At first, the girl hadn't been able to stop crying, but the crying then changed, within a few seconds, to coughing.'

'Okay, boys, let her breathe now! Step back!' ordered Mitchell, and the two boys complied.

Melinda slowly brought herself to her feet and coughed. When she'd stopped coughing, she cried some more, and when the crying choked her, she coughed again. She wandered aimlessly for a minute; crying, coughing, looking at the crowd, her dress now a mess of wet mud, grass ...