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4. For the Children

Parker quits when a Backstep is cancelled that would have saved children on a subway train from being killed, and the team must question whether they obey NSA orders or act on their consciences.

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Disaffected US Army Gulf War veterans take a Los Angeles Metro Rail train hostage, including a group of sixth-graders from La Porte, Indiana. Sick with Gulf War syndrome, they demand the president acknowledge the illness and pay reparations of $300 million to those afflicted or they will kill all 33 passengers. After the train is blown up, a backstep is not authorized because it isn't a national emergency and Parker takes it hard: resigning from Project Backstep and assaulting Ramsey. After lying to the NSA panel about an important courier aboard the train, a backstep is authorized and Parker successfully defuses the hostage situation.

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