appear after days of no contact with the outside world. many are still looking for their loved ones. soldiers help where they can. for larisa and andriy it is an agonizing weight. their son has been pinned down in the hotel he owns. we wait, we hope, we pray they tell me. "this is the grief of all mothers, of all people," larisa says. "this is a tragedy." every time the phone rings there's a scramble. anticipation. that it could be their son's voice on the line. this time it is not. "excuse me. i can't talk," andriy says. "i'm waiting for my son." they are not the only ones waiting. these residents of a nursing home were among the last to be evacuated from irpin.