Fucking hilarious, guys. And right to have the palestinians right up there too. I'm off in search of armenian and tutsis pics.

"I knew when I met the Damms I would never forget them,"says Mary Ellen Mark, posing for Jesse Damm. "I did this story to help these children and others like them."

Doing the Right Thing

Eight years ago LIFE published a series of wrenching photographs by Mary Ellen Mark of Linda and Dean Damm and their two children-a homeless family in Los Angeles. Our readers rose to the occasion: You sent money, household goods, offers of help. You opened your hearts, and your wallets, to a family in need. As journalists, we try not to insert ourselves into our stories, but in this instance our human instincts took over. We sent your contributions on to Dean and Linda Damm.

In this issue we publish some new photos of the Damms (see page 86). Things have changed for the family over the past eight years-almost all for the worse. It's now clear to us, as it will be to you, that at least some of the money sent to them was spent for drugs.

An editor has a responsibility to play it straight with readers. We were wrong in 1987 to think that the Damms could handle receiving a large amount of money at one time. But you were right. Getting involved is always right. I will be sending a personal check not to the Damm family but to the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse, 332 S. Michigan Avenue, Suite 1600, Chicago, IL 60604-4357 -one of many organizations that spend their money well, on children who can and must be helped.

Daniel Okrent
Managing Editor

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Wow.  Could be one of the families I teach.

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