Private Wojtek, the 35-stone 'soldier bear' which drank, smoked and battled the Nazis, remembered with £200,000 statue

A bear which 'fought' alongside Polish soldiers during the Second World War is to be honoured with a £200,000 statue in Edinburgh.

'Private Wojtek' was a 6ft-tall 35 stone Syrian brown bear which was adopted by a Polish regiment stationed in the Middle East .

When Allied commanders issued an order that troops advancing on Rome were not to be accompanied by animals, the bear was promptly enlisted in the 22nd Transport Division (Artillery Supply) of the Polish 2nd Army Corps.

Wojtek, which means - 'he who enjoys war' or 'smiling warrior' - became a popular figure, enjoying treats of beers and cigarettes given to him by soldiers.

Gentle giant: The 6ft-tall bear weighed 35 stone and 'fought' his way across Europe with Polish troops

Friendship: Private Wojtek and handler Peter Prendys will be memorialised in a statue to be put up in Edinburgh. The bear accompanied Polish soldiers during their march across the Middle East and Europe during the Second World War

During his most famous escapade, the animal voluntarily carried shells for Allied guns during the brutal Battle of Monte Cassino in 1944.

After the war the bear moved with his unit to Berwickshire, Scotland. In 1947 he was moved to Edinburgh Zoo where he spent the rest of his life.

Now the Scottish capital will commemorate his extraordinary life with the statue by sculptor Alan Herriot.

It will show the bear and his ‘keeper’, soldier Peter Prendys, placing a hand on the shoulder of the gentle giant, a stance he always adopted when the pair walked around camp together.

Mr Herriot said: 'Wojtek may be most famous for assisting his fellow soldiers in carrying the shells, but really the value was in the effect his presence had on morale.

'I was very keen to depict that close friendship they enjoyed with him, as well as the entertainment and laughter he brought to the troops.

'We are also talking to people about raising a similar statue in Warsaw and Monte Cassino.

'It’s not just about the bear, it is also to commemorate the part the Polish played in the Second world War.

'The British and other European countries owe a great deal to them.'



Wojtek - a Polish boys name which means 'happy warrior' - was acquired by the Polish Army as a cub, and quickly took on the role of mascot.

He provided a 'welcome distraction' from the horrors of the desert war, wrestling with the troops and entertaining them by getting into countless scrapes, from getting stuck up a palm tree to cornering an Arab spy.

He also became fond of drinking beer and smoking and eating cigarettes, making him a perfect friend for the soldiers.

When the war finished, Wojtek and his company were relocated to Winfield camp near Hutton in Berwickshire before the bear was moved to Edinburgh Zoo in 1947, where he lived out his final years.

Several sites in the capital are considered for the monument, including Hillside Crescent and Calton Hill.

When this is decided, an application for permission will be submitted to Edinburgh City Council, with the intention that the statue will be unveiled in around 12 months’ time.

The campaign to put up the memorial is backed by Cardinal Keith O’Brien - most of the Polish soldiers were Catholic - together with Euan Loudon, the former governor of Edinburgh Castle and Aileen Orr, author of the book Wojtek the Bear: Polish War Hero.

She said she had been captivated by his story ever since she visited him at Edinburgh Zoo, aged eight, with a Polish friend.

When Wojtek heard her friend speaking Polish his ears pricked up and he waved to the two delighted school girls.

In addition, Ms Orr’s grandfather, who had met the bear on a number of occasions during the war, told her stories about him when she was a child.

Ms Orr, from Lockerbie, said: 'Like many men, my grandfather didn’t like to talk about the war.

'But he was able to talk about about it a bit by telling me about Wojtek. He met the bear while he was serving in Palestine and Egypt and it made a great impression on him.

'What the bear offered all of these men was comfort. At a time when they were far from home, had nothing, and often no-one, Wojtek stood in for the wives, children, pets, family they’d left behind.

'He was someone to love and someone who loved them back.'

Edinburgh’s Lord Provost George Grubb said: 'Wojtek, the Soldier Bear, was a very familiar and much-cherished figure in Edinburgh and became part of the tradition and history of the Polish community in the city.

'We would like to ensure that his memory is preserved for generations to come and our monuments experts are currently working with the Polish community to help identify a suitably prominent site for his memorial statue.'

Familiar pose: Private Wojtek's statue at the Sikorski Museum in London

Awesome courage of the D-Day piper who the Nazis thought was mad

Under the fire of Nazi guns and wading through a sea turning crimson with the blood of fallen colleagues, Bill Millin struggled towards the Normandy sands.

Waist deep in water, he led the commandos of the 1st Special Service Brigade on to the beach as they fought to their deaths on the most famous day of World War II.

Amid the clatter of battle and dreadful cries of the injured, Millin only just caught the five words that turned him into a hero. 'Give us "Highland Laddie" man!' shouted Lord Lovat, the charismatic Chief of Clan Fraser and Brigadier of the 2,500 commandos, who was determined to put some backbone into his invading forces.


Piper Bill Millin played again on the Normandy beaches to celebrate the the 35th anniversary of the D-Day Landings

Bill Millin in 1944: The playing of the pipes lifted the spirits of hard-pressed British troops, and dumbfounded the German defenders

Obediently, 21-year-old Millin, Lovatt's personal piper, put the mouthpiece of his bagpipes to his lips, ignored the carnage and thundering crash of gunfire - and played as he had never played before.

It was 8.40 on June 6 1944, the morning of D-day. In the largest amphibious assault ever mounted, 150,000 troops from Britain, America and Canada were landing along a 60-mile stretch of the Normandy coastline.

D-day was the turning point in the Allies' battle against Hitler. And the name of Bill Millin, who died this week aged 88, is intrinsically linked with the events of that early summer's day. He is a reminder of the bravery and sacrifice of ordinary soldiers as they fought to protect this nation from the Nazis. He will live for ever in the annals of history.
The French awarded him their Croix d'Honneur and plan to erect a statue to him close to the beach where he marched ashore - the most eastern of the beaches picked by the Allies for the invasion.

The long stretch of sand where his haunting music stirred his fellow soldiers into battle near the French town of Ouistreham was codenamed Sword, while the other four beaches to the west were Omaha, Gold, Utah and Juno.

By the time Millin landed, it had already been a tumultuous journey across the Channel. 'I had my pipes with me as we set off from England the night before,' he explained later. 'I had been playing to the troops waiting to board the landing craft as we went along the Hamble river, and then I put them back in the box.

'Lord Lovat said: "You better get them out again because you can play us out of the Solent and into the Channel. You will be in the leading craft with me." '

He stood at the front of the landing craft piping The Road To The Isles. When the commandos were just off the Isle of Wight, they met thousands of other boats and ships carrying troops. 'They heard the pipes, and they were throwing their hats in the air and cheering,' he remembered.

He only stopped playing because the waves had become choppy and he was losing his balance. 'After we left the Solent and were out in the Channel, the hatches on the landing craft were put down and we were very cramped.

There were some people playing cards, but most were violently sick, including myself. The next morning I pushed open the hatch and looked out at a grey dawn. The wind was blowing and freezing

'Then after another half an hour people were starting to get gear together, their rucksacks on and were making towards the front of the craft. We could see the mist of the French shoreline and the neat bungalows along the seafront.'
Bill continued: 'Everyone was checking their kit, and putting their kit on. I didn't think of being shot, how many Germans there were or anything other than the smell of seasickness on me. We all got up on deck and we stood in the freezing wind watching the shoreline. Then the order came to get ashore and I was very pleased.'

Lord Lovat, 32, jumped into the water first. Because Lovat was over 6ft tall, Bill waited to see what depth it was before going in. He said: 'My kilt floated to the surface and the shock of the freezing cold water knocked all feelings of sickness from me.'

Within seconds the commandos were being struck down by German mortar shells and machine-gun fire. One commando was killed as Lovat got into the sea, his body floating up by Bill as he made for the shore.

Yet Lovat asked Bill to play again. He nearly refused. 'Well, when I looked round - the noise and people lying about on the ground, the shouting and the smoke, the crump of mortars,' he said later, 'I said to myself: "Well, you must be joking, surely."

But Lovat insisted, and Bill said: 'Well, what tune would you like, Sir?'

'How about Highland Laddie and The Road To The Isles?' said Lovat, telling him to walk up and down the beach as he played.

Bill could see soldiers lying face down in the water as he played. 'Troops to my left were trying to dig in just off the beach,' he recalled. 'Yet when they heard the pipes, some of them stopped what they were doing and waved their arms, cheering.'

Lovat's commandos were heavily machine-gunned and mortared, but had a vital objective and pressed on. They had orders to link up with the British 6th Airborne division and keep secure a strategically vital bridge over the Caen Canal three miles down a road full of German snipers beyond Sword beach.

The airborne division had captured the bridge in the early hours that day in an assault later immortalised in the classic film The Longest Day, in which the part of Millin was played by Pipe Major Leslie de Laspee, the official piper to the Queen Mother. The 180-strong company airborne division, led by Major John Howard, swooped at dawn in gliders.

The crossing was later renamed Pegasus Bridge, after the flying horse shoulder emblem worn by British airborne forces.

The attack took the Germans completely by surprise and stopped them from swarming over the bridge and towards Sword beach.

It also allowed the invading soldiers to push across the bridge and make their way through France.

Throughout that morning, the airborne division had to repel repeated counter-attacks at Pegasus, which was surrounded by Panzer divisions. And by early afternoon, the jaded British troops were urgently needing help from Lovat and his commandos.

Suddenly, at 1 pm, there was the sound of bagpipes. With Bill Millin playing Lovat's favourite tune Blue Bonnets Over The Border, the commandos marched into view. despite heavy German fire, as the red berets of the airborne division and the green berets of the commandos mingled there was a lightening of spirits.

Major Howard approached Lovat. Holding out his hand, he said: 'We are very pleased to see you, old boy.' Lovat responded: 'Yes, and sorry we are twoanda-half minutes late.'

The commandos went over the bridge to confront the Germans - with Bill Millin playing his pipes as brave as a lion leading the way.

'not once did I think I was going to die,' said Bill afterwards. 'I was too busy playing. We had been attacked by snipers once we left Sword Beach, particularly from cornfields on the right of the road. 'At one point I glanced round, stopped playing and everyone was face down on the road. even Lovat was on one knee. Then the next thing this sniper comes scrambling down from a tree and Lovat and our group dash forward.

'We could see this sniper's head bobbing about in the cornfield. Lovat shot at him and he fell. Lovat sent two men into the cornfield to see what had happened, and they brought back the dead body.'

reMArkABLY, the only weapon Bill carried that long day was a Scottish dirk in his sock. He survived unscathed The Germans put a hole in his bagpipes with shrapnel. So he just pulled a spare set out of his rucksack.

The great mystery is why the Germans didn't gun him down. He couldn't have been more conspicuous in full Highland dress and with blaring bagpipes.

Pipers were banned in conflict zones after World War I because so many died. Lovat's orders for Bill to play on d-day breached all Army rules.

It would take Bill more than 40 years to find out why he survived. He said: 'I met a German commander at a dday reunion and asked why they hadn't shot me.

'The commander just tapped his head and said "We thought you were a 'Dummkopf ', or off your head. Why waste bullets on a Dummkopf?" '

The moment bystanders battled plane crash inferno in desperate attempt to rescue family trapped inside

Miraculously, no one else was hurt as the plane blazed in busy downtown Anchorate

Heroes: Police said the lives of four people on board - including a two-year-old child - were saved by the Good Samaritans

Rescue attempt: Bystanders try to lift the burning wreckage of a Cessna 206 plane as they search for survivors shortly after it crashed in a busy business district near downtown Anchorage on Tuesday

This is the moment that horrified Good Samaritans risked their lives in a desperate attempt to rescue a family trapped on board a burning plane.

The small Cessna 206 crashed in a busy business district near downtown Anchorage, Alaska, during rush hour on Tuesday evening.

A four-year-old boy was killed - but miraculously, four others were pulled from the plane alive.
Brave bystanders raced to help those onboard after the plane clipped the roof of a motel and crashed in front of an unoccupied former car lot office.



'It was the citizens who did the work and pulled people out,' police Lt. Dave Parker said.

A witness, Hunter Brosh, said a girl was among those pulled out alive. Brosh was one of the motorists who jumped out of their cars to help get people out of the burning plane.

Anchorage police said in a statement late Tuesday that 16-year-old Rachel Zientak of Texas was one of the injured passengers and was to be transferred to a Seattle hospital.
Also onboard were the pilot of the aircraft, 34-year-old Preston Cavner; his wife, 32-year-old Stacie Cavner; and their son, two-year-old Hudson, police said. The three will be flown to a hospital in Portland, Oregon.

Authorities identified the four-year-old boy who died as another son of the couple, Miles Cavner.

The single-engine plane was registered to Cavner and Julian Inc., a guide and outfitting business based in Port Alsworth, Alaska.
Police said the Cavners operate a lodge at Port Alsworth, Alaska, and Zientak was one of their employees.

Jennifer Rodi, a National Transportation Safety Board investigator, said it was too early to say what caused the crash.

The aircraft went down after departing Merrill Field about a mile (less than two kilometers) away.

Rodi said the four survivors were critically injured. However, Brosh said the girl onboard was able to unbuckle herself before she was helped out of the wreckage.

Good Samaritan pushes van off level crossing a split second before train hits... then leaps to safety

A real-life Good Samaritan risked his life to push a stalled van off a railway level crossing a split second before a train passed over.

The quick-thinking man was the passenger on a motorcycle behind the white van, which stalled as it crossed the tracks.

After the van driver failed to get the vehicle moving, the man jumps off the bike and pushed it to safety - narrowly avoiding the train as he jumps back off the tracks.
Security cameras captured the dramatic scenes in Tigre, north Argentinian capital Buenos Aires.

The hero appears to be stunned in the immediate aftermath but then punches the air when he realises he's saved the day and embraces his companion.
The video received almost 70,000 views in just one day on YouTube, with viewers commenting on the man's amazing bravery.

One wrote: 'We need more guys like him in this world. Genuine Hero!', while another commented: 'I think that was COOL!!!!! we need more people like him in this world.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1250458/Hero-Argentina-pushes-van-safety-stalled-railway-crossing-train-approached.html#ixzz0fLDAi9gz










Stalled: The van comes to the stop as the two men on the motorcycle look on

Stranded: After moving the van off the tracks, the man finds himself in the train's path.Bravery: Ignoring the train bearing down on him, the man pushes the van clear

Safe: The man darts clear, just inches away from death

Close call: The train pulls to a stop as the man runs clear

Scotland Yard raids London addresses after Al Qaeda suspect tries to blow up U.S. passenger jet

Security alert: A man with suspected links to Al Qaeda allegedly tried to blow up a plane as it prepared to land in Detroit. Police are searching addresses in central London after it emerged the man was a student at University College London

Warm welcome: Zan Jafry (left) helps his father Syed Jafry, who was aboard the affected flight, with his coat

Relief: Jeannia Samimi ( left), pictured with her daughters Emily and Amber, waits for her daughter Jasmin to disembark the Northwest flight

Security alert: Police patrol the airport following the attempted attack

Personnel swarm around Northwest Airlines Flight 253 after a Nigerian suspect allegedly tried to detonate a powdery substance

Onward bound: Shocked passengers from the flight leave the Detroit terminal

Searches are being carried out in central London after a man with suspected links to Al Qaeda allegedly tried to blow up a transatlantic plane, Scotland Yard said today.

Security has been stepped up at UK airports for passengers flying to the US, the Department for Transport said.

The Nigerian suspect allegedly tried to detonate a powdery substance on a flight from Amsterdam as it prepared to land at Detroit with 278 people on board.
US law enforcement officials identified the suspect as Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab.

The 23-year-old is reportedly an engineering student at University College London.

A spokeswoman for Scotland Yard said: 'We are in liaison with the US authorities.

'Searches are being carried out at addresses in central London.'

She refused to give further details.

It is understood from security sources that police and MI5 will want to see 'as a matter of priority' the significance of any time that he spent in the UK.

It is also understood that extra staff and resources have been assigned to the investigation.

One of the key priorities will be to check whether he has cropped up in the course of any other investigations.
A Department for Transport spokeswoman said: 'In response to events in Detroit the US authorities have requested additional measures for US-bound flights.

'We are monitoring the situation and will make any assessments as necessary as this develops.'

Although general airport security remains the same, with no change to luggage and liquid restrictions, passengers travelling to the US can expect increased searches at the gate before boarding.

Airport operator BAA said in a statement: 'Passengers travelling to the United States should expect their airline to carry out additional security checks prior to boarding.

'To support this important process, which will take time, we would advise passengers to leave more time to check in and limit the amount of baggage being taken on board the aircraft.

'If in any doubt, please contact the relevant airline for further information.'
Passengers scrambled to subdue the man after the attempted attack on the Northwest Airlines Flight 253 yesterday.

Dutch passenger Peter Smith said: 'It sounded like a firecracker in a pillowcase.

'First there was a pop, and then (there) was smoke.'

He said one passenger appeared to have been burned after climbing across other passengers to try to restrain the alleged attacker.

Shortly afterwards, the suspect was apparently taken to a front row seat with his trousers cut off and his legs badly burned.

The White House said it believed it was an attempted act of terrorism.

The US government has tightened airport screening measures as a result of the incident, which is reminiscent of a terror attempt by 'shoe bomber' Richard Reid.

The Briton tried to destroy a transatlantic flight in 2001 with explosives hidden in his shoes. He was subdued by other passengers and is serving a life sentence in the US.

A US law enforcement source said Mutallab's name surfaced on at least one US intelligence database but not to the extent that he was placed on a watch list or a no-fly list.
US sources also claimed the man claimed to have been instructed by Al Qaeda to detonate the plane over US soil.

But other law enforcement officials said this could not be immediately verified and the man may have been acting independently.

The man was being treated in an Ann Arbor, Michigan, hospital.

The White House said President Barack Obama discussed the incident with security officials and was monitoring the situation from his holiday spot in Hawaii.

The Homeland Security Department encouraged travellers to be observant and aware of their surroundings and report any suspicious behaviour.

Terrorism expert Dr Sally Leivesley told BBC News: 'This looks as though it is a first attempt of a new way to use the body to conceal explosives.

'In the past it was a can of liquid explosive.

'Now they may be concealing the explosives on the human body, but on the inside upper leg, and we only know this by seeing a very badly burnt leg on the suspected perpetrator.'

She said the suspect may have used a syringe to conceal a chemical used for detonation.

Aviation expert Chris Yates told BBC News: 'Security is not 100 per cent at airports anywhere in the world, that's been shown time and time again. The security processes are relatively robust but we can't head off every single threat.

'Why did this individual not get a second screening having come off a flight from Nigeria apparently?

'He should have, if he had been monitored by the intelligence services, he should have been identified as a person who they have an interest in.'



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California School Close after Kid with 8 pipe boms attack

A teacher being hailed as a hero said Tuesday he had no time to think when he encountered a 17-year-old boy who detonated two pipe bombs at a Northern California high school while armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives.

Teacher Kennet Santana, 35, is one of a number of Hillsdale High School staffers credited with subduing the bombing suspect. He told The Associated Press he was walking cautiously toward the disruption on Monday when he found himself face to face with the boy.

"He had a black tactical vest on with lots of pockets," Santana said by phone Tuesday. "We were maybe six feet away from each other at this point, we're talking seconds, there was not time for a lot of thinking."

The explosions caused neither serious damage nor injury, but the 1,270-student school was evacuated, and Santana and the other staff members were credited with stopping a situation that could have played out much more tragically.

Evidence collected so far suggests the boy had planned the attack for months, and that he had a number of specific targets on the school faculty whom he believed had wronged him, San Mateo police Chief Susan Manheimer said.

"He had planned in brutal and chilling detail this action over months," she said. "He clearly was out to demonstrate he could get back at the school administration."

The unidentified boy, a San Mateo resident who had not attended the school for more than a year, was arrested just after the second blast about 8 a.m. at the school at 3115 Del Monte St.

The remaining eight bombs were strapped to his chest in a military-style vest, San Mateo police Chief Susan Manheimer said during a news conference.

The teen detonated the bombs in the north west hallway of the academic wing near the library, police said.

Evidence collected so far suggests the boy had planned the attack for months, and that he had a number of specific targets on the school faculty whom he believed had wronged him, San Mateo police Chief Susan Manheimer said.

"He had planned in brutal and chilling detail this action over months," she said. "He clearly was out to demonstrate he could get back at the school administration."

Santana said the boy, whom police have not identified because he is a minor, could have run toward the street to escape, but instead chose to follow the fleeing students.

"He was trying to go toward the kids, he could have exited to the street," Santana said. "He was trying to go toward the drama."

"I decided to close distance and bear-hugged him and restrained his arms. We were face-to-face, chest-to-chest," he said.

Police quickly arrived and arrested the teen on suspicion of six felony counts of attempted murder, igniting a destructive device with intent to murder, possession of destructive devices, possession of destructive devices on school grounds, possession of destructive devices with intent to injure or destroy property and assault with a deadly weapon.

The boy is being held in San Mateo County's juvenile hall while the district attorney reviews the evidence and decides whether he should be tried as an adult.

Law enforcement officials said the result could have been much worse. They lauded the work of Santana and other staff members who helped subdue the boy.

"The teachers acted heroically and risked their own lives," said police Lt. Mike Brunicardi. "(They) were not taking into consideration their personal safety, they were taking the greater good into mind to save 1,270 students and about 100 school staff members.

Back on campus Tuesday, Santana and other teachers discussed the incident. Students were scheduled to return on Wednesday, and teachers, students and others will gather to discuss the incident in the morning then restart classes in the afternoon.

Santana said the boy did not struggle, only saying "let me go" after he'd been held.

"He was not struggling, it was almost like he was defeated," Santana said.

After stopping the boy with a bear hug, Santana threw him to the floor and was joined by Principal Jeff Gilbert and school counselor Ed Canda. The three held the boy down until police arrived.

"We had more people running to the explosion than we had running away from the explosion," Gilbert said. "So I think that speaks to the staff and just what they feel about the students."

-Police near the school-


Scott Laurence, Superintendent of San Mateo Union High School District, left, watches as workers work near a spot where damage was found after a two pipe bombs were detonated on Monday at Hillsdale High School on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in San Mateo, Calif. A day after a 17-year-old boy armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives detonated two pipe bombs at a Northern California high school before being restrained, teachers and staff were back at work trying to make sense of it all.



Teacher Kennet Santana, 35, center, with counselor Ed Canda, left, prepares to speak at a news conference at Hillsdale High School on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in San Mateo, Calif. At right is Scott Laurence, Superintendent of San Mateo Union High School District. A day after a 17-year-old boy armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives, detonated two pipe bombs at a Northern California high school before being restrained, teachers and staff were back at work trying to make sense of it all. Santana is credited with subduing the bombing suspect



Teacher Kennet Santana, 35, left, with counselor Ed Canda, right, speaks at a news conference at Hillsdale High School on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009, in San Mateo, Calif. A day after a 17-year-old boy armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives detonated two pipe bombs at a Northern California high school before being restrained, teachers and staff were back at work trying to make sense of it all. Santana is one of the staffers credited with subduing the bombing suspect.



-Alex Youshock has been identified by sources as the suspect in a bombing incident at Hillsdale High School that took place Monday morning. -


-Police arrest the 17-year-old suspect-

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SAN MATEO, CA Hundreds of worried parents in San Mateo rushed to pick up their children Monday morning after an explosion rocked Hillsdale High School.
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