European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday. December 13, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 3masons help sick bosnian be kid cancer patient amputee brighten at new friends by Ron Jensen Niernberg Bureau Wei Den Germany a Admir atomic is feeling much better these Days thank you. Lie is like any healthy 16-year-old boy a bit rambunctious. He mugs for a photographer and Retuss to answer any question seriously. When others arc talking he interrupts to slap hands which seems to be his idea of a quintessential american thing to do. A you american Quot slap. V is. 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 Quot 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 it seems. When five doctors enter the room to study and discuss him he asks them a you of Quot in Between funny faces. 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 Bono said restoring some lost youth in Admir and Alan Vlahov Jak 11, who arrived in Germany on the same plane Tor treatment of a cancerous brain tumor. Quot Well never remove the hatred Quot said Bonzo the Lodge master. Quot but we put some a kid 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. I he members take them snacks and recently brought a Small Christmas tree the boys decorated. An account for the boys at the merchants National Bank Branch in Vilseck has grown to s 1.81 0. 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 was toward doing  Quot a 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 leg 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 Quot said Alan when asked about the americans who Hae 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 with his Wile Carol a my has used some annual lease More than once to spend the Day. A we can communicate Quot Bono said. Quot 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. Quot you could see the fear and the hatred and the apprehension Quot he said. Quot we be overcome All  or. Ehrenfried . Surgeon it 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 Quot he said. A it is not As bad As it was  Azra also benefits from the americans attention. She is living in a refugee Center near Weiden with More than 200 refugees. She visits her brother daily which causes her to miss meals. Bonzo and the masons see that she is Ted 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. Quot now every Day is of. That Man helped us so much a she said pointing toward Bonzo. A i feel for him and his Wile like my parents. 1 hey never know what to me it  Bonzo said the condition of the atom is parents Back in Sarajevo is unknown. 1 he 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. I he project to help the boys is not just for the Christmas season Bonzo said. He knows his Lodge has entered into a longtime commitment. But he said the payoff is great. A when you leave them Quot Bonzo said Quot you can see in their eyes that you be done something really really  donations to help the toys can of made to thu special account at merchants Bank in Ilsock Tho account number is 65 621895 Bonzo 3 address is he co. 281st bib chm 411, Box 476. Apo 09112 a amps Ron Jenson Alan Vlahov Jak 11, has been undergoing treatment for a cancerous brain tumor for seven weeks