Troubling note from Sichuan

This just came to my attention, 1:00am, from a children's aid worker presently in Sichuan:

"The place was so dead when we arrived, everything was still, only wind was blowing. I saw a boy standing in front of the rubble of the school for a long time without a blink. I went up to him and said hi.I asked: which grade were you in?He said quietly: Fourth grade.I squatted and said: Why are you always standing here?I saw tears coming up in his eyes. He said: My classmates are gone.Teacher Gao got injured because of me!I didn't know what I could say that would make him feel better. I just reached out my hand and held his. His hand was cold, so cold. When I was about to leave, I was trying to hold back my tears and asked: What do you want to do the most now?He lowered his head and answered in a shaking voice,'I want to go to school, but my school is not here any more.'" 

I can say, on a positive note, that the world's foremost experts on the subject of child bereavement are now on the ground in Sichuan, working with staff members of the local organizations that work with orphans. Which is great, as the number of orphans will rise dramatically in the next days and weeks and the system to accomodate them effectively in Sichuan is, arguably, already overtaxed.
ANS