"Intense" is the perfect word. From a child's perspective, it was very frightening, but I vividly remember how everyone's parents were haunted by this, too. I see now how many decisions made for us as kids -- by schools, by clubs, by individual groups of parents -- were divided into "before" and "after" this event.

Part of me regretted bringing this up just now, when we have so many current tragic stories in the news to break our hearts, but it means a lot that these girls aren't forgotten.