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We saw the first signs of wreckage at sunset.

The ocean undulated with waves the size of massive hills.

The cutter navigated these swells like a bus, moving steadily down a hilly stretch of road.

The motion brought a vivid memory to mind, one I had spent a lifetime trying and failing to forget.

As a kid, when I took the bus to middle school in Colorado, we always drove down roller coaster

road. True to its name, the stretch of asphalt consisted of a series of hills so steep and treacherous,

my friends and I never dared ride our bikes on them. But my bus

driver seemed to revel in speeding along the road, the long yellow vehicle riding the hills

like waves on the way to and from school each weekday. It was commonplace for us to dare

each other to surf the hills by standing in the bus's aisle while Mr. Buchanan navigated these slopes.

Normally, the prospect of hearing the bus driver's base rumble bark was enough to keep us

from attempting it. But one day, right before summer vacation, I was inflated with the

seeming invincibility of a kid with summer break stretching out before him. And I gave in to the dares.

I stood up in the aisle and surfed the hills,

grinning from ear to ear.

I kept glancing at Mr. Buchanan's face and the large mirror over his seat,

but his eyes were fixed on the road ahead.

The seconds stretch past as my stomach did somersaults of excitement and rebellion.

Then Mr. Buchanan took his eyes off the road and saw me.

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