Then something even more dire happened.
Several ambulances, lights flashing blue, carried a group of relatively "stable" drowning victims and athletes with severe diarrhea, racing towards the hospital with urgent sirens blaring.
Just two blocks away from the hospital, at a narrow intersection, the leading ambulance suddenly swerved violently and stopped.
The driver cursed as he jumped out, almost fainting at the sight — the tire on the right rear of the ambulance was gone! Only the bare rim was left planted on the ground.
"Which son of a bitch stole it?!" The driver was furious. This was an ambulance! In Delhi, someone dared to steal an ambulance's tires?!
He quickly checked the spare tire rack — it was empty.
Jack?
Gone too. Even the warning triangle had vanished at some point.
