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abbas' father has come in hopes of recovering his son's body. "we were told we were going home," he recalls. "then they split us into small groups and brought us here. ali pretended he was shot and tumbled into a ditch. he crawled out at night finding abbas along the river shore. "we saw each other, but we were afraid. we each thought the other was a terrorist," he tells abbas' father. but abbas' ribs were broken. ali could not carry or swim with him. they spent three days hiding together. "i promised him i would come back for him, and i did. i will reach him no matter what," he pledges again, "but not today." the road has not been cleared of explosive, and ali cannot reach the area where he last saw abbas. we go back to the execution