demise and John’s attributing it to the strike. Survivors were certain in their understanding that, even if a person did not succumb, living after a strike was not the same thing as being able to heal from it. “I have never got over it yet,” Abram Colby said. “They broke something inside of me, and the doctor has been attending to me for more than a year.”57 He reported having a hard time getting up each day. Abram’s injuries from his kidnapping were physical, but his statements indicate psychological wounds over the repeated raids and his daughter’s death, which was followed by that of his
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