His classroom sometimes shook with the sound of bombs and shelling, and his mother told me, \"Every day, I would say to him every morning, 'Honey, please don't go to school.'\" And when he insisted, she said, \"I would hug him as if it were for the last time.\"
Ruang kelasnya kadang berguncang karena suara bom dan tembakan, dan ibunya menceritakan pada saya, \"Setiap hari, aku berkata padanya, 'Anakku, tolong jangan pergi ke sekolah.'\" Dan ketika anaknya bersikeras, ibunya berkata, \"Saya akan memeluknya seolah-olah itu adalah pelukan terakhir.\"