Inside a Chaimite armoured vehicle locked with iron bars, surrounded by a furious crowd, Portuguese history was made in “absolute silence”. On one side, the man who had governed a country under a dictatorship; on the other, a 23-year-old sergeant, anonymous until then, with a clear order to ensure that no one would take justice into their own hands. Amidst shouts of “death” and fists pounding on the metal, the fate of a regime was decided and the path to freedom was opened. This is the living memory of someone who was at the centre of the 25th of April - where fear and courage walked side by side to change Portugal forever.