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　　10-year-old John ran barefoot out of the door on a windy, cold day in February and he 　　1　　 straight for the 125-foot electric tower behind their home．The tower carried 230, 000 volts through its silver wires but John wasn't 　　2　　 of the danger．He had suffered from a mental illness, a condition that separates him from reality, 　　3　　 him to live within his own 　　4　　．That day his thoughts were set on climbing to the top of that tower, touching the sky and feeling what it was like to 　　5　　．

　　His seventeen-year-old brother，James, who had always been close by, watching him and making sure that no 　　6　　 came to him, 　　7　　 to realize that he was missing this time．

　　John had already 　　8　　 the handrails(欄桿)and was making his 　　9　　 to the sky by the time James 　　10　　 him．James understood the 　　11　　 of the electrical tower but he chose to follow his younger brother up each gray rail, trying not to look 　　12　　, all the way to the top．James finally 　　13　　 his brother and held him tightly with his right hand．With his left hand, he held on to a metal bar to help stabilize(固定)them 　　14　　．

　　The minutes lengthened into hours 　　15　　 they balanced on a three-inch rail．James sang songs to 　　16　　 his own beating heart and to draw his brother's attention away from the rescue action taking place 　　17　　．

　　Hundreds of people gathered at the base of the tower and they looked like ants to James．Helicopters(直升飛機(jī))began to circle overhead and emergency trucks rushed to the 　　18　　．

　　When secured with a safety line, the brothers and their rescuers were carefully lowered to the ground, the crowd below burst out 　　19　　．They witnessed the 　　20　　 of a 17-year-old boy named James．

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