For daycare worker Georgia Haloulos, being around children and playing helps her take her mind off the tragic news of a bus driving into a Laval daycare. 'When we leave the premises, it's a different story.'
Like many others across Quebec, this daycare in Rouyn-Noranda tied white cloths to its gate to show solidarity with the daycare in Laval that was hit by a bus on Wednesday.
"We want to make sure we send them back home happy, that they've had a great day, they've been educated, they had fun, they played with their friends. You make sure they go home safe. No one wants to call a parent or let a parent hear that. The thought gives us chills."Haloulos is still trying to process what happened while knowing she can't bring those difficult emotions to work, as the children "don't need the stress," she said.
"We are trying to breathe, tell ourselves it already happened, we're trying to be calm and not showing anything to our kids today," she said. Samir Alahmad, president of the Private Daycare Association of Quebec, said he has never faced anything like Wednesday's attack and hopes he never has to again.
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