His classroom sometimes shook with the sound of bombs and shelling, and his mother told me, "Every day, I would say to him every morning, 'Honey, please don't go to school.'" And when he insisted, she said, "I would hug him as if it were for the last time."
Sageli vappus tema klassiruum ümberringi lõhkevate pommide kuminast. Ta ema ütles mulle: "Ma palusin igal hommikul, et ta kooli ei läheks." Kui ta keeldus, vastas ema: "Ma kallistasin teda alati nii, nagu see oleks viimane kord."