San Giuliano di Puglia Laid its "Angels" to Rest

World | November 3, 2002, Sunday // 00:00

An emotional mass funeral was held in the devastated Italian village of San Giuliano di Puglia, which lost an entire class of children in Thursday's earthquake. Twenty-six small white coffins were lined up under a marquee as local community and political leaders said goodbye to the children. The children and their teacher were killed when their primary school collapsed. Two other women lost their lives during the earthquake in the southern Italian town.

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