The Bridge Builder of Mostar

In 1993, shelling destroyed the Stari Most, a sixteenth-century Ottoman bridge arching over the Neretva River in Mostar, Bosnia. The bridge had connected the city's Croatian west side and Bosnian east side for over four hundred years. When it collapsed, so did any remaining pretense of unity. Neighbors became enemies. The river became a wall. After the war ended, a small team of engineers and stonemasons began the painstaking work of rebuilding.…