Her eyes popped open at the sound of laughter. The sun was shining down on her as she found herself standing bare-footed in the stream by her family home. “Come on, Sarah, let’s play!” She turned at the sound of her sister’s voice.
“Sandra?” She muttered. She hadn’t seen Sandra in years and yet, she looked so young.
Sandra noticed a change in Sarah’s emotion and rushed over, “What’s wrong, Sarah?”
Sarah frowned with puzzlement. “What happened?” She asked softly. Sandra frowned. “I was riding the L train to work when suddenly,” Sarah squeezed her eyes shut, attempting to recall the moment, “it stopped,” her eyes flew open as her hands flew to her bodice, searching for injuries from where the shrapnel had pierced her but there was none. “Am I…am I dead?”
*****
One-by-one, paramedics and firefighters pulled the injured and deceased from the L train after a bomb went off in one of the cars. Thirty feet behind them laid Sarah and Sandra, side-by-side. Sandra had been unknowingly sitting two rows behind Sarah.
(~175 words)
I am participating in Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writer, where we write a piece between 100 and 150 words (more or less 25 words) in length inspired by the photo prompt above. 
Horribly tragic.
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Yes, it sure is.
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How sad! They both lost their lives on the Ltrain, tragically. Great story Yinglan!
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The ending was pretty tough to writing because it was so sad. Thank you for reading.
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A tough read. Well done.
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It was a little tough for me to come up with something happy for this one because this black and white reminded me of those sad movie scenes. Thank you for reading.
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Great response Yinglan, and cleverly written.
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Thank you. 🙂
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Such a sad but interesting story, well done.
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Thank you.
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Woah. So touching.
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Thanks.
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A sad but interesting response, great story 🙂
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Thank you.
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How sad….. but beautifully written.
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Thank you.
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