UNDER a grove of pine and spruce trees, the children laid on stretchers - dazed, shaken, fragile, and bloodied. Parents hugged them, cried, gave them water. They were safe.

Under a grove of pine and spruce trees, the children laid on stretchers - dazed, shaken, fragile, and bloodied. Parents hugged them tenderly, cried softly, gave them water. They were safe.