PARENTS ESCORT THEIR CHILDREN TO SCHOOL WITH RUC POLICE PROTECTION DURING LOYALIST BOMB ATTACK, 2001-09-05 (photo)

Parents escort their child to school alongside RUC police officers in riot gear, as they make their way up the Ardoyne Road to Holy Cross Primary School in North Belfast, September 5, 2001. A home-made bomb thrown by pro-British Loyalists exploded on Wednesday near police guarding Roman Catholic schoolgirls in Northern Ireland, injuring one policeman, witnesses said. Shrieking girls cowered beside their mothers as the bomb exploded shortly after 9 a.m. (0800 GMT), terrifying parents and schoolgirls walking through a huge security cordon to get to a school where rioting Protestants have taunted them for three days. A witness said he saw a "fizzing object" fly through the air before a loud explosion which caused children and their parents to scramble for safety. REUTERS/Paul McErlane PM