Quote of the Day

[darkestperu]

"He was my very best friend. I miss him so much, if it was electricity it would be nine hundred million volts."

-A boy talking about his friend who was killed in the Beslan school siege, in a documentary that was just on tv

Comments

[gemsweater]

Oh man.

Kid eloquence is always so heartbreaking.

[darkestperu]

They interviewed a number of the kids who had been involved, and they were all heartrending (they were all so angry and sad and still hopeful/defiant in that way kids are), but this one boy in particular was so articulate, it just killed me.