lodged in my spine.”

Fatih, Ali’s father, adds: “An ambulance arrived on the scene immediately and took us to the hospital. Ali stayed there for three days, then spent several months in bed, at home. All the while, the bombing grew heavier and our town gradually came under siege. We realized things were getting too dangerous. I sold my shop and a few weeks later, we arrived in Lebanon.”

The Handicap International team heard about Ali shortly after he arrived. The organization provided him with physical therapy sessions and medical equipment, including an anti-sore mattress, bed, and ointments, to make his life easier and to help heal his wounds. Today, Cynthia asks Ali about his injuries, while Elias talks with him and his family. As the years pass by, AliThe Canadian frigate HMCS Regina is donning a new look ahead of its deployment next summer to Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC), the world’s largest international marine warfare exercise, in the Pacific Ocean.

The new paint job commemorates 75 years since the end of conflict on the other shore.

The Battle of the Atlantic was the longest fight of the Second World War, in which Canadian warships and aircraft hunted German U-boats and escorted supply convoys to Britain.

Thirty-three Canadian ships were sunk in the battle, including the original HMCS Regina, which was torpedoed off Britain and went down in seconds, killing 30 crewmembers, in 1944.

The paint scheme is a form of retro naval camouflage, often referred to as “dazzle” paint, which historically made visually tracking and targeting the vessels