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Eddie Roach was sitting in her office in Cork in the south of Ireland
when all of a sudden the fax machine lit up.
Well, first of all, can I just say in terms of technology, it was the first fax machine we had ever seen.
We didn't know anybody with the fax number
and we used to wait in case somebody miraculously might send us a fax message, but it actually happened.
And it just said, SOS Appeal.
For God's sake, help us to get the children out.
It does now seem likely that sometime in the last couple of days there's