Yaakov, the Chasid, told me that God had saved his family because grandmother Etel had said Psalms before boarding the bus.

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He did not note that the family had headed to Jerusalem only because Etel had suggested they go to the Western Wall (or that God might have done better by them by not causing the crash at all).

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In a surprisingly sunny suburb of Manchester, two motherless little boys one pious and generous (Alex Etel), the other enterprising and manipulative (Lewis McGibbon) gain control of a Nike bag filled with cash after thieves throw it off a moving train.

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