eric had mistakenly bought an electric stove instead of an electric fireplace; one was provided for him so he would not fail the challenge. met a similar fate a month later, after its engines failed and it drifted onto a reef. the blasts killed the minister and 18 other people; at least 17 people were injured and taken to hospitals. alexander played along with this false claim, gradually revealing that he was the general’s nephew. acts 17:28: "for in him we live and move and have our being." 