I guess I was one of the lucky ones.

History tends to be unkind to the unlucky, but historians also judge leaders in terms of the causes of their luck.

Children get certain basic knowledge by studying the subject Biology, and only those lucky ones that have conscientious headteachers, deal with this topic during homeroom time, at the initiative of homeroom teachers or students.

None of these three factors was obvious in 1996 (although there were signs of the first and inklings of the third for those smart or lucky enough to read them).

Then, if lucky, after surviving this gruesome experience whose prize is freedom, when only a barbed wire fence separates them from Israel and their goal, they must go through the final death run and try to evade the bullets of the Egyptian soldiers stationed along the border.