24 (TV Series)

Day 3: 5:00 a.m.-6:00 a.m. (2004)

Jesse Borrego: Gael Ortega

Quotes 

• Gael Ortega : Do me favor?

  Michelle Dessler : Anything

  Gael Ortega : Contact my family and tell them I love them: tell them I died quickly, no pain

  Michelle Dessler : Of course

  Michelle Dessler : [Takes her gun and places it next to him, implying he should commit suicide instead of dying in pain]  Gael

  Gael Ortega : I was raised to believe suicide is a sin

  Michelle Dessler : No one could blame you in this world or the next for ending your suffering

  Gael Ortega : You sure about that? A few seconds more is all I needed. You know when I was trying to stop the cylinder from exploding? I hesitated just a moment because I was afraid, then I forced myself to move forward. If I hadn't hesitated, this wouldn't be happening to me, to all those poor people upstairs

  Michelle Dessler : Gael, you did everything you could. I'm proud to have worked with you. Your one of the bravest men I've ever known and I will make sure your wife and children will know that