Hurricane Irene: second yiddisha korban

Last edited by gold21 on Mon, Aug 29 2011, 11:23 pm; edited 1 time in total

hmmm... I doubt that the boy was waiting for his school bus... the schools were closed...

he opened up the gate in front of his house (the gate was there to keep the kids safe, ironically) and the electric current passed thru

that area of monsey was barely affected at all by Hurricane Irene. it seemed like a regular thunderstorm. no downed trees in that part of town as far as I know.

many people went to shul in the AM

the father of the boy kicked the boy away from the electrified gate, but he was wearing rubber boots, and rubber doesnt trasmit electricity, so he was only slightly burned

however, the neighbor that tried to shove away the little boy was not wearing boots and he was electrocuted and passed onto a better world, where he will undoubtedly be given tremendous schar for endangering hs life (and ultimately losing it) because he cared. he was a very caring man.

the little boy is about 6 yrs old I think? and my little brother says he is very cute! may he have a Refuah Shleimah B'Karov and bring happiness to both families involved.

Disclaimer: I was B"H B"H not witness to what happened, and this is all hearsay, but from reliable sources who know the families. I cannot promise the accuracy of the information above, but I believe it is accurate.

by the way, 2 of the people included in the total number of deaths were on the beach, and one was surfing.

isnt that basically suicide?

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Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2011, 7:42 pm Post subject:

Gold, I heard from someone who is best friends with the man who passed away-he told me that it was at 2 AM and the boy went out to watch the storm and he stepped on a live wire. His father was wearing rubber boots which saved him. Regardless of when it happened, it was all over the news, radio, etc that NO ONE should leave their houses until 9 PM Sunday evening because of the high winds and the risk of falling trees, power lines, etc.
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Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2011, 7:57 pm Post subject:

Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2011, 8:06 pm Post subject:

For those who know him, how is he doing?

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Posted: Tue, Aug 30 2011, 8:35 pm Post subject:

Oy refua shelaima-I really hope he has a full recovery

im not sure that the details matter at this point, but like I said, OodlesofNoodles, it was not 2 AM, and IYamwhoIYam, I dont think it was 2 PM either... Notice that YeshivaWorld / VosIzNeias was carrying the story by like 12:00 or so.... I heard about the situation by like 12:30, when Tehillim was being arranged.... but I'm sure it was an ongoing situation with Hatzola still needed at 2 PM and later....

not that it matters at this point.

I just want to be clear that nobody did anything wrong in this situation. tons of people were out at 11 o'clock AM, when the tragedy occurred. the area was not hit very hard by Irene, other than with this horrible event.