Object

Cavernous Cargo Aircraft Bearing Flag-Draped Caskets

A massive cargo aircraft dominates the frigid night at Dover Air Force Base, its yawning hold shrouded yet pierced by the stark reality of nine flag-draped caskets holding soldiers slain in the botched raid. Rigid Honor Guard snaps to sentinel precision before its hulking frame, forcing President Bartlet to halt and absorb the visceral tableau as C.J.'s voiceover pierces the silence.

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Purpose

Transporting flag-draped caskets of nine soldiers killed in the failed Colombian raid

Significance

Stands as silent accuser in Bartlet's path, slamming home the lethal toll of his authorized operation and ratcheting the moral vise gripping his leadership amid the escalating hostage crisis

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

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S2E14 · The War At Home

Bartlet's Somber Arrival at Dover: Facing the Fallen

Dominates the scene as a hulking, yawning cargo aircraft with its hold laden with nine flag-draped soldier caskets, serving as the event's haunting focal prop around which the Honor Guard rigidly positions itself, embodying the raid's lethal harvest and forcing unspoken judgment on arriving leadership.

Before: Stationary on tarmac, coffins secured within

After: Unchanged, exposed in ritual vigil

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