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Most people run from fires firemen and cops run toward them especially when someone inside is screaming. It began when a boy banged on Burgesss car window. He got a gasped Fire at the mosque and someones in there and a frantic gesture toward the old commercial building that served as a mosque for Portlands Somali community.His dash into the building leads to a very young mother and tiny baby in a locked closet and to his worst nightmare -- investigating the death of another child. He must deal with suspicious uncooperative refugees members of a motorcycle gang businessmen engaged in illegal activity and threats to his family before identifying the mute and terrified young mother and getting justice for a helpless child who never had a chance.,