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after it had occurred, so we assumed that you had been missing for about twelve days. I tried to cheer Mom and Dad up. I know that you are an excellent swimmer and don't lose your head in an emergency. I tried to get Mom and Dad thinking that way too.

The next day we placed a phone call to the Israeli embassy in La Paz, and that was when we found out that the accident had taken place on the first of the month and that you had been missing for eighteen days. That came as a great shock to us. Dad broke down and cried incessantly. Mom decided to put up a front to help Dad keep himself together, but she would also go off by herself to cry all the time.

Ever since we got the bad news, the house has been full of people trying to keep our spirits up. Mom had been a real trooper, serving coffee and cakes. She wouldn't allow any crying or carrying on. She didn't want it to look as if we had given up hope, like we were already mourning.

I tried to hide my feelings, but every time people came over, they asked me to read your letter again, and I couldn't take it anymore and would get all choked up. It was terribly hard on Mom and Dad, on