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The Museum Explosion from "The Goldfinch". As Theo lingers in the gallery, hoping to speak to the red-haired girl, a museum guard runs past in alarm.

the morning of April 10th, shortly after viewing The Goldfinch

The Museum Explosion

As Theo lingers in the gallery, hoping to speak to the red-haired girl, a museum guard runs past in alarm. A deafening blast rips through the building, throwing Theo across the room. He is knocked unconscious by the force of the explosion, which has been caused by a bomb planted in the museum shop. When he comes to, he is in a wrecked, dust-choked space, disoriented and injured. The world he knew has been shattered in an instant, and he is separated from his mother in the chaos.