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IDF veterans relieve post-traumatic stress through sailing

Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for February 11, 2008.

By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10

A group of Israel Defense Forces veterans experiencing post-traumatic stress symptoms go sailing every week in a Defense Ministry rehabilitation project.

One of the shell-shocked veterans is Uri Lerner, who rescued under fire seven of his comrades after his unit was hit by an anti-tank missile during the Second Lebanon War.


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