European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday december 13, 1992 the stars and stripes b Page 3 masons help sick bosnian be kids cancer patient amputee brighten  new friends by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Weiden Germany a and Nair atomic is feeling much better these Days thank you. He is like any healthy 16-year-old boy a bit rambunctious. He mugs for a photographer and refuses to answer any question seriously. When others arc talk ing he interrupts to slap hands which seems to be his idea of a quintessential american thing to do. A you american a slap. Yes Admir has come a Long Way since he arrived in Germany seven weeks ago aboard a . Air Force plane for medical treatment after a mortar attack in his native Bosnia and Herzegovina blew off his legs. Back then he admitted he was pretty despondent. A i every Day cry. Cry cry cry a he said in a Brief serious moment shortly after lunch wednesday in his Hospital room. Now he bounces from his wheelchair to his bed with a Quick smooth motion his bandaged stumps less a Handicap than a curiosity  seems. When five doctors enter the room to study and discuss him. He asks them a you of a in Between Admir atomic 16, who lost both legs in a mortar attack is flanked by or. Ehron Fried Lachmann and sister Azra. Funny faces. With his wife Carol and has used some annual leave More than once to spend the Day. A we can communicate a Bonzo said. A a Little bosnian. A Little English. A Little German. A lot of  Bonzo sees the difference in attitude. When he first visited Admir talked of suicide because he was depressed. Now the boy jokes and teases when Bonzo arrives. A you could see the fear and the hatred and the apprehension a he said. A a we be overcome ail  or. Ehron Fried , surgeon  the Hospital said that the cheerful attitude of Admir who makes him laugh during a Brief visit is largely because of his improved condition. A the knows now he can live with the problem that he has a he said. A  is not As bad As  was  Azra also benefits from the americans attention. She is living in a refugee Center near Weidon with More than 200 refugees. She visits her brother daily which causes her to miss meals. Bonzo and the masons see that she is fed and cared for. Alan a grandmother and younger sister Are living with a German family and so require less assistance. Azra said Bonzon a help has changed the lives of her and her brother since the awful first Days in Germany. A now every Day is of. That Man helped us so much a she said pointing toward Bonzo. �?o1 feel for him and his wife like my parents. They never know what to me   Bonzo said the condition of the atom Icso parents Back in Sarajevo is unknown. The German red Cross delivered a letter this week that the parents wrote on nov. 9. Bonzo will ask the red Cross to deliver a reply if possible. The project to help the boys is not just for the Christmas season Bonzo said lie knows his Lodge  entered into a longtime Komi Mimoni Bui. Lie Aid the a off is great. A when von le.,  Bono said Quot of can see m then e is that Sou be done something Sealls Lealev  a a Donai Oti. To Hgt a Quot of in u Quot my to a Ltd Siu   , oat e a j i  i he   run ,.t is 65 621605 Boru o s soon is he 0&Quot this lbs or 411 Box a /6 Apo o j 112 part of his turnaround can be attributed simply to his improving condition and the natural resilience of one his age. But much of the credit goes to a group of americans from the Pyramid masonic Lodge in the Vilseck military Community. The masons have spent the past few weeks Ken Bonzo said restoring some lost youth in Admir and Alan Vlahov Jak 11, who arrived in Germany on the same plane for treatment of a cancerous brain tumor. A a we la never remove the hatred a said Bonzo the Lodge master. A but we put some a kids Back into  that was accomplished by simply treating the two boys As the youngsters they Are. The Lodge brought a television a videocassette recorder videos and video games to the room. The members take them snacks and recently brought a Small Christmas tree the boys decorated. An account for the boys  the merchants National Bank Branch in Vilseck has grown to $1,800. Many items of clothing have been donated. A German organization is paying for the medical treatment and sponsored the boys move to Germany Bonzo said. But he added a nobody had taken up the Gauntlet so to speak to address them As kids. We re going a Long Way toward doing  the two boys arrived in Germany on oct. 18 for treatment not available to them in their Homeland ripped apart by the civil War in former Yugoslavia that injured Admir. He was accompanied by his sister Azra 19. Alan was with his grandmother and younger sister. Admir will soon receive one prosthetic  and will receive the other one later. Alan has begun receiving cancer treatments regularly in Erlanger about 70 Miles West of Weiden. They still face Uncertain futures but the present for both of them has been improved by the americans. A Good people a said Alan when asked about the americans who have befriended him. He is not. As animated As his Roommate but is Friendly and polite. Bonzo electronic communications specialist for the 281st base support in in Vilseck visits the boys every Day often i n \ i Dovjak. 11. Has been undergoing treatment for a cancerous brain tumor for seven weeks in Germany. A amps Ron Jensen