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was going on.
 Terrorists are attacking the mall! he cried.  Get your rifles! They re
taking out the police on the freeway as they arrive. They need our help!
Many who heard Eldon quickly ran back into their houses and began calling the
police themselves, adding pressure and traffic to an already overloaded
circuit. But several others had done just what Eldon suggested, and had in
turn, as they dashed towards their homes, called to others to do the same.
Wives and children were fearfully asking what was going on as husbands and
older brothers ran into their homes, grabbed their hunting and assault rifles,
and handfuls or boxes of cartridges before running out their doors.
Now, Eldon and five others were the first to arrive back at theberm , take up
positions along it. They began firing on Hernando s men under the bridge just
as Lieutenant Douglas and his deputies opened fire from up the highway.
Eldon s next-door neighbors, Sean and Sarah, were running just behind Eldon
and the other five men.
They had heard Eldon s call when they came out of their house after all of the
explosions and firing started. Sean worked as a local volunteer fireman, and
his wife was a nurse at the area clinic. Upon hearing the unmistakable sounds
of gunfire and seeing Eldon running towards that sound with his rifle, and
gathering as many neighbors as he could, Sean and Sarah had turned towards
each other for just an instant and stared. An unspoken understanding passed
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between them, and they rushed into the house to get their first aid packs, and
followed Eldon at a dead run. They arrived at theberm just as Eldon was
instructing his five friends.
 Stay low to thisberm . Fire your rifle, and then roll over a few feet before
firing again. Shoot at the nuzzle flashes from their weapons and at that
HMMWV. If we provide enough direct cover fire, the officers down there and
hopefully the Guard will be able to take these suckers out.
Eldon had lived in the Orchard subdivision for ten years. He had moved here
and taken a job after getting out of the service; he figured it was the right
mix of good work and proximity to the hunting and fishing that he enjoyed. The
environs of Denver had never disappointed him in either regard. Even though
Denver was a growing high-tech and cosmopolitan community, it was still a big
city on the edge of the
Rocky Mountains, and a lot of hunters like Eldon lived here. Each of them had
a high-powered rifle similar to the one Rodrigo was using at the underpass and
they all knew how to use them. Others simply enjoyed exercising their
2ndamendment rights on weekends at shooting ranges. Either for fun, or for
matches, these individuals were proficient shots.
Now, here at Orchard Subdivision across I-225 from Foothill Mall, the real
purpose of the
2ndAmendment to the U.S. Constitution regarding the right of the people to
keep and bear arms was made clearly manifest. As Sean and Sarah set up to
administer first aid, which quickly evolved into
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treating trauma cases fifteen yards behind the crest of theberm , a hot and
vicious firefight developed between the residents of Orchard subdivision and
the terrorist team by the underpass.
March 20, 2006, 18:16 MST
I-225 Underpass Outside Foothill Mall
Denver, CO
It was time to go. Hernando knew that in a few short minutes, the helicopters
would be coming to extract them all. The trouble was, Hernando and his two
remaining men were completely pinned down and were not going anywhere. For the
last several minutes, the amount of fire being directed at them had increased
tremendously; some was coming from the officers down the freeway, where he was
sure the local authorities were gathering their forces to try and push past
him. But that was the plan, and he was prepared to handle that until he had to
leave.
No, what was pinning him down, and had killed Rodrigo and his RPG launcher,
was the increasing fire coming from theberm over by that subdivision.A heavy
volume of well placed, directed fire.
It had started right after they had shot the small helicopter down. Sporadic
at first, it had grown to a fevered pitch very quickly, and had now killed two
of his men, wounded another, and incapacitated their
HMMWV, their ride out of here. They had fired manyRPGs in the last few minutes
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