Warning: there's police brutality and violence discussed in this first chapter.Check out chapter 1 ofSanctuarybelow:Chapter 1It took fifteen steps for her to die. they wailed. Mothers clutched their children, tears coursing down their cheeks. Here's what did happen: At the tail end of the hour-long special that aired Sunday night, Michael was timed as he swam in freezing ocean waters — against a computer-simulated shark. Yep, in fact, much of the episode was dedicated to watching scientists calculate a shark's swim speed, which is difficult considering sharks don't really swim in straight lines. After determining the shark swims 100 meters in 36.1 seconds, Michael, wearing a special wetsuit and fin, was challenged to beat the creature in a race against time, not an actual shark. (He swam it in 38.1 seconds.) Technically, that girl wasn’t even on United States soil. But as the President loved to say, America was the greatest nation in the history of greatness, and we needed to do whatever it took to protect our sacred borders. That was why there was a platoon of Border Patrol officers lined up on top of the Wall. Green zombies, I called them. Standing at attention in their olive-colored uniforms with pale, expressionless faces. They had the newest AK-87s strapped to their backs and German Shepherds circling at their feet as they stared down that girl.Because this was their land.