Antonio suddenly stood up, his eyes red: "I'm going to make a call, to the liaison office of my son's unit..."
"It's useless." The bald man grabbed him, "My nephew said, the communication has already broken down, there's no way to get in touch. The Department of Defense is now clueless, trying to figure out the situation."
This sounded like a bomb exploding in the bar.
People who were originally chatting about football and complaining about work fell silent and looked over to this side.
"Is what you said true?" An old man asked, "My grandson is also serving in North America."
"My nephew is too..."
"My neighbor's son..."
The crowd gathered around.
The bald man became the focal point, somewhat proud yet uneasy, but continued sharing the "inside news" he heard from "friends at the newspaper" and "police cousins."
