horrifying moments when they were separated during The Fall of Saigon.)

 AN OFFICER
 sorry, sergeant, we must accelerate
 state department says we evacuate
 the word is, we must be out by dawn

 ANOTHER OFFICER
 sorry, sergeant, it's straight from Washington
 no one leaves the grounds now, not anyone
 as fast as we load the planes, we're gone

 CHRIS
 but my girl is out there!

 (a huge crowd of VIETNAMESE is pushing at the Embassy gates)

 A MARINE CAPTAIN
 (to the crowd)
 okay! Keep quiet! don't shout!
 the Ambassador won't leave till everyone's out
 the choppers're on their way, there's room for you all

 ANOTHER MARINE
 they're climbing over the wall!
 get back!

 MORE MARINES
 get back! I tell you, don't shout
 the Ambassador won't leave till everyone's out

 A MARINE
 (entering)
 th'Ambassador just sent an order to freeze

 THE MARINE CAPTAIN
 that's it! No more Vietnamese! Get in!

 CHRIS
 but my girl is out there!

 (in the streets outside the Embassy, KIM can't get through the guards.)

 KIM
 I'm the wife of a soldier
 please, let me through!
 help me, who must I pay?
 tell me what I must do

 CHRIS
 (to an OFFICER)
 let me out, I got to go back for my bride!

 KIM
 listen, someone! My husband is waiting inside!

 CHRIS
 (telephoning, inside the Embassy yard)
 please Kim
 hear the phone
 I can't get there
 please be home

 KIM
 (in the street)
 please Chris
 no one sees
 I am lost here
 find me please

 BOTH
 please, get me through, I don't care how
 don't take my love away, not now

 KIM
 oh, Chris

 CHRIS
 oh Kim

 KIM
 I can't get free

 CHRIS
 please get free

 KIM
 still I'm with you

 CHRIS
 I am with you

 KIM
 wait for me

 CHRIS
 wait for me

 THE MARINE CAPTAIN (to CHRIS)
 sorry sergeant, inside the Embassy!
 we are pulling out now and there will be
 no more reprieves

 CHRIS
 I got till the old man leaves!

 JOHN
 Chris, don't be a schmuck
 th'Ambassador is leaving now

 (CHRIS is forced inside the Embassy, whose doors are then barricaded. The VIETNAMESE
 are now yelling through the Embassy gates.)

 ONE VIETNAMESE
 take me with you!
 take my children!

 ANOTHER
 I have a letter, look!

 ANOTHER
 I helped the C.I.A.!

 CROWD
 they'll kill who they find here!
 don't leave us behind here!

 A VIETNAMESE
 I've a wife who left already!

 ANOTHER
 I have an aunt in New York!

 ANOTHER
 I have gold, I can pay!

 CROWD
 there is no one to find here!
 they have left us behind here!

 (KIM has pushed her way through the gate.)

 KIM
 I must get in there, listen, anyone!
 please tell my husband... look! I have his gun!

 A VIETNAMESE
 out of my way, if that's all that you've got!

 CROWD
 if I am here when they come, I'll be shot!

 (inside the compound: MARINES guard the roof helipad.)

 CHRIS
 let me go, John, I can't leave her
 why in the world should I be saved instead of her?

 CROWD
 they'll kill who they find here!
 don't leave us behind here!

 JOHN
 it's not you, it's the war that's cruel
 and if some dreams get smashed, perhaps it's best they were

 CROWD and KIM
 there is no one to find here!
 they have left us behind here!

 JOHN
 wake up, my friend, your mercy trip has failed
 there's nothing you can do, that ship has sailed
 she's not the only one we'll have betrayed

 CROWD
 get to the roof, or else we are betrayed!

 (the CROWD tries to batter down the fences.)

 KIM
 (in the yard)
 oh, Chris
 I still believe
 the heart of you
 is here with me
 my heart, against all odds
 holds still

 (on the Embassy roof, the last helicopter lands. CHRIS runs up and down the wall, shouting
 for KIM. Finally he is forced to board the helicopter, which takes off. The nightmare passes.
 KIM is in her little room with TAM