http://www.peacedocumentary.org/761 The website for the Coexist Project Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 http://www.peacedocumentary.org/761/comment-page-1#comment-149 admin Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:52:00 +0000 http://peacedocumentary.org/main/?p=761#comment-149 Thanks for your comment. It's sad but often the case that those who survive large scale catastrophes like this aren't as heard or trusted as they ought to be. Thanks for your comment. It’s sad but often the case that those who survive large scale catastrophes like this aren’t as heard or trusted as they ought to be.

]]> http://www.peacedocumentary.org/761/comment-page-1#comment-77 Mishy Lesser Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:52:49 +0000 http://peacedocumentary.org/main/?p=761#comment-77 Charles's story reminds me of the story of Rufina Amaya, a Salvadoran woman (deceased in 2007), who hid behind a bush while her husband and four of her children and most of her fellow villagers burned to death in a church barricaded by the army in the small village of El Mozote during the Salvadoran civil war. Forensic evidence eventually uncovered the remains of over 800 people in El Mozote and surrounding hamlets. Rufina Amaya told this story to the world and was called, for years, a liar. How incredible it would have been for Charles and Rufina to sit together and listen to one another's stories. Charles’s story reminds me of the story of Rufina Amaya, a Salvadoran woman (deceased in 2007), who hid behind a bush while her husband and four of her children and most of her fellow villagers burned to death in a church barricaded by the army in the small village of El Mozote during the Salvadoran civil war. Forensic evidence eventually uncovered the remains of over 800 people in El Mozote and surrounding hamlets. Rufina Amaya told this story to the world and was called, for years, a liar. How incredible it would have been for Charles and Rufina to sit together and listen to one another’s stories.

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