Help me fly Jakes's mom to Israel
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Jake is 19, and decided three years ago that he was going to join the IDF, and he thought of nothing else since. In August, he made Aliyah with a program called Garin Tzabar. He has lived on Kibbutz Ma'aleh Gilboa with his Garin of 15 lone soldiers for the last three months, improving their Hebrew and getting ready to draft,and they all enlisted last week.
Jake made it into Golani with his best friend. He was ecstatic. He called me at 6 in the morning and said, "Mom...I'm a Golanchik!"
They started last Sunday. On Friday morning, he and three friends from the Garin were sitting in the bus stop, waiting for a ride back to the kibbutz. A Palestinian terrorist plowed his car directly into them, sending Jake and his friend flying. He then got out of his car with a knife to stab them but Daniel, with a broken leg, tackled him. He got stabbed in the leg wrestling with him. Thank God, a volunteer search and rescue police officer saw what happened, and immediately shot the terrorist. That man's friend happened to be an EMT, and started administering first aid to the boys until the ambulances got there.
Jake was taken to Hadassah hospital, with a broken ankle and badly wounded arm. Daniel was evacuated to the trauma unit at Sha'are tzedek, where he had emergency surgery on his leg.
He will be in a cast, confined to a wheelchair for 6 weeks, and then will begin rehabilitation. Right now he's just really hurting, I think the emotional recovery will come later.
I am anxious to get to him as soon as possible. Our hope is that Aby could go when I return, so that Jake has more time with visitors.
Jake made it into Golani with his best friend. He was ecstatic. He called me at 6 in the morning and said, "Mom...I'm a Golanchik!"
They started last Sunday. On Friday morning, he and three friends from the Garin were sitting in the bus stop, waiting for a ride back to the kibbutz. A Palestinian terrorist plowed his car directly into them, sending Jake and his friend flying. He then got out of his car with a knife to stab them but Daniel, with a broken leg, tackled him. He got stabbed in the leg wrestling with him. Thank God, a volunteer search and rescue police officer saw what happened, and immediately shot the terrorist. That man's friend happened to be an EMT, and started administering first aid to the boys until the ambulances got there.
Jake was taken to Hadassah hospital, with a broken ankle and badly wounded arm. Daniel was evacuated to the trauma unit at Sha'are tzedek, where he had emergency surgery on his leg.
He will be in a cast, confined to a wheelchair for 6 weeks, and then will begin rehabilitation. Right now he's just really hurting, I think the emotional recovery will come later.
I am anxious to get to him as soon as possible. Our hope is that Aby could go when I return, so that Jake has more time with visitors.
Organizer
Yael Kagan
Organizer
Encino, CA
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