Unbreakable Page #3

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He moves past the upside down cartoons and the upside down talk shows. He stops

on an upside down picture of a crashed train. Beat.

His knees come forward as he flips over. He tumbles slowly off the couch and onto

the carpet. JEREMY DUNNE gazes at the television screen... A LIVE AERIAL VIEW OF

A TRAIN WRECK SMOULDERING BELOW IS SEEN. Two trains are tangled like snakes.

Jeremy gets up and moves to a small table with a phone. Next to the phone is a

notepad. On it is written...

"Dad - Amtrak 177 - 3:40pm."

Jeremy looks at the television. At the bottom of the screen in red block letters

that move from right to left are words and numbers..."The 3:40 Amtrak 177 has

derailed... Amtrak Emergency number is 1-800-777-4322... The 3:40 Amtrak 177 has

derailed...Amtrak"

Jeremy doesn't take his eyes off the screen. He makes a small desperate noise

that no one hears.

CUT TO:

INT. PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER - LATE AFTERNOON

An elderly woman can't hold back any longer and SCREAMS. An embarrassed, tortured

helpless scream.

MEGAN DUNNE continues applying pressure to her arm which is being pushed back as

far as it will go.

She counts to three and eases off. She lays her arm back in her lap.

WE ARE IN A PHYSICAL THERAPY CENTER. About a dozen people are on specialized

weight machines.

The elderly woman is seated on an exercise table and breathes slowly.

MEGAN:

You okay, Virginia?

Beat. VIRGINIA shakes her head, "No."

MEGAN:

I'll put something on the

t.v. Maybe we'll find some

almost naked guys to inspire

you.

Megan reaches up to the t.v. monitor mounted on the wall. She turns it on and

starts flipping channels. She stops on ESPN where a swimming meet is underway.

Men in bikini swimsuits line the edges of the pool.

Virginia starts watching with great interest.

Megan's eyes move to the tiny print moving across the bottom of the screen. Her

face goes still as she reads the train number... 177.

CUT TO:

INT. EMERGENCY ROOM - AFTERNOON

DAVID DUNNE'S EYES SLOWLY OPEN. THE DULL WHITE OF THE OVERHEAD TUBE LIGHTING

BLINDS HIM AT FIRST.

He blinks his vision back. He realizes he's in a bed.

WE HEAR AGITATED VOICES, MOVEMENT.

David looks around. He's in an emergency room. There are a half dozen prep areas

and beds next to him. They're all empty.

DAVID FOLLOWS THE URGENT SOUNDS OF ACTIVITY TO A PREP AREA DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM

HIM.

He can only see glimpses of activity through the drawn curtain. A group of

emergency room personnel are treating a man whose body is twitching violently on

a gurney.

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