It was not easy to write a story with condition and limitation of characters. And you did it with a fantastic story and funny too.. Asked for a cat ?? When I read it, i like What? With all the hostage, you just want a cat.. Then you covered the story with a story from a reporter, this was new for me on how you end the story. Wow, a person not dead after fall from 70 stories with a gun wound. That is silly. But i love it. It fun and i enjoy it.
You spend how long to finish this story because with a limitation of 1000-5000 words it made a story difficult to deliver. But you made it. Are you a writer?