QUAKE LEAVES ORPHANS IN WAKE HAHN OFFERS ASSISTANCE, CONDOLENCES FROM L.A. TO IRAN.Byline: Staff and Wire Services KERMAN, Iran - Three-year-old Vida was brought here to the Kermanian Orphanage ORPHANAGE, Eng. law. By the custom of London, when a freeman of that city dies, his estate is divided into three parts, as follows: one third part to the widow; another, to the children advanced by him in his lifetime, which is called the orphanage; and the other third part may be by him , 75 miles north of Bam, on Monday, three days after an early-morning earthquake ripped that city apart. She has not slept, the staff members say, and refuses even to leave her nurse's arms. ``I want my mother,'' she cries, over and over. ``Her name is Farah.'' Vida is one of the 1,200 children the government knows of so far who lost parents in the earthquake. There is also 8-year-old Ali, who will not speak, except to say that he hopes his uncle, who survived, will take him home. Atefeh, 7, spoke nervously to a visitor about her paintings. ``I am from Bam, but it gets bad earthquakes,'' she said, looking at the palm trees in her paintings. A nameless 6-month-old girl with a broken shoulder finally fell asleep after crying After Crying is a Hungarian musical ensemble, established in 1986, which composes and performs contemporary classical music or symphonic rock. They use instruments ranging from classical acoustical instruments like cello, trumpet, piano, flute to the instruments of a modern rock for hours. Rescue workers, no longer searching for survivors, are turning to many other challenges. Among them are the special needs of orphaned or·phan n. 1. a. A child whose parents are dead. b. A child who has been deprived of parental care and has not been adopted. 2. A young animal without a mother. 3. children. A team of psychology and psychiatric workers was sent to the province this week to help the suddenly parentless begin to cope. There are practical efforts, too, like starting schools in tents around Bam, to restore some kind of normal life to the children. But the pain they suffer is fathomless fath·om·less adj. 1. Too deep to be fathomed or measured. 2. Too obscure or complicated to be understood. fath . The children at the orphanage have been bombarded with gifts from well-meaning people, but they react with anger, or apathy apathy /ap·a·thy/ (ap´ah-the) lack of feeling or emotion; indifference.apathet´ic ap·a·thy n. Lack of interest, concern, or emotion; indifference. . ``All of them come here with serious anxiety problems,'' said Arezoo Hussein Rezai, the orphanage's psychologist. ``They constantly cry, hide under their blankets or refuse to talk.'' The quake's death toll, now at an uncertain 30,000, included an uncounted number of children. But surprising stories are emerging about some who survived. The official Islamic Republic News Agency The Islamic Republic News Agency (Persian: خبرگزاری جمهوری اسلامی ایران), or IRNA reported that two brothers were pulled from under the rubble on Wednesday, after rescue workers were attracted to the spot by the singing of two canaries. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Mayor James Hahn For the Iowa politician, see . James Kenneth "Jim" Hahn (born July 3, 1950) is an American politician from the Democratic Party. He was the Deputy City Attorney (1975-1979), City Controller (1981-1985), City Attorney (1985-2001) and Mayor of Los Angeles, California expressed condolences on Wednesday to the victims of the Iranian earthquake and renewed offers of help. ``We stand ready to provide inspectors and other workers to help if they are needed,'' Hahn said in a special televised message to the Iranian community. ``While Los Angeles has been through many earthquakes, we - thankfully - have never been witness to the kind of destruction and loss of life that Iran experienced.'' CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Vida, 3, survived Friday's earthquake in Bam, Iran. Hasan Sarbakhshian/Associated Press |
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