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The 5 People You Meet In Heaven

Kara St. Hilaire P.4b

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Mitch Albom

Eddie, an 83 year old war veteran who spends his days and nights fixing rides at Ruby Pier, has been through a lot of ups and downs in his life. From having a rough child hood with his father, to meeting the girl of his dreams, Marguerite, to fighting in world war 2 and totally messing up his leg, to coming home to Marguerite and living his life with no kids, just Marguerite and Ruby Pier, to his 83rd birthday..
It's just another day at Ruby Pier. Pretty much the same as it's always been since he was a kid. Well, except for the rides, it's all new technology now a days. Anyways.. Eddie's always had Ruby Pier in his life, from when he was little to playing there, to having his father work there, to Eddie working there as a teenager, to now. So it's just like any other day at the sea side amusement park, Eddie's there to open the park up, test all the rides to make sure they're working properly, waits for the kids to come, then lingers around the park all day, making animals out of pipe cleaners for the kids, picking up, and working at the rids until it's time to close up. But today, is a bit different then any other day. A warm, sunny afternoon interrupted by the sounds of "OH my god look! OH MY GOD those people are gonna fall!" Eddie turned his head towards Ruby Park's newest ride, Freddy's free fall. And high in the sky he sees the cart dangling from a few cables, and three people holding on to the bar. A million thoughts rushed to Eddie's mind at once. How could the cables brake? Why did the cart go off the tracks? How are we going to get the people down? He had to react fast, he got Willie, one of the workers, to get a ladder and get the people off the ladder. Meanwhile Eddie was trying to find a way to get the cart back in place. His first idea was to pop the safety release. He instructed Willie to do so. Then Eddie got thinking.. ‘The cable is unraveling..' if...