So Far so Good

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The daily life of a popular neighborhood in Bogotá is interrupted by a man threatening to commit suicide by jumping into the void. Echeverry, an old mariachi and Jacinto, a gambling addict, will bet the money they have to the man's decision.

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Lozano, Ernesto (film director)
Lozano, Ernesto (screenwriter)
García, Héctor (actor)
Suárez, Pedro (actor)
Cetina, Juanita (actor)

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Cinematography, Marco Vélez; editing, Julián Rubio, Ernesto Lozano, Jaime Lara; music, Santiago Barbosa.

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Private security

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So far so good

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Calls to landlines and mobile phones,
Lottery

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Hello

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How can I help you?

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I need to call a cellphone please.

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No sir, the system is not working yet. I just opened

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Hello, I need to call a cellphone, please.

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Hold on a second please…

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Here you go young man.

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(Voicemail)

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Don’t you have another cellphone
that I can use?

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No response?

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(Voicemail)

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Give me half a pack of cigarettes

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It’s 2,500 Pesos…

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Do you have a smaller bill?

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Young man! Your change!

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Good morning Jenny

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What’s up Echeverry, what’s new?

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Good

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Could you dream about me and
the angels last night?

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Hey but not even with a compliment
you are nice to me

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Oh, wow! Look at your compliments

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Do your feet hurt?

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What do you mean?

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I mean, falling from heaven
must be complicated.

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There you go again!

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Hey I’m busy, tell me what you want

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Jenny, can I owe you for a phonecall?

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Look, I just have this.

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Well look, the system is not working.

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You’ll have to come back later

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At what time?

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I don’t know!
later.

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You look good even when you are serious.

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I’ll come back in a bit.

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Good morning dear

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Good morning Don Jacinto,
how are you doing?

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Well, I’m very sad

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Why?
What happened to you?

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Well…

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Somebody took my prize last night.

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How come Don Jacinto?
What happened? where you robbed?

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No, no Jenny.

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So?

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The lottery!

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Don Jacinto, you scared me!
Typical of you!

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Can you believe it?

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My three thousand million pesos.

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What’s up Javi

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What’s up Echeverry

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Everything alright?

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Not much…

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What is all the fuss about?
What’s going on here?

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An idiot who decided to climb that antenna,
and now everybody’s watching

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And who is it? Do you know?

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No, I don’t care at all.

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Hey, in this neighborhood there’s a lot of people
with free time, don’t you think?

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Yeah.

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See ya’

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Magolita…

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Could you give me a cigarette please?
I pay you later.

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Jenny, Casanare’s lottery ended in zero?

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Yes sir, it was zero.

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Should we go for it?

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Yeah.

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Two plus three…

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Five

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Ok.

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Number five, please.

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Yes, sir.

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Oh Don Jacinto,
but you are killing me with that bill

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I don’t have any change.

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But, Come back in a little bit
and I’ll sell you the lottery, alright?

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Dear, why don’t you sell me on credit?
I am your best client

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Yes, I know you are my best client

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but I am not allowed to sell the lottery on credit
and you know that.

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I will help you later.

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Ok, alright.

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In the meantime I will put a lot of faith
in that number. I will pray.

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I’ll help you pray Don Jacinto
and I will wait for you here.

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Hello, Don Marco?
Don Marco, the guy with the change hasn’t come yet.

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What happened Don Jacinto?

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Hey Jenny.

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Do you know who is the one climbed up there?

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A watchman

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And how do you know that he’s a watchman?

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Because he came this morning asking
for a phonecall.

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I think he was drunk.
He was carrying a bottle of aguardiente.

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Don Jacinto lend me your glasses to see
if I can see him.

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-Maybe I know him.
-Stop bothering Jacinto.

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Don’t mess with me.

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Look, here I brought you the newspaper
that you like so much.

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Thanks.

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So, can you sell me the phone call on credit?

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Look I can not change the bill.

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We’re in the same circumstances.

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Asking for credit with a twenty thousand bill.

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Can I owe you for the lottery?

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Don Jacinto you know that I can’t sell
the lottery on credit.

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Maybe not the lottery not,
but a phonecall is different.

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Alright, go ahead, but just one minute.

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And you pay for it later

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You are such a darling Jenny, thank you.

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Don’t look at me like that!

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Which phone Jenny?

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To call a cellphone in the number one.

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Ok.

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Hello Darling.

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Good.

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Not yet…

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Don’t worry, I’ll get the money

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The shift was lousy.

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Just one.

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Yes, a very bad serenade…

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I don’t know baby,
I think people don’t like this shit anymore.

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I’ll have to start doing Reggaeton
to see if I can make ends meet.

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Yeah, Reggaeton with Guitarrón.

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No baby, be calm.

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You know I won’t let them cut your electricity.

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I only need half more.
I already have 20 bucks here.

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And how’s my little boy?

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Ok, alright. I have to go,
they are selling me this call on credit.

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Alright, bye baby.

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Thank you Jenny, you saved me.

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Poor young man.

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God knows what happened to him
to want to climb that antenna.

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He seemed very young this morning.

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Poor man? He’s just wasted and wants
to draw attention to himself

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What’s up Echeverry.

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Everything alright?

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Good morning

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How can I help you?

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I need to withdraw a money transfer

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No, the system is down. Come back after noon.

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Do you know where’s another place I could go to?

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I have no idea

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Thank you!

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(We don’t know about your problems,
but please don’t take a wrong decision)

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(We just want to talk, saty calm.
The rescue tea mis here to help you)

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Well, we’ll have the holiday

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For crying out loud.

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Firefighters?

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Why are they bringing the firefighters?

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Are the news guys coming too?

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I will have to climb that antenna to become famous
because as musician I’m fucked.

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I think it’s a very good thing that
they provide all the means possible

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to prevent that man from ending his life.

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Come on Don Jacinto.

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If he wanted to jump he would’ve already
jumped a long time ago.

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He would already be mashed on the floor.

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This is typical of you.

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You don’t care about other people’s lives

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Why would I care about other people’s lives?

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Also, I don’t even know him.
People die everyday for many reasons.

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Give it a rest. Don’t you have
anything better to do?

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You better leave,
go find something else to do.

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Wow! Somebody got real mad!

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You too, get out of here!
Find something to do.

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Go away now. Stop it!

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Let me tell you something sweetheart

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This is public space.

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And no, I don’t have anything
better to do.

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Also I’m enjoying the show.

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Show? Hey man, show respect.

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Yeah show respect,
and don’t call me sweetheart.

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(Sir, keep calm, every problem has a solution)

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(Stay calm, a rescue team is going to help you)

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You know, I changed my mind.

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That guy jumps.

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If he doesn’t he’s a fag for climbing
all the way up there for nothing.

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I don’t think he’ll jump.

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Let’s trust in the firefighters

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How much do you want to bet?

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Bet?

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Bet about what?

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Well, that he jumps.

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Let’s bet your twenty.

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Oh no Don Jacinto.

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Now this is the last straw.

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Typical of you two.

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Or are you a pussy?

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Let me see twenty.

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…but I’m afraid of the cameras

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Think of it as if you were telling
the story to your friend, it’s not that hard.

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Give me a second then, I’m texting
my wife to turn on the T.V.

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We’re ready

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That’s right Jackie, we’re reporting from
the west of the city…

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…where at this time there’s an apparently intoxicated man
who threatens to jump from a telecommunications antenna

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Here with us now is lieutenant Gerardo Rodríguez,
who will expand on the situation.

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Lieutenant, good morning.
What do you know about this man? Who is he?

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So far the only information we have is that
his name is Fredy Portillo.

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Aparently he works for a private security company.

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The Civil defense and the firefighters
with their psychology department

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are trying to keep the man from making a risky move

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given his current state of intoxication.

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Thank you very much Lieutenant.

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We also have the input of a merchant of the area whose sales have been affected by the current situation.

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Good morning sir.
Have you been affected by this event?

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Good morning miss.

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Well, actually yes.

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By this time I would’ve sold already between
200,000 and 300,000 Pesos

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but right now I haven’t even made 50,000

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How do you think all this is going to end?

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Honestly I don’t know.

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But he must do something: jump, fly, whatever
that clears the road, our sales are screwed.

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Ok thank you very much sir.

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This is all the information we’ve got for…

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(Fredy, they are putting up a ladder so we can talk to you, ok?)

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(We just want to help you)

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(Hold Strong, please)

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(You are a very valuable person)

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It’s late already and it’s beginning to drizzle.
I probably should go.

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What do you mean you’re leaving?
You’re not going anywhere.

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What about my money?

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Hold on, he will jump in a moment,
wait a little bit.

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(He’s going to jump!)

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What? He stood up?

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(Fredy, please saty safe,
don’t make the wrong decision)

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(Think about your family and
the people who loves you)

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(Please sit down!)

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(Fredy!)

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Jenny…

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… I can pay the electricity bill here, right?

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Yes.