The 2 nine yr olds.

Agreed.

When Olga (the girl) started to cry at the thought of seeing her mother and sisters again after three years apart, I ALSO started to.

John

I have been unable to stop thinking about them (especially Olga) and the hundreds of children like them since I saw the film a day ago. She was my first thought when Kevin described what he saw on the train and left me with a nauseous feeling in my stomach. It's truly heartbreaking.

I agree. I saw this Documentary the first time this a.m. It's so weird. My Dogs woke me up at 5 a.m. wanting to go outside....I'm convinced that was not a coincidence. I'm concinced I gotta figure out a way to help.

I still can't get over Kevin (GOD--remember his story witnessing the 15-men that raped a Mother/Daughter. NO CHILD!! (much less human)---should have to witness that (and much less be a victim of that).

I wish they had an Update on how Olga/Freddy are doing. I suppose for "security reasons" if they did make it over the Boarder they don't want American authorities to know.

They were such sweet/innocent kids.

Geesh, when I was nine-years old, all I had to worry about was the 2/3 of a mile walk up the street to catch the school bus on time.

Can you imagine 9-YEARS OLD!!! traveling 20-days (and they expected another 10-days more to go).

What really got me, is you see the "innocence" in Freddy when Olga starts to cry about thinking of her family. Poor little kid, if you watch his reaction, he's like a Deer in headlights. I mean, how can you expect a kid to know to give her a hug and make her feel better. To me, it just showed how "Sweet/innocent" they both were. And they traveled ALONE--over 1450 miles.

I will Pray to God His hand of protection is on them I cannot IMAGINE if anything "horrific" were to happen to them.

there is NOTHING that gets me more upset than seeing a Child suffer. Children don't "choose" their paths in life---they are only "victims" of circumstances and KILLS me to see them going through that. It's not right. If we truly are our brother's keeper, they shouldn't have to go through that...It's not right.

after the story about the mother and daughter who were raped by 15 men on the train i really began to worry anymore for that little girl. she was a beautiful little girl and i hope to God no one did anything to her. the journey is traumatizing enough. it looked as though they were traveling with an older gentleman so hopefully he was able to keep both her and the boy safe.

this documentary was a definite smack in the face of reality because living in California you see these immigrants everyday just trying to make it.

do you like fish sticks?

Oh God that was heart wrenching, I'm sure everyone cries in that part, it's so heartbreaking to see Olga decribing her dream of reaching her family and playing in the snow and when she starts crying, ohhh man, just thinking about it brings me to tears, I hope God has protected them wherever they are.

"This isn't a thimble, it's Turkish nipple armor."

The filmmakers came to my school and spent several days meeting with students and answering questions.

They couldn't help the children get across the border because they would be contributing to illegal activities, and they would cease being documentarians and become activists. They did, however, continuously warn the children of the dangers, as well as offer to take them back to their parents if they changed their minds.

As for the two nine-year-olds, they were in the hands of smugglers, and the filmmakers couldn't follow them. There were actually many kids that were interviewed in this film, but they had to be cut. Too many faces makes it hard for the audience to connect to any particular character. It stops being about the journey.