ANDREA KOPPEL, CNN ANCHOR: Each week, we try to catch up on stories that have faded from the headlines. We call this segment "How Quickly We Forget." During the Iraq War, a young boy's plight captured the world's attention. He lost both of his parents, both of his arms, and was severely burned during the bombing of Baghdad. Mark Webster of Britain's ITN shows us how he's doing.</s>MARK WEBSTER, ITN NEWS CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Hardly recognizable, the pain-racked boy evacuated from the chaos of Baghdad. Today Ali is exercising regularly and will soon be fitted with his artificial limbs. Doctors at the hospital in Kuwait, where he's been treated for the past six weeks, are delighted with his progress. In particular, the speed with which his skin grafts taken of his badly burned chest.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All the grafts did excellent. The grafts healed. The donor area healed. And Ali, he is for rehabilitation, I mean physical therapy, to strengthen the amputation (unintelligible) of the right upper limb to prepare him for the artificial limbs.</s>WEBSTER: Ali's shown incredible spirit in the face of his suffering. 16 members of his family were killed in the bomb blast, which left his hands so badly burned, they were amputated. He was close to death when he was brought here. "I stayed two weeks in Baghdad," Ali said. "And then I was transferred to Kuwait." I'm okay now the burns have healed." And I'm just waiting for the artificial limbs." It seems incredible, it was only mid April when I first saw him in the intensive care department of this Kuwait hospital. Feverish and in pain, he had to undergo hours of surgery to repair his damaged tissue. Now he will continue a tough regime to rebuild his physical strength. And though doctors have been amazed at his resilience, he also need help as he prepares for his new life and his eventual return to Baghdad.
How Quickly We Forget: Update on Ali