-I FIGURED A HORSE LIKE THAT HAS GOTTA BE PRETTY STRONG,

AND FIGHT REALLY HARD TO RECOVER FROM INJURIES LIKE THAT.

KEEP FIGHTING, COREY.

FIGHT LIKE DAKOTA SHAN, I KNOW YOU'RE USED TO WINNING.

DON'T LET THE FEAR WIN.

-YOU KNOW, I USUALLY HAVE ABOUT EIGHT MINUTES ON A HORSE

BEFORE A RACE.

SOMETIMES, MY LIFE DEPENDS ON WHAT I FIND OUT.

I'VE LEARNED TO SIZE UP HORSES AND PEOPLE RIGHT AWAY.

I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO MEET DAKOTA SHAN.