A tragedy transformed: 40 years after fencing accident, Ukraine war reunites impacted families
When the bombs started falling in Ukraine in February, a retired Olympic fencer began making calls to a woman in the capital, Kyiv.
The fencer, Matthias Behr, and the woman, Emma Smirnova, are bound by a tragedy that predated Russia’s invasion of Ukraine by almost 40 years. A black-and-white photo of Behr captures the anguish.