english: Still, Abed was far from my mind, when last year, I returned to Israel to write of the crash, and the book I then wrote, "Half-Life," was nearly complete when I recognized that I still wanted to meet Abed, and finally I understood why: to hear this man say two words: "I'm sorry."
non_english: Napriek tomu, Abed bol mimo  mojich myšlienok, keď som sa minulý rok vrátil do Izraela, aby som napísal o havárii. Kniha, ktorú som vtedy písal  – Polovičný život – bola takmer hotová, keď som si uvedomil, že sa stále chcem s Abedom stretnúť a konečne som pochopil, prečo: aby som od tohto muža  počul slová: „je mi to ľúto“.