41. They were accompanied by another man, whom a witness described to investigators as being dressed like an Islamic cleric. 42. They were tossing around what witnesses variously described as a water bottle caked with snow and ice or a Nerf football. 43. This fictional witness describes Reagan as a gigantic asteroid whose magnetism and gravity pulled the grain-of-sand biographer in its wake. 44. Throughout the remainder of the day, Barrett listened tearfully as witnesses described the attack and its aftermath. 45. Under cross-examination by Assistant District Attorney Mike Parrish, Hueske acknowledged that the slaying also could have occurred as previous witnesses described. 46. Witnesses described a chaotic scene. 47. Witnesses described a Dantesque scene of blue flames shooting from the church and of burning wood, metal and bricks cascading from the sky. 48. Witnesses described a scene marked by confusion, chaos and no shortage of fear. 49. Witnesses described a scene of chaos at the mosque and in the nearby tent city of pilgrims. 50. Witnesses described a scene of horror and mayhem, as people frantically reached their arms and heads through windows trying to escape the consuming flames. |