Going over some information about political asylum for one of the Beslan mothers i remembered how i asked few months back, ever so carefully, if there is any way i could adopt one of the many children left without both parents or any family as a result of the 2004 attack. Their reply was 'we never let our ones go. ' They consider these kids their own. Partly due to the tragedy that united them. Partly because in North Caucasus there is little distinction between you own kid and that of you neighbour in terms of how you treat them. Extraordinary.