2 minutes agoPrince Harry kneels to the 102-year-old World War II veteran (Video/Photo)
Periskopi(9 years ago)
(9 years ago)Prince Harry surprised a 102-year-old World War II veteran on a personal visit after he publicly thanked the prince for everything he had done for the service staff. Sergeant James Norman Baker appeared live on a TV screen during a football wheelchair match at the Invictus Games tonight to praise [...]
Sergeant James Norman Baker was shown live on a TV screen during a football wheelchair match at the Invictus Games tonight to commend Prince Harry for the competition's rise, reported “Daily Mail”, the Periscope broadcast.
The 33-year-old prince, who himself served for a decade in the army, including two tours in Afghanistan, was so displaced that he ran to the arena steps to find Sergeant Baker, who was in the carriage and greeted him.
On his knees, he held the old man's hand and listened as he repeated his gratitude.
Sergeant Baker then said: “I wanted to tell you about my support and enjoy the games. See their soul. They show amazing strength of character as well as of the body. I think they do a great job”. It's important because without this, many of them wouldn't be where they are today. Prince Harry's efforts have encouraged them to find a competitive spirit, confidence and unite: to make them feel like they have a place in the world when they may have lost hope”.
Harry founded the Invictus games, a parallel event in the style of wounded military and women held in Toronto this year in 2014.
The idea behind it is to help facilitate their recovery physically and mentally, but the games have also become known their high-class competition.
Sergeant Baker, from Toronto, served with Canada's Royal Regiment for four years.
Baker was then part of the Allied Forces moving across France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. In 2012, he met with Prince of Wales when Charles presented new elements in the Royal Regiment in Varsity City, Toronto.
The prince said there was much cynicism and apathy in the world, and he urged the young people to take that fear away from them and to hear their voice.
He said: “in today's world many people feel cynical and apathy”.
I understand that the challenges we face sometimes seem complex and even frightening, especially when we don't know who to turn to for answers to”, he added.
I know that you, more than any previous generation, take deep care of the health and sustainability of the planet that will inherit”, he stressed.
These are evidence that today's generation of young people is more connected, more energetic and safer than the planet has ever known”, the decaIroy./Periscopi/
