No Hope for Children
Sad news from China: the earthquake that struck China recently destroyed a school (among other things). The few children who were found with broken arms and legs were considered fortunate: the others died. Some of the dead children have been found already while others still lie below the mud and stones.
The school is a horrific scene. There is rubble everywhere. Rescue workers are doing their best to save those who are still alive, but their main occupation is to recover the bodies of the young children whose lives ended so suddenly and so quickly. Mothers are screaming and crying. They’re standing there on the schoolyard. “My child is dead! Dead!”
This is the place where the earthquake originated. It killed more than 10,000 people. 900 of the children in the school mentioned above died on that horrific day. They were at school. Their parents thought that their children would come home a few hours later, having learned even more than they already knew. Their hopes were high for their children: they are of a generation that’s not highly educated, but their children would be well educated, and they would have a bright future.
And then the earthquake struck. Suddenly the dreams the parents had for their children proved to be just that: dreams.
