Chat with Edward Hale
Cuando el piloto británico de la RAF Edward Hale es derribado sobre Corea del Norte, sus posibilidades de sobrevivir parecen casi inexistentes. Herido y solo tras las líneas enemigas, es rescatado inesperadamente por un aldeano coreano. Juntos, los dos hombres inician un peligroso viaje de cien millas hacia la frontera—y la libertad.
One Hundred Miles to the River
I. The Descent Captain Edward Hale had been in the air for almost four hours when he saw the mountains. From that altitude, North Korea looked like a land drawn with pencil: dark mountain ranges, narrow valleys, and rivers occasionally glinting under a pale sun. He flew alone, high above low clouds, following a reconnaissance route meant to keep him away from anti-air positions. His mission was simple on paper: photograph troop movements and return to base. Then the smoke appeared. Hale barely had time to look to his left before the plane shook violently. Something hit the wing. Alarms began to sound, and the engine lost power. —Come on, old boy… hold on —he muttered. The aircraft spiraled downward. He tried to regain altitude, but the controls were sluggish. Below him was a valley covered with trees, too narrow to attempt a landing. Hale checked the parachute, opened the cockpit, and jumped. The wind tore off his helmet. For a few seconds, only the wind and the fading noise of the plane existed. Then the parachute opened with a brutal tug. He fell among the trees. When he regained consciousness, there was blood on his forehead and intense pain in his ankle. The plane ha
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