242001

Osterlind:
They're grounding flights from LAX.

Stephen Saunders:
Did all the couriers get out with their vials?

Osterlind:
New York, Washington, San Francisco made it through; they're on their way. I re-routed Las Vegas; our man is driving there now. But we missed Chicago and Cleveland.

Stephen Saunders:
Did you revise the casualty projections?

Osterlind:
Of course. [hands him folder] Here they are.

Stephen Saunders:
Just give me the number.

Osterlind:
Two to five million dead within the first 48 hours.

Stephen Saunders:
[shrugs] Good enough.