A Tale Of Three Worlds-Part 3

ALONG THE KOSOVO-ALBANIA BORDER











It is 1.30 in the morning.A group of UN peacekeepers are stationed at the border.A British soldier,Capt.Greg Ellington shares a bottle of vodka with his French counterpart, Capt.Loic Pagis to keep themselves warm in the cold Balkan weather.Greg and Loic sat on a rock and talked about their respective lives before they were posted to Kosovo.A few peacekeepers patrol a short stretch of the border.Suddenly,the siren sounded.The surveillance unit detected the presence of the Kosovo Liberation Army 12 kilometres from their outpost.The soldiers then got into their vehicles and moved towards the KLA's position.The NATO troops arrived at the location.They discovered a village consisting of of minority Serbs was completely destroyed.

The troops then signalled for reinforcements and within moment NATO trucks and ambulances arrived at the village.The troops then transported the displaced village folks to the NATO refugee shelter near their base.While transporting the villagers,Capt.Ellington came across a young,pretty girl who is wheelchair bound.Capt.Ellington helped the girl to get on the truck.From other villagers,Capt.Ellington got to know that the girl suffers from muscular dystrophy.Capt.Ellington felt sorry for the girl.Since then,he would visit the girl daily at the refugee camp.The girl would not speak to Capt.Ellington but like what people say,time heals everything.

Days later,she began to speak to Capt.Ellington.Since then,they will spend some time talking in the morning before Capt.Ellington leaves for his patrolling duties.The girl's name was Yana.She has been suffering from muscular dystrophy since she was a kid.Capt.Ellington then asked a favour from a Red Cross doctor, Dr.Lars Pfertzel to treat Yana.Dr.Lars paid Yana a visit on a Thursday evening and examined her.After some tests,he told Capt.Ellington that Yana is in the critical stage of the disease and she will not live beyond three months.Dr.Lars said this is because
she was deprived of proper treatment when she was young which would have delayed the spread of the disease.Capt.Ellington made a vow.He vowed that he will keep Yana happy during the last days of her life.