I feel terrible about what we did and need to apologize to him.” “What!” shrieked Ali, her gaze suddenly shooting up and establishing eye con...act for the first time. “No, you can’t! I mean, there’s no need, really.” The frantic nature of her response, the tone, was all Dan needed. He stepped forward, slipped his left arm around her waist and in barely a whisper said, “Why not, Ali. It’s the right thing to do.” “No, please, you don’t understand.” Ali eyes were wide, almost panic. Will and I loaded up our weights first while Andy carried our bags out to Will's car. Ed brought his things over while we were trying to load everything. The car was full last year when it was only Will, Ed and me. This year we had to squeeze Andy and his stuff in too. We filled the trunk with the heavy stuff. Ed and Andy climbed in the back seats. Will and I gave them two duffle bags to hold on their laps. The last duffle bag went in the front between Will and me.We grabbed a lunch at the. "If they take Visa, we just have to make sure we're not good kidnap candidates," she said, matter-of-factly. "If we spend the cash, we make it look like we've thrown it all in."11:50 Friday, January 3rd, 1992Punta Gorda, el Golfo de FonsecaEl SalvadorIt hadn't been very difficult at all. The local Shell distributor only had enough diesel for the three stations in La Union with diesel tanks; they'd had to call to Acajutla. Lieutenant Brophy had called the contact he was given for facilitating. Every two weeks, a small jet would come and take all the residents who wanted a vacation to Darwin, about 1500 km to the north. The mini-vacation was a break from the underground life on the 3408 facility. And on Monday morning, the plane would return. There was no limit to the number of little vacations a person – or any of his family who might be living there at the time – could take. The residents – including the camouflage ‘residents’ – were extremely well paid, and the trips were free,.