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Mexico: Mourning for the Children Who Died in Daycare Fire

Posted 9 June 2009 4:32 GMT

Ana Maria Salazar is reporting from Hermosillo, Mexico where 43 children died in a fire at a day care facility. She writes about those who gathered at a mass to mourn this loss [es].She also asks, “how can this be avoided so that it won't happen again?”

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Written byEduardo Avila

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