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Publication: MDA News Flashes -
http://www.magendavidadom.org/
Date: June 6, 2001
Over the weekend, Gary Kenzer, the
Executive Director of Magen David Adom, received an email from a personal
friend from Magen David Adom in Israel. Many of you who are subscribers
to our email list have read information written about this special person,
Yochai, in recent emails.
He wrote the following upon arriving
home after a long night involved in the aftermath of the Tel Aviv suicide
bombing. His words and emotions are very strong. After receiving his approval,
we are now sharing his message. We are providing this email as we received
it from Yochai.
helo my friend,
i m writing to u with teers in my
eyes. i am a volunteer in MDA for 11 years and i have seen it all, i have
been to terror attacks in the past but i have never seen somthng like that.
gary, it was like the angel of death and his friends had decided to go
and have a blood bath, calling all vempires in the neighborhood.
i got there and saw piles of dead
pepole. their bodies sliced and diced from their chest and above, young
kids who did nothing to anyone and just wanted to party on friday night.
inicent kids masikered by a murderer
who was sent ther by a master murderer.
gary, we stood there, about 70 meters
from the gate where the lake of blood was. suddenly, the wind brought the
smell which i know so well, the smell of blood. my nose is so sensitive
to this smell so i can smell it when i get to a room where somone spelt
a little blood. u can imagine how awfull was this wave of smell to
me. that was the smell of death in present. angel of death came and won
today.
the teers dont stop from trying
to get out and i dont let them. it is hard for me to cry. u must understand:
i realy have seen everything. i do not cry from others death. this time,
aperantly, it is to much and to strong even for me, the great cinikan.
i have forign volunteers who need
help because it is crazy for them and i cant give it to theme because i
will start crying myself. it is so hard to be a hero all the time and "save
the world". i want to have normal life like other people in other countrees.
i want to be able to go with my sandals and not with my shoes. i want to
be able to go out and throw the biper at home. i want to be able to walk
in the streets with short pants on. all of that i canot do because i am
on alert 24/7.
gary it is hard for us here. we
r pushing it to the limits. i was in 4 diferant multy casualties incidents
in the last 4 weeks! how much can a man stand? what is sader is that other
people r in the same condition that i am. it is hard!!!
dont get me wrong: we will not give
up! we will fight, but i think we shuld cry from time to time to ease our
life and feelings. any way, i had to write that. thank u for reading,
yochai
Yochai wants everyone to know that
he is fine and is dedicated even more to his work on behalf of Magen David
Adom.
We send this to you today to ask
each of you to re-dedicate yourself to the cause of Magen David Adom.
Of all the emails, please do not
keep this one a secret. Forward it to your family and friends.
Should anyone wish to send best
wishes to Yochai through any of our cards and certificates, we would be
happy to faciliate this. A link to the cards and certificates follows:
http://www.magendavidadom.org/cardsandcertificates.html
