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The ambulance staff rushed up the stairs. Mum had been fine the night before, but now she lay there: still, silent and deaf to the world. One paramedic checked her pulse while the other flipped open her casing and tapped a button. After a moment, her eyes twitched. The nurse turned to address us.

“Any idea why your mother’s been set to airplane mode?”

Sebastian Salek

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