Pg… 3 THE TRAGEDY OF SOMALIA

Pg… 15 OUR TIMES

Pg… 22 LETTERS

Pg… 24 FACING THE WALL On its 10th anniversary, the Vietnam Memorial remains a potent reminder of a nation's grief BY LISA GRUNWALD

Pg… 38 THE MICHAEL JORDAN NOBODY KNOWS In a new book, BOB GREENE tells why everybody wants to be like Mike

Pg… 56 SEA WORTHY It's not always smooth sailing for Danish teens on a harrowing voyage to America

Pg… 64 THE CAVERN OF LITTLE MONSTERS From a dark underground world, sealed off' for millions of years–27 mutant insect species that time forgot PHOTOGRAPHS BY PATRICK LAND1VIANN AND CHRISTIAN LASCU

Pg… 72 MISTER ROGERS For 25 years the message of his TV ministry has been that every child is special. So is he BY JEANNE MARIE LASKAS

Pg… 85 SNAPSHOT A Tale of New City

Pg… 86 JUST ONE MORE : Cover photograph by Christopher Morris Inset: Edie Baskin