Nyora nyaya pfupi pamusoro pomunhu anodzingwa basa, asi anopedzisira ava nezuva rakanakisisa muupenyu hwake.
Musi waMarch 3, 1974, Jim akadzingwa pabasa rake somuchengeti wemba paElmhurst Elementary School. Nepo zviri pamutemo, Jim akadzingwa nemhaka ye"zvinetso zvemari", kwakanga kuri pachena kwaari kuti kwakanga kune chokuita zvikuru nezera rake kupfuura kuoma kupi nokupi kwemari kuri mudunhu rechikoro. Onai, Jim akaberekwa muna 1899, akanga achangobva kusvitsa makore 75 muna January uye akanga ava kutanga "kunonoka" pabasa. Akanga asisakwanisi kuita rimwe basa rakaoma zvikuru iro basa rake raiwanzobatanidza, uye rakava rinooneka.  Pashure pezuva rake rokupedzisira kubasa, Jim akafamba achienda kumusha kwake, uko nenzira yakafanira kwakanga kuri mabhuroko matatu bedzi kumaodzanyemba kwechikoro. Pakufamba kwake, aisagona kudzivisa kunzwa akasuruvara uye akanyara zvishoma. Aiziva kuti mudzimai wake, Miriyemu, aizonzwisisa, asi akanzwa sokunge akanga amunyadzisa uye iye pachake. Kwemakore anoda kusvika 40, Jim akashanda paElmhurst Elementary School uye aifarirwa nezviuru zvevadzidzi vaipinda nomumasuo iwayo. Kunyange zvazvo akanga asingazorasikirwi nokuchenesa mudzidzi akanga arutsa kana kuti nzvimbo yokudyira yakanga yakafanana nenzvimbo yehondo kupfuura nzvimbo yokudyira yavose, akanga acharasikirwa nevana. Kuvaona vachidzidza, vachitamba, uye vachikura nguva dzose ndiko kwaiita kuti basa racho ribatsire kwaari.  Apo Jim akapinda pasuo reimba yake yaiva nenhurikidzwa imwe, Miriam akanga aripo kuti amukwazise. Aigona kutaura zvakanga zvaitika nokutarira chiso chake. Zvikurukuru, aigona kuzviona pameso ake. Maziso aJim akanga ari suo rinopinda mumweya wake uye, somunhu akadaro, hwindo rinopinda mumirangariro yake.  Jim paakapinda muimba yokugara ndokupinda mukicheni, akaona vanhu vaviri, murume nomukadzi, vakagara patafura, uye mukadzi wacho aiva nomwana mumaoko ake. Murume uyu akanga ari mwanakomana wake, Tommy, waakanga asina kuona kubvira paakaenda kuhondo yeVietnam makore matatu akanga apfuura. Kusvikira panguva ino, Jim akanga asina chokwadi kana mwanakomana wake akanga ari mupenyu. Maziso aJim akazaruka nomufaro mukuru pakuona, uye musodzi wakaumbwa zvishoma nezvishoma mukona yeziso rake roruboshwe.  Mumaawa mashomanene akatevera, Jim akagara nomwanakomana wake nemhuri yake ndokukurukura zvose zvakanga zvaitika kubvira panguva yavakapedzisira kuonana. Tommy akataura pamusoro pokuti akanga arondedzerwa sei seMIA nehurumende yeU.S. pashure pokumukira kunoshamisa zvikuru mukati meimwe yenzendo dzake dzamambakwedza. Pashure pemwedzi yakawanda achivanda muvengi uye achitsvaka boka rake, Tommy pakupedzisira akapinda mune imwe yemisasa yokupedzisira yeU.S. yakanga yasara muSouth Vietnam. Yakanga iri pamusasa uyu apo Tommy akasangana nomudzimai wake wazvino, Sara. Aiva mukoti aitarisira kupora kwake. Vakakurumidza kudanana, vakaroorana, uye Sara akava napamuviri, zvose izvi asati atomboenda kuUnited States achibva kuVietnam. Tommy naSara vakanga vadzokera kuUnited States mwedzi mumwe chete wakanga wapfuura, uye mwana wavo akaberekwa vhiki mbiri gare gare.  Apo Jim akarara pamubhedha usiku ihwohwo, aisagona kudavira chinjo dzose idzo zuva rimwe raigona kuunza. Akamuka ari muchengeti wemba, ndokuenda kunorara ari sekuru. Aiziva basa rake idzva, uye akanga achitarira mberi kwariri. Iri raiva zuva rakanakisisa muupenyu hwake.