INDIVIDUAL WRITING 9 – A DANGEROUS SITUATION

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- POSB bank
- beside Sunshine Mall
- sat down on a row of chairs
- not many people in the bank
- wanted to withdraw some money
- from my account
- buy a pair of necklace
- for my mother’s birthday present
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- sudden
- heard
- someone shout behind me
- looked around
- shocked to see
- two masked gunmen
- brandishing handguns
- telling everyone
- to get down on the floor
- obeyed quickly
- could not believe that I was in such a dangerous situation
- lay down on the floor like other customers
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- could not see

- except the tiles on the floor
- heard
- the sound of someone being hit and some death threats uttered
- sounded like the robbers
- not hesitate
- to shoot anyone
- who did not comply
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- from the corner of my eye

- caught
- a sight of moving boots
- felt fear for the first time
- the boots must be that of one of the robbers
- heard
- trampling of feet
- knew that
- robbers
- making their escape

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- raised my head
- caught a glimpse of
- two figures
- running
- out of the bank door
- another figure
- flashed past by view
- realised
- it was a policeman
- holding a gun

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- “Bang!” the sound of the shot was deafening

- from
- my position
- saw the shot
- hit one of the robbers
- who was about to ride on a motorcycle
- spray of blood on the ground
- fired another shot at the robber
- the robbers
- collapsed to the ground
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- by then
- out of the bank
- watching
- real-life action
- just like in the movies
- except that it was for real
- glad that I had escaped from this dangerous situation unscathed
- heaved a sigh of relief