Sad day in Cambodia

I'll write more about the Water Festival in another post but I did want to write a short post to let everyone know that I'm OK. I went to the beach for four days so I wasn't even in the city when this happened:

Sad story

The latest tally is 375 dead, trampled or suffocated to death. What a way to go. There was little rescuers could do, so onlookers were forced to watch as people died right in front of their eyes. I expect a somber mood at school tomorrow. To those of you who wrote to check on me, thanks for your concern.