Indeed yes. And the range of emotions that a parent goes through when handing over their child. During a war time situation when most were evacuated from bombing I handed my child to people I knew a little but not friends to board an evacuation flight headed we knew not where, She had a little bag - slippers not shoes, because it all happened so fast and a piece of paper with my parent's telephone name and number. It was several days before we heard where the flights had hopped about to reach UK. The airport was crowded with tense people parting - mainly women and children leaving- and also people having to abandon their pets there. Surviving the bombing with a few hairy adventures - including straffing, shortages and more, I did not see my daughter for several months. She was six.
So I read stories of great people like Winton with a jot of understanding - and with great admiration and also suffer again the emotions of the families handing over their children in deep anguish mixed with relief.
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