OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT
SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1989—WINDALE, PA
EYEWITNESS TESTIMONY OF INCIDENT OCCURRING JUNE 16, 1989
INTERVIEW CONDUCTED BY COLONEL AUDREY S. HIGGINS
INTERVIEWEE: MR. GABRIEL ALBRIGHT—STUDENT, WINDALE HIGH SCHOOL—*ON SITE WHEN INCIDENT OCCURRED*
COL. HIGGINS: I’m afraid your father and I may have gotten off on the wrong foot, Mr. Albright. Hopefully we won’t do the same.
ALBRIGHT: I think that ship might have already sailed, Colonel. But what goes on between you and my dad isn’t really my problem. I just want to see my friends. And I want to find Kimberly.
HIGGINS: Well, maybe you can help us do that. I just need some information about what happened yesterday, and then you’re free to see Mr. Bencroft and Ms. Gutierrez.
ALBRIGHT: I … I’ll tell you what I can.
HIGGINS: I hope so, Mr. Albright. For Kimberly’s sake. Let’s start with the crash itself. What do you remember? What did you see?
ALBRIGHT: Nothing until it was too late. There was just the storm. And then the plane was falling right on top of us and …
HIGGINS: I understand this is difficult.
ALBRIGHT: With all due respect, I don’t think you have any idea what this is like.
HIGGINS: Maybe not. But I’ve been through my share of trauma, I assure you. It’s hard to get over. It’s harder still when you’re not completely honest. With yourself. With those you care about.
ALBRIGHT: Okay. Well, I don’t have anything to hide, if that’s what you’re saying. This whole thing was a freak accident. Right?
HIGGINS: There’s no need to be hostile, Mr. Albright.
ALBRIGHT: I’m being hostile?
HIGGINS: You’re being defensive. Which is usually a sign that somebody knows more than they’re letting on. Or that they’re scared. Or both. So which is it?
ALBRIGHT: It’s neither.
HIGGINS: If you say so. I’ve already established with Mr. Bencroft and Ms. Gutierrez that the four of you witnessed a man parachuting into Windale, presumably a pilot escaping the plane before the crash. We’re investigating that claim as we speak.
ALBRIGHT: Oh. Okay. Right.
HIGGINS: What I need to know from you is if you saw anything out of the ordinary before, during, or after the crash that might somehow be connected to Kimberly Dowd’s disappearance.
ALBRIGHT: I … didn’t. After the plane came down, I lost track of the others. I tried to crawl away to safety, but I banged my head and dislocated my shoulder. I passed out on the ground and woke up here in the medical center. That’s all I know.
HIGGINS:… All right then. I guess we’re done here.