This story was probably one of the most confusing stories I've ever read, when it comes to point of view.
At the beginning of the story, the point of view is 3rd person. However, it then changes into 1st person for a while, and then back into 3rd person. That goes on for a while, until, at the end of the story, the point of view suddenly switches to 2nd person, and you realize that the narrator has been talking to her partner this whole time, telling him the story of what happened. It's like she is on the outside looking in, when it comes to the man, who used to love her so dearly, and is now just a shell of his former self.
I think my observation is important because it shows that there is no reason that a story can't switch between points of view during it's go through. In terms of the story, it shows that what happened left the man so absorbed in sadness and remorse that he's just in an eternal state of lamentation. He continues to watch footage of the crisis, completely oblivious to the person who, arguably, cares for him most in this world. It's really quite sad.
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