From an M16 to a Microphone

“As I got nearer I was startled by the shrieks of women and children, a chorus of anguish from witnesses who were experiencing the trrror that no doubt changed her lives forever. I finally got past the outer perimeter, set up by police, some with tears their eyes, despite their normally hard nose temperament. At once I knew it was bad, but it turned out much worse than I could imagine. The killer fire torched 12 victims, eight of them children. It was just a terrible scene. A veteran reporter such as I, who had witnessed bloody battles in Vietnam, as a member of the Marine Corps, was nearly traumatized.”