‘Who Demolished Our School, Mommy?’

The Turkish and world media focused on the drama playing out beneath the wreckage of the Celtiksuyu school, which was attended by 200 boarders. Student Huseyin Cakir, who was rescued from the rubble, expressed the contradiction encountered with every quake in Turkey when he asked his mother, "Mommy, who destroyed our school?"

One hundred ninety-eight students had been counted as present the night before the earthquake struck. To date, 69 children have been rescued alive and 25 bodies have been found. Approximately 100 children were believed to be trapped under the wreckage.

National News Services / /