Scritch Scratch

After school, Claire, Sam, Casley, and Emily go to the intersection of Michigan and Wacker, where the SS Eastland sank in 1915. The boat sank in only 20 feet of water, and it was still tied to the dock at the time. Afterward, bodies were taken to a nearby building for people to identify. Claire takes a moment to contemplate the disaster and suddenly feels the presence of the ghost boy. She sees his reflection in the river and looks up to see the SS Eastland sinking in the river right in front of her. She can see people drowning while others dive into the water to try to save them. She is paralyzed by fear as she watches the disaster unfold in front of her. She remembers that nobody was prosecuted for the Eastland disaster, so the ghost boy’s death, like hundreds of others, went unavenged. Claire faints.

Claire wakes to find her friends crouching over her. She assures Casley and Emily that she has fainted before and will be okay. She tells them about her vision. She is now certain that she could identify the ghost boy if she saw a photograph of him.