Go ahead....

Just try to wrap your brain around these two paragraphs:

Milling about the Reliant entrance, Sheila Nathan, 38, told her teary-eyed toddler that she was too tired to hold him.

"I'm trying to make it a fairy tale so they won't panic," said Nathan, who had four grandchildren in tow. "I have to be strong for them."

Mind-boggling, no? They come from an otherwise great story of perseverence and self-reliance in the face of official ineptitude.

You may have heard that the first refugees to arrive at the Astrodome were aboard a comandeered school bus. It's a true story.