HUNTINGHAM CHURCH - WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
CASUALTIES INCLUDE CIVILIANS AND CHILDREN...
FRANZE'S BRUTALITIES UNDER HARSH SCRUTINY
FRANZEAN ARMY FACING PUNISHMENT BY PADANIAN LAW?
THE HORRIFIC INCIDENT AT HUNTINGHAM CHURCH WAS WIDELY REPORTED IN ALL THE NEWSPAPERS.
THE SURVIVORS GAVE DETAILED TESTIMONIES OF THE EVENT.
AND AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL...
...WAS ANNETTE.
AT THE CHURCH AT HUNTINGHAM...
THE CHURCH BUILDING WAS COLLAPSING.
YET MS. ROZENBERG DIDN'T HESITATE TO GO BACK IN THERE TO SAVE THE REMAINING PEOPLE.
FROM BEGINNING TO END, SHE PRIORITIZED THE SAFETY OF THE CHILD.
EVEN AT THE HOSPITALS WHERE ANNETTE WORKED...
LAST WINTER, DURING THE WAR,
ANNETTE PUT HERSELF IN DANGER AND WENT TO RETRIEVE MEDICAL SUPPLIES ALL BY HERSELF.
MANY ARE ALIVE TODAY THANKS TO HER.
SHE GAVE HER ABSOLUTE BEST TO SERVE THE PATIENTS, AND NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT ANYTHING.
TESTIMONIES ABOUT ANNETTE CONTINUED.
BASED ON MY TIME WITH HER, I THOUGHT SHE WAS A VERY DEDICATED NURSE.
SHE ENCOURAGED THE PATIENTS AND GAVE THEM HOPE.
SHE TOLD THEM EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE ALRIGHT.
EVEN SO, NOT EVERYONE SAW HER FAVORABLY.
BUT THAT DOESN'T COMPLETELY ERASE HER PAST, DOES IT?
I ACKNOWLEDGE HER COURAGE AND DEDICATION.
BUT THAT DOESN'T CHANGE WHAT HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.
SURE, WHAT SHE DID WAS ADMIRABLE.
BUT I STILL DON'T COMPLETELY TRUST HER.
EVERYONE HAS AN OPPORTUNITY.
WE SHOULD ALL BE GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY FOR A BETTER LIFE.
THE WORLD WAS NOISY.
AND AMIDST THIS CHAOS...
ANNETTE REMAINED UNCONSCIOUS IN THE HOSPITAL, OBLIVIOUS TO ALL THE NEWS.
THE SURGERY ITSELF WAS SUCCESSFUL...
BUT WE OPERATED ON HER TOO LATE.
I'M AFRAID HER LEFT HAND WON'T BE THE SAME AS BEFORE.
I AM TRULY SORRY, COMMANDER.
WHAT IS THE PROBLEM, EXACTLY?
APPLYING STRENGTH TO HER FINGERS WOULD BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT,
SO LIFTING HEAVY OBJECTS OR DOING DELICATE TASKS MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE.
IF MS. ROZENBERG IS RIGHT-HANDED,
ACTIVITIES LIKE WRITING OR EMBROIDERY WON'T BE AN ISSUE, BUT...
I HEARD SHE PLAYED THE PIANO.
SHE WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY THE PIANO LIKE SHE USED TO.
IT'S MOST LIKELY GOING TO BE A PERMANENT IMPAIRMENT...
...SIR. I UNDERSTAND YOUR CONCERN FOR HER, BUT YOU ARE ALSO CURRENTLY IN RECOVERY.
THE GUNSHOT WOUND WAS QUITE DEEP.
PLEASE GO BACK TO YOUR ROOM TO REST, AND REFRAIN FROM MOVING.
Episode 59
THE NEXT DAY, AT PORTSMANN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL.
NORMALLY, I WOULDN'T BE READING A MAGAZINE, BUT...
NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE'VE TOLD THE FRANZEANS THAT WE WERE CIVILIANS, THEY DIDN'T LISTEN.
EVEN WHEN A NURSE ASKED IF THEY COULD AT LEAST LET THE CHILD GO,
HER REQUESTS WERE IGNORED.
BY NURSE, ARE YOU PERHAPS REFERRING TO MS. ROZENBERG?
AH, YES, THAT'S RIGHT. TO BE HONEST, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS MS. ROZENBERG AT THE TIME.
IT WAS DARK AND CHAOTIC... BUT THE FRANZEANS MANAGED TO FIGURE OUT HER IDENTITY.
THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT HER RECENTLY.
SHE'S AN AMAZING PERSON. BASED ON WHAT I SAW,
I CAN'T IMAGINE HER TO BE THE ARROGANT AND SELFISH WOMAN THE MEDIA PORTRAYED HER TO BE.
I THOUGHT I KNEW EVERYTHING ABOUT ANNETTE.
HONESTLY, WHEN YOU'RE HELD CAPTIVE, IT'S TERRIFYING TO FIGHT BACK.
I WAS CERTAIN THAT I WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO TRULY KNEW ANNETTE.
BUT DESPITE TREMBLING IN FEAR,
SHE STOOD IN THE FRANZEANS' WAY TO PROTECT THE PADANIAN SOLDIERS.
THE ANNETTE THAT WAS DESCRIBED BY THESE PEOPLE...
...WAS A WOMAN THAT I KNOW, YET DIDN'T KNOW AT ALL.
LIFE IS SUCH A MYSTERY.
DO YOU THINK PEOPLE CREATE SITUATIONS, OR DO SITUATIONS CREATE PEOPLE?
AT LEAST AT THAT MOMENT, I BELIEVE THAT SHE SACRIFICED HERSELF FOR A MIRACLE.
NOW, EVERYTHING HAS BECOME UNCLEAR.
MS. ROZENBERG REPORTEDLY BADLY INJURED HER LEFT HAND DUE TO THE INCIDENT AT THE CHURCH.
YES, I WAS SO SHOCKED BY THE NEWS...
IT'S SO UNFORTUNATE. SHE PLAYED THE PIANO SO BEAUTIFULLY...
DID YOU HEAR MS. ROZENBERG PLAY?
YES, IT WAS WHEN WE WERE HELD CAPTIVE INSIDE THE CHURCH.
THERE WAS A PIANO AND SHE PLAYED IT FOR THE CHILD.
IT WAS SUCH A MESMERIZING PERFORMANCE.
I BECAME SO ABSORBED BY THE MUSIC THAT I FORGOT WHERE WE WERE.
I WAS DEEPLY COMFORTED BY THE MELODY.
IT REALLY... TOUCHED OUR HEARTS.
ANNETTE PLAYED THE PIANO.
I CAN'T PLAY THE PIANO ANYMORE.
IF SO, YOU SHOULD BE HAPPY.
THAT WAS YOUR GOAL.
PIANO WAS ONE OF THE THINGS I TOOK FROM ANNETTE.
AND YET, SHE RECLAIMED IT WITH HER OWN STRENGTH.
IN THE MIDST OF THAT HORRIFIC RUIN...
SHE OVERCAME ALL THE PAIN.
AND ALL THE SUFFERING.
AND AFTER SUCH A LONG TIME...
SHE FINALLY PLACED HER HANDS ON THE PIANO.
ANNETTE...
...FINALLY PLAYED AGAIN.
THE WAR WENT ON.
SINCE THE NEWS OF THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S INJURY WAS CLASSIFIED,
HEINER WALDEMAR RECEIVED ALL REPORTS OF THE WAR AND WAS INVOLVED IN THE OPERATIONS BY TELEPHONE.
THE SOLDIERS DRAFTED FROM THE FRANZEAN CENTRAL TROOPS,
AND THE REINFORCEMENTS FROM WEITERIS, WHO SIGNED A TREATY WITH THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF,
BEGAN HEADING TOWARDS CHESHIRE FIELD OF PADANIA.
722 AU, MAY 18TH.
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF'S SPEECH WAS BROADCAST NATIONWIDE THROUGH NEWSPAPERS AND RADIO.
WE WILL PROTECT THE JUSTICE OF OUR FREE CITIZENS,
AND WILL NOT BE SHAKEN BY THE THREAT OF INVASION.
MORE THAN ANYTHING, WE WISH TO REACH A PEACEFUL AGREEMENT.
WE WANT FRANZE TO SIGN THE INTERNATIONAL TREATY, HALT THE MASSACRE OF CIVILIANS,
AND RELEASE THE PRISONERS.
PADANIA HONORS THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ANSWERED TO THE CALL OF THIS COUNTRY.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR NOBLE SACRIFICE.
AND WE SHALL NOT OVERLOOK HOW THEY WERE TREATED WITH UTTER LACK OF DIGNITY.
THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF, THE HEAD AUTHORITY OF THIS WAR, MADE A DECLARATION.
WE SHALL PREVAIL IN THIS WAR.
THIS IS...
UGH...
IT HURTS...
MY BODY IS SO HEAVY...
WAS I... RESCUED...?
I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE.
ALL THAT REMAINS IS THE FAINT MEMORY OF BEING ASLEEP AND LOSING CONSCIOUSNESS...
...UNDERNEATH THE COLLAPSED RUINS.
IT'S A MIRACLE.
WHAT A RELIEF.
I WAS ABLE TO KEEP MY PROMISE TO HIM.
I'M REALLY RELIEVED...
...TO HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE TO ASK HIM ABOUT SOMETHING I COULDN'T BEFORE...
AH...
I DIDN'T REALIZE I WAS UNCONSCIOUS FOR FOUR DAYS...
HEINER...
AND YOUR LEFT HAND IS... CURRENTLY...
...UNDER...
...PARDON?
...YOUR LEFT HAND WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE DEBRIS FOR A LONG TIME...
AH...
FROM THE MOMENT I FELT THAT SOMETHING WAS PRESSING DOWN ON MY HAND,
I HAD SOMEWHAT ANTICIPATED IT...
BUT TO ACTUALLY HAVE MY FEARS CONFIRMED BY THE DIAGNOSIS...
...IF YOU WOULD PLEASE EXCUSE ME.
...I'M SORRY.
FOR BREAKING OUR PROMISE AND JOINING THE RESCUE OPERATION.
FOR PUTTING MYSELF IN DANGER.
FOR HEARING ABOUT YOUR PAST WITHOUT YOUR PERMISSION.
FOR KNOWING ABOUT ALL OF THIS FAR TOO LATE...
I HAD SO MUCH TO SAY...
IS HE GOING TO BE MAD?
OR IS HE GOING TO SCOLD ME?
...YOU HAVE NOTHING TO BE SORRY ABOUT.
YOU'RE ALIVE. THAT'S ENOUGH.
AH...
The horrific incident at Huntingham Church makes headlines in every newspaper, with Annette at the center. While witnesses recount how she put the child first in the collapsing church and worked devotedly at the hospital, some refuse to forgive her past. It is said that Annette, lying unconscious, has suffered permanent damage to her left hand and will never be able to play the piano as before. As the war continues, Annette wakes up four days later and apologizes to Heiner; Heiner tells her that her being alive is enough.
