Bench at Korean War Memorial (scene-specific memorial bench)
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Events with rich location context
The specific memorial bench is the immediate locus of discovery and inspection; it focuses character movement and gestures — the officer stands in front, Toby approaches, and visitors circulate around it.
Still, intimate, and exposed — a small stage of human neglect against the larger memorial backdrop.
Site where the deceased is found and inspected; a focal point for the moral exchange between Toby and the officer.
Embodies neglect: a place of honor used as a temporary bed by a forgotten veteran.
Publicly accessible, no barriers; physically exposed to passersby.
The specific memorial bench is the immediate stage for discovery: a worn, public seat that holds the body and anchors the officer's brief examination and Toby's dawning moral urgency.
Intimate, exposed, and quietly awful — a small, public stage for private indignity.
Site of discovery where physical evidence (coat, card, license, tattoo) is read and interpreted.
Represents marginalization: the seat of remembrance is literally occupied by a forgotten man, turning memorial space into evidence of civic failure.
Open to passersby and park personnel; not cordoned as a crime scene.
The specific memorial bench is the immediate focal point where the body rests; it concentrates action, evidence, and witness into a small, public place where Toby's personal link to the coat is discovered and questioned.
Intimate, exposed, and quietly charged—a small public stage inside a larger solemn site.
Stage for discovery and inspection; physical locus of the emotional pivot in Toby's arc.
Represents a resting place denied dignity—public furniture that should invite reflection but instead reveals neglect.
Public seating—accessible to anyone, including the homeless and visitors; subject to park patrol oversight.
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Early morning at the Korean War Memorial Toby Zeigler is led to a blanket-covered body and learns the man is dead. A police officer reads an expired license—Walter Hufnagle—and then …
At the Korean War Memorial Toby follows up on a coroner tip and stands over a blanket-covered body. A D.C. officer reveals the man is Walter Hufnagle and that Toby's …
At the Korean War Memorial Toby Zeigler discovers a dead man who had been wearing the coat Toby donated. When a casual park officer shrugs off the unattended body as …