The memorial broadcast reached Rama's hospital room at exactly 10:00 AM Jakarta time. Sekar adjusted the monitor angle so he could watch without straining his healing body. On screen, Jakarta harbor monument gleamed under morning sun—black granite obelisk etched with forty-two names in gold.
Twelve Indonesian. Two American. Four Chinese. Three Japanese. Two Korean. Four European. One Russian. Fourteen international. Twenty-eight domestic. All heroes. All dead.
Director Hartono spoke first. Professional. Somber. Appropriate words about sacrifice and duty and humanity's gratitude. Then President of Indonesia. Then USA President via video. Then representatives from each nation that lost hunters.
Forty-two speeches for forty-two casualties. Each family receiving public acknowledgment. Each death honored individually rather than statistically.
