The entire area, a maze of lanes and dead-end streets, was nearly flattened. Close to a thousand people died immediately, or at least within a few seconds. The terrible multiple explosions were heard, and felt, all over Paris. The Louvre suffered only minor damage from the blasts, but the three-block area covering rue de Marengo, rue de l'Oratoire and rue Bailleul was almost completely destroyed. As was a nearby bridge—a small one—crossing the Seine. A bridge. Another bridge. In Paris this time. Not a word of explanation was heard from the Wolf. He didn't take credit for the wanton and despicable act, nor did he deny it. He didn't need to explain his actions, did he? He thought he was God. There are other supremely arrogant people who labor inside our government in Washington, and also some who work in the national media, who believe that they can accurately predict what will happen in the future because they know, or think they know, what happened in the past.
