As the Los Angeles wildfires tore through neighborhoods, turning skies red and choking the air with smoke, a police officer was patrolling the edge of an evacuated zone. The fires had already destroyed homes and hillsides. In the haze and silence, a sudden crash caught his attention. Thinking it might be a break-in, he approached with caution. What he found instead was something that stopped him in his tracks. A burned-out sedan sat by the roadside, windows coated in soot. Inside, a large figure sat still in the driver’s seat. It was a mother bear, hunched over the lifeless body of her cub. Her fur was singed, her breathing labored, and her eyes met his with a depth of emotion that felt almost human: grief, pain, and exhaustion. The cub lay at her feet, small and motionless, covered in ash. Firefighters…
In the Fire’s Fury, a Mother’s Love Stood Strong
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