(10 Sep 2004) SHOTLIST
1. Members of Dzandarov family together outside house - the father Bartraz on left, Alana to his right, then Alan to her right then another girl and then the grandfather
2. Alana with bruises on the side of her face
3. Grandfather holding Alan
4. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Bartraz Dzandarov, father of Alan and Alana:
"They were like normal kids (before the siege) - they played together, came here with their friends and played both at home and in the kindergarten."
5. Alan and Alana with their friends playing in the yard
6. Bartraz Dzandarov, holding his son Alan and coming through the door followed by mother Zalina Dzandarova holding hands with Alana
7. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Bartraz Dzandarov, father of Alan and Alana:
"On the first night (after her release) she (Alana) would wake up and spontaneously relate all she had been through, even though no one asked her about it."
8. Children including Alan and Alana playing in front of house
9. SOUNDBITE (Russian) Bartraz Dzandarov, father of Alan and Alana:
"Their mother took the youngest (Alana) and left for the ceremony (on 1st September for the start of the school year), where the trouble happened. I was one minute late (for the ceremony). When the shooting started, I ran. They were shooting at point blank range and I think I was very lucky (not to have been shot)."
10. Zalina Dzandarova coming through the door and moving towards a car
11. Alana running from one doorway to another, then back with friends
12. Beslan street
13. Pan of Beslan houses
14. Alana's bicycle
15. Neighbours standing by the entrance to the Dzandarov's house
STORYLINE
Amongst the tragedy of the Beslan school siege and its bloody conclusion are some stories of hope.
Zalina Dzandarova thought she would never see her daughter again, after being forced by the terrorists to leave her behind.
On the second day of the siege, the hostage takers gave her an agonising choice - she could leave the school and take her two-year-old son Alan to safety.
But she would have to leave her six-year-old daughter Alana behind, to an uncertain fate.
And she had to decide immediately.
The choice came as the terrorists allowed 26 mothers and babies to leave the school on 2 September.
After thinking briefly, Zalina left the gymnasium where the hostages were being held, taking Alan with her, while Alana screamed for her not to leave.
Even now she cannot explain exactly what prompted her decision.
When the siege ended in gunfire and explosions, Zalina was nearby with hundreds of other relatives.
Along with her mother, she rushed to the hospital, where miraculously they found Alana.
Apart from some very minor injuries, she was unscathed.
Alana said a 15-year-old boy had saved her when the gunfire started.
So far, Alana and Zalina have not discussed the choice the mother was forced to make.
Zalina also did not want to talk in front of the camera.
The psychological scars are likely to last for many years.
Still, the family know they are very lucky to have been reunited.
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