Voldemort's Attack on Lily and James

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 91063

John wrote:
<snip>While James was holding 
> Voldemort off, why didn't Lily take Harry and go? Can anyone find 
> any references in the books where someone Apparates will holding 
> something? I know its small but DD appears (maybe Apparates) onto 
> Private Dr, and still has the contents of his pockets (Put- outer),
so why 
> not put baby Harry in a backpack kid carrier and run for it?

Carol:
I think that not being able to apparate another person is part of the
answer (apparation--or apparition?--is IMO a form of
self-transportaion only), but much more important is the fact that she
could save Harry from Voldemort only through self-sacrifice. That's
why she kept screaming, "Not Harry! Kill me instead!"

Carol