T?? c?illin? win? c???i?? t?? ????t-w??nc?in? c?i?s ?? ? ???? ???, ?i??cin? t?? sil?nc? ?? ? ??s?l?t? ?ll??. N?stl?? wit?in ? m?k?s?i?t ??n ?? ?isc????? c???????? ?n? ??i?i? c?nc??t? l?? ? m?t??? ???, ??? m???n??l ??wls ?c??in? t?????? t?? ni??t, ? ??s????t? ?l?? ??? ?i?. A???n? ???, ? litt?? ?? ???n??n?? ????i?s ????l?? cl?s?, t??i? tin? ???ms s?iv??in? in t?? ?itin? c?l?, t??i? inn?c?nc? j?xt???s?? ???inst t?? ???s?n?ss ?? t??i? ???lit?.

A??n??nm?nt, ?n ?n????iv??l? ?ct, ??? l??t t??s? ????ns?l?ss ???s ?t t?? m??c? ?? t?? ?l?m?nts. Wit? ??c? ??ssin? m?m?nt, t??i? v?ln????ilit? inc???s??, t?? c???l wint?? s???in? t?????? t??i? ????il? ???i?s. T?? m?t???, ? ?????i?n ??s?it? ??? ?wn ????s?i?s, ?mitt?? ? c?ll t??t t??nsc?n??? t?? ???n?s ?? m??? s??n?—it w?s ? ?l?? ??? ??l?, ? c?? ??? ? c??nc? ?t s??viv?l ??? ??? ???s??in?.

T?? ?i?? sit??ti?n ?? t??s? ???n??n?? ????i?s l??t t? ?n???? t?? ???s? c?l? w?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? ?n???t?n?t? c?ns????nc?s ?? n??l?ct ?n? ???t??. T??i? inn?c?nt w?im???s c?t t?????? t?? stilln?ss, ??intin? ? ?ict??? ?? ??l?l?ssn?ss ?n? v?ln????ilit? t??t ??m?n??? ????nt ?tt?nti?n.

T??i? st???, t????? t???ic, w?sn’t ?n is?l?t?? ?n?. C??ntl?ss ?nim?ls ??c? simil?? ??t?s, victims ?? ??m?n in?i?????nc? ?? ?n????s??n ci?c?mst?nc?s. T?? ????nc? ?? t??i? sit??ti?n c?ll?? ??? imm??i?t? ?cti?n, ? ??ll?in? ?? c?m??ssi?n?t? ????ts ?n? willin? ??n?s t? int??v?n? ?n? ???vi?? t?? c??? ?n? w??mt? t??s? inn?c?nt liv?s s? ??s????t?l? n?????.

It w?s ? c?ll t? t?? c?mm?nit?, ? ?l?? t? ??c??niz? t?? s????? ??s??nsi?ilit? in s????????in? t?? w?l???? ?? t??s? w?? c??l?n’t s???k ??? t??ms?lv?s. V?l?nt???s, ?nim?l s??lt??s, ?n? c?nc??n?? in?ivi???ls c??l? ????? t?? li??lin? n????? t? ??sc?? t??s? ???n??n?? ????i?s ???m t?? c?l? ?m???c? ?? ? ???s? wint??.

T?? m?t??? ???’s ???ntin? c?i?s ??v??????t??, n?t j?st in t?? ?ll??, ??t wit?in t?? ????ts ?? t??s? w?? ????? ??? ?l??. T??? ??c?m? ? c?t?l?st ??? c??n??, sti??in? ?m??t??, ?n? m??ilizin? ?????ts t? ?ns??? t??t n? inn?c?nt li?? s???l? ?? l??t t? s????? in t?? ?n????ivin? c?l?.

T??i? ?i?? sit??ti?n w?s ? st??k ??min??? ?? t?? c?ll?ctiv? ??s??nsi?ilit? t? ???vi?? ? v?ic? ??? t?? v?ic?l?ss, t? ???t?ct ?n? c??? ??? t??s? w?? ??l? ?n t?? kin?n?ss ?n? c?m??ssi?n ?? ??m?nit?. E?c? w?im???, ??c? ??wl, w?s ? ??min??? t??t t?? sm?ll?st ?cts ?? kin?n?ss c??l? t??w ?v?n t?? c?l??st ?? wint??s ?n? ??in? w??mt? ?n? ???? t? t??s? in n???.