Death Trap Research Paper

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This roof was not going to be our death trap! Sitting by the door, I looked over at the tarp and tried to decide how thin I could cut the plastic material so that the strips would still bear our weight. It would need to stretch about three floors, or at least near enough that we would be able to drop to the pavement without risking serious injury. In the world today, an ankle injury would most likely be a death sentence.
The other problem was that we were getting weaker by the moment. The total lack of food for the last few days not only made us dizzy and lethargic, but we were losing our physical strength. If we waited any longer than morning, would we be able to climb down the makeshift rope?
I could hear the infected on the other side

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