Wednesday, September 07, 2005
6 yr old leads toddlers to rescue
He Held Their Lives in His Tiny Hands
By Ellen Barry, Times Staff Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. — In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.
They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2 years old, and one was wearing only diapers. A 3-year-old girl, who wore colorful barrettes on the ends of her braids, had her 14-month-old brother in tow. The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-children5sep05,0,113027.story?track=hpmostemailedlink
By Ellen Barry, Times Staff Writer
BATON ROUGE, La. — In the chaos that was Causeway Boulevard, this group of refugees stood out: a 6-year-old boy walking down the road, holding a 5-month-old, surrounded by five toddlers who followed him around as if he were their leader.
They were holding hands. Three of the children were about 2 years old, and one was wearing only diapers. A 3-year-old girl, who wore colorful barrettes on the ends of her braids, had her 14-month-old brother in tow. The 6-year-old spoke for all of them, and he told rescuers his name was Deamonte Love.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-children5sep05,0,113027.story?track=hpmostemailedlink
# posted by Jude Boudreaux @ 9/07/2005 06:44:00 AM 
