Mr. Adler didn’t talk much about the war, but he did recount that particular incident, she said. “It was the one happy day in a war in which there weren’t many happy days,” she said Monday. By a stroke of luck, the daughter of one of the Naldis was watching and recognized them as the children. Mr. Incerti put them in touch with Mr. Adler in Florida, and they reunited virtually in December, an event that was broadcast on the news show — a feel-good Christmas tale at the tail end of a year when good news had been scarce. Gianpaolo Di Silvestro, a maker of resin models for collectors and museums, created a miniature of Mr. Adler with a 3-D printer that he hopes to market (alongside Darwin and other figures).

Source: International New York Times August 23, 2021 18:33 UTC