his “little plantation.” Children and adolescents would never again be kids in the same way after their families were attacked. They had to deal with a host of physical injuries that required attention. After one of the men attacking the Tutsons snatched their youngest child from Hannah’s arms and flung the infant across their home, the baby had a difficult time walking: when she put pressure on one of her legs, she screamed in pain, Hannah said. Henry Reed’s teenage son survived a blast of gunfire as he leapt through a window to escape, but his ear was grazed, leaving him injured and
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