21.   TRONOH, Mon. - A blind couple was among hundreds of parents who escorted their children to register at the Universiti Sains Malaysia campus near here yesterday.

22.   Two police officers escorted the child from a group home to a psychiatric institution west of Toronto on Friday night.

23.   When school let out Wednesday afternoon, parents and teachers escorted the children out, keeping them close.

24.   But children are being escorted by a teacher in groups of three or four to the bus stop.

25.   Elite privately-owned schools have tightened security, becoming virtual fortresses while nervous parents have begun escorting children to classes.

26.   Most privately-run schools have turned into virtual fortresses and jittery parents have escorted children to classes since the outbreak of kidnappings began.