Bringing Out the Dead Page #2
Frank's training takes over: he injects the long steel
laryngoscope down Burke's throat, he finds a vein, injects
epinephrine, followed by atrophine, followed by another epi:
no response on the monitor. Larry pulls out the paddles:
FRANK (CONT'D)
Clear! Clear!
Larry activates defibrillator, shock--Burke's body heaves.
Sweat drips from Larry's nose onto Burke's chest.
MARY:
No more, please don't!
They shock him again. This time the body moves less. Frank
glances up:
Mr. and Mrs. Burke's wedding photo sits on thenightstand. Other pictures: a day at the beach, a young
serviceman, happy parents. Frank's mind drifts:
FRANK (V.O.)
In the last year I had come to believe
in such things as spirits leaving
the body and not wanting to be put
back, spirits angry at the awkward
places death had left them. I
understood how crazy it was to think
this way, but I was convinced if I
turned around, I'd see Old Man Burke
standing at the window, watching,
waiting for us to finish.
Frank feels Burke's heart beneath cracked ribs. The EEG
remains flat. He's dead. It's time to quit.
FRANK (CONT'D)
(to Larry)
I'll take over. Call ER and ask for
an eighty-three.
(to Mrs. Burke)
Sorry.
Larry stands, breathing heavy, looks for a phone. Frank turns
to notice relatives and neighbors standing around.
FRANK (CONT'D)
Do you have any music?
MARY:
What?
FRANK:
Music. I think it helps if you play
something he liked.
MARY:
John, play the Sinatra.
John enters crying. Mary repeats softly:
MARY:
Play the Sinatra.
John exits. Frank notices Mary for the first time: blond
hair dyed black, cut short, loose fitting tank dress, black
makeup running down her cheeks. He notices her prom picture,
glances back to Mary: it seems she hasn't smiled since that
day eight years before. Something special about her, that
something that hits you right away.
"September of My Years" plays from the other room. Frank
continues massaging Mr. Burke's chest (now to Sinatra beat),
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