One of his main goals, to retrieve his children, had been achieved.
But when Yugoslav forces launched a major offensive after the bombing began, hundreds of parents were kept from retrieving their children .
Xixo follows the truck on foot, determined to retrieve his children.
Many were angry that they had been kept outside for an hour before being allowed to retrieve their children.
He travelled to Lausanne to retrieve his children believing any battles would be distant.
Parents on their way to retrieve their children have wearied of being accosted by them.
She said some of the single people at the center, for example, are parents who expect to retrieve their children from foster care at some point.
She remarried in 1934 and retrieved her children from the orphanage.
"God protect this family," she says, before racing across town after dark to retrieve her own children from after-school care.
Antone, in a hurry to get the job done, orders the fire to be set before the women can retrieve their children.