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24th Street Terminal

Blaring radios pierce the night as police cars huddle in flashing phalanx along 24th Street Terminal's stark concrete piers within San Diego Harbor. Roaring helicopters whip salt spray across swarming responders, emergency vehicles clogging the frenzy. Coast Guard Commander Cale grips INS Agent Russo near the cruisers, voice cutting through chaos to brief the Horizon's 100 Fujian refugees a mile offshore—State alerts ping, translators scramble inbound, yet Russo's evasive deflection on removals spikes Cale's unease, institutional friction igniting amid humanitarian overload.
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Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S2E8 · Shibboleth
Harbor Chaos: Cale Calls for Backup Amid Swarming Response

24th Street Terminal serves as gritty command nexus amid harbor chaos, where police cars cluster, Cale directs personnel and grips radio near cruisers, and Russo screeches in for tense handshake briefing; concrete piers frame the institutional pivot from local overload to federal handoff.

Atmosphere

Overwhelming operational frenzy with vehicle swarms and aerial thunder

Functional Role

On-site command post for responder coordination

Symbolic Significance

Ground zero for power transition in refugee standoff

Access Restrictions

Restricted to responders and authorized federal agents

Clustered police cars and paramedic trucks Salt spray from helicopter downdraft
S2E8 · Shibboleth
Cale Briefs Uneasy Russo on Fujian Refugees Amid Chaos

The 24th Street Terminal serves as the gritty handover point amid concrete piers clogged with emergency vehicles, where Russo's car pulls up and Cale briefs him a few feet from police cars, grounding the institutional pivot in raw, operational grit.

Atmosphere

Overloaded with flashing lights and urgent personnel movement

Functional Role

Proximate staging area for inter-agency coordination

Symbolic Significance

Frontline threshold between sea chaos and bureaucratic escalation

Access Restrictions

Restricted to responders and officials

Concrete piers lined with police cars Swarming paramedic trucks Salt spray from nearby waters

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