Tilt

Annie approaches Columbus Elementary School and sees that the south side is flattened and the north side is tilted. She pushes through crowds of worried parents and crying children, searching frantically for Taylor who has disappeared into the crowd. Annie eventually finds Taylor aggressively questioning a red-haired girl about Gabby. Annie intervenes as Taylor, emotionally overwhelmed, expresses despair over not finding Gabby and describes her clothing and Moana necklace.

Annie and Taylor frantically search the school grounds using Gabby’s picture. Taylor spots a small body that is lying under a yellow rain poncho and wearing pink sneakers that are similar to Gabby’s. She breaks down, asking Annie to look and see if it’s Gabby while Taylor averts her gaze. Annie lifts the poncho and discovers that the deceased child is not Gabby, and Taylor shakes with relief. Meanwhile, another mother discovers her deceased child, Ava, under the poncho and wails in grief. A woman with glasses and a radio attempts to manage the chaos as Annie, Taylor, and Ava’s mother grieve together, holding Ava’s body among the debris as children’s drawings scatter across the grounds.