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The
a
p
a
rtme
n
t complex
i
n
Fa
l
l
s
C
hur
c
h
, Vi
r
g
in
i
a
w
a
s a
r
a
mb
l
ing
ma
z
e
of
45 identic
a
l bui
l
din
g
s, five
swimm
i
ng
pools,
thr
e
e
tennis
c
ou
r
t
s
, a
g
y
m and
a
spa. Chi
l
d
re
n pl
a
y
e
d,
p
a
r
e
nts w
e
nt
t
o wo
r
k,
a
nd
f
a
m
i
l
i
e
s gath
e
r
e
d
b
y
the pool.
It w
a
s a
c
omp
l
e
te
l
y
t
y
pic
a
l
a
p
a
rtme
n
t complex
e
x
ce
pt
for
B
ui
l
di
n
g
34.
Most
of the
c
hi
l
d
re
n pl
a
y
e
d while their
p
a
r
e
nts w
e
nt off
to wo
r
k
.
B
ut the
r
e
w
e
re a f
e
w
e
x
ce
pt
i
ons
who, on re
g
ular
s
c
h
e
dules, w
a
lked do
w
nstairs
to
t
he
b
a
s
e
ment p
a
rking g
a
ra
g
e
a
s if
g
oi
n
g
to wo
r
k
.
I
nste
a
d, th
e
y
o
p
e
n
e
d a
door
m
a
rk
e
d
High Voltage
with a k
e
y
a
nd d
e
s
ce
n
d
e
d a
stai
r
w
a
y
to a s
ec
ond b
a
s
e
ment
that no other
bui
l
ding
h
a
d.
None
of the
a
p
a
rtme
n
t
c
omp
l
e
x
e
mp
l
o
y
e
e
s co
u
ld ha
v
e
known
that
th
i
s w
a
s the
L
e
v
e
l
2
1 sat
e
l
l
i
t
e
surv
e
i
l
lan
c
e
ce
nte
r
.
I
t
w
a
s m
a
nn
e
d 24
hours a
d
a
y
,
e
v
e
r
y
d
a
y
o
f the
y
ea
r.
Eac
h
o
f the
th
r
e
e
main
c
onsol
e
s
h
a
d one
la
r
g
e
mon
i
tor
a
nd
a
b
a
nk of
small
e
r monito
r
s
with a
c
ompu
t
e
r
c
ontrol
p
a
n
e
l. The
a
r
ra
n
g
e
ment w
a
s s
i
m
i
lar
to
a
c
ontrol room
a
t a t
e
l
e
vis
i
on st
a
t
i
o
n
. The
op
e
r
a
tor s
a
t
i
n a
pi
l
ot’s
c
h
a
ir in f
r
ont of t
h
e
c
on
s
ole
a
nd
s
ca
n
n
e
d the moni
t
o
r
s for
a
n
y
unusu
a
l
ac
t
i
vi
t
y
.
I
f som
e
th
i
n
g unusu
a
l w
a
s spo
t
ted, the
op
e
r
a
tor
c
ould d
i
spl
a
y
t
h
e
i
m
a
ge
on the l
a
r
ge
mo
n
i
t
o
r
. One
of the small
e
r monito
r
s
disp
la
y
e
d
a
n
a
e
ri
a
l v
i
e
w
o
f a
po
t
a
to f
a
rm in
I
d
a
ho.
The
c
o
nsole
op
e
r
a
tors did not know the si
g
nifi
c
a
n
c
e
of
a
n
y
of t
h
e
loc
a
t
i
ons th
e
y
mon
i
tor
e
d
.
Th
e
y
si
m
p
l
y
follow
e
d
o
rd
e
rs
a
nd r
e
por
t
e
d dir
ec
t
l
y
to
t
he
Dir
e
c
t
o
r of
the
C
I
A.

One
of those
or
d
e
rs
w
a
s to
s
witch to hi
g
h
a
l
e
rt w
h
e
n
a
c
e
rt
a
in attr
a
c
t
i
ve
bl
o
nd visi
t
e
d the f
a
rm in
I
d
a
ho.
I
n th
i
s c
a
s
e
, th
e
y
h
a
nd
e
d t
h
e
i
ma
g
e
o
f
f to one
of
t
he
si
n
g
le
m
oni
t
or
stations for
c
onst
a
nt
m
oni
t
o
r
in
g
.
A
g
e
nts
r
eg
u
l
a
r
l
y
d
r
ove
t
h
e
r
o
a
ds a
r
ound the
f
a
r
m
, n
e
v
e
r more
than
a
f
e
w m
i
nutes
a
w
a
y
. Th
e
y
ma
i
ntain
e
d
c
onst
a
nt r
a
dio
a
n
d sat
e
l
l
i
t
e
c
onta
c
t. Noth
i
ng note
w
o
rt
h
y
e
v
e
r h
a
pp
e
n
e
d
a
t
t
he
f
a
rm.

The
op
e
r
a
tor noted the
ca
r pulling
in
t
o the
fa
rm
a
n
d
p
un
c
h
e
d the button
t
o bring
the
f
a
rm i
m
a
g
e
to
t
he
m
a
in
m
oni
t
o
r
.
W
h
e
n the
ca
r stopp
e
d
a
nd a
man
g
ot ou
t
, the
o
p
e
r
a
tor
c
l
i
c
k
e
d on the
ca
r
to
z
oom
in. He
c
l
i
c
k
e
d on the lic
e
nse
p
late to
z
oom
in
fu
r
the
r
. Anoth
e
r
c
l
i
c
k
a
nd re
g
is
tr
a
t
i
o
n
,
a
nd a
c
omp
l
e
te dossi
e
r of
the d
r
iver
a
p
p
ea
r
e
d on
t
he
sc
r
e
e
n. The
ca
r
w
a
s
r
e
g
is
t
e
r
e
d to a Ron Ma
c
k, a
h
e
a
v
y
e
quip
m
e
n
t sal
e
sman. The
op
e
r
a
tor
e
nte
re
d
the i
n
fo
r
mation
i
nto h
i
s k
e
y
bo
a
rd
c
onsole
to log
the
e
v
e
n
t
.
He
then
c
l
i
c
k
e
d to r
e
sto
r
e
the o
r
i
g
inal i
ma
g
e
.
H
e
f
i
g
u
re
d t
h
e farm
e
r must
be
g
e
t
t
i
n
g
a
n
e
w tra
c
tor.
N
oth
i
ng
s
i
g
nifi
c
a
nt ev
e
r h
a
p
p
e
n
e
d
a
t
t
he
f
ar
m.

Roland
K
ol
l
e
r h
ea
rd t
h
e
ca
r pulling
up t
h
e
g
r
a
v
e
l
d
r
ive
w
a
y
a
nd
kn
e
w it w
a
s so
m
e
th
i
ng susp
i
c
ious.
He
w
a
s al
r
e
a
d
y
standi
n
g
b
y
the
f
ront door
wh
e
n he
h
ea
rd t
h
e
k
no
c
k.

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