A 28-year-old Yungerman R”L drowned in the Skverer mikva in the Makor Baruch neighborhood of Yerushalayim on Friday morning, erev Shabbos Chayei Sarah. The fatal drowning occurred in the mikva located on Bar Giora Street.
MDA responded to the scene, and the victim was found on the ground next to the mikva. CPR was implemented and after the victim’s condition stabilized, he was transported to Bikur Cholim Hospital in post cardiac arrest condition but died shortly after his arrival.
The details surrounding the fatal incident are unknown at the time of this report.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Baruch Dayan HaEmes.
I don’t understand something. He drowned but was found on the ground near the mikvah? Did someone pull him out first?
Anyway – definitely a tragedy! Another one of the many we have been hearing. Hashem Yerachem!
“the victim was found on the ground next to the mikva.’
So how does someone drown in a mikva and get himself to the ground next to the mikva?
BDE. Maybe he got out, but it was too late.
Dying while doing a mitzvah! WOW!
maybe someone else pulled him out, but didn’t know how to do cpr, so when MDA showed up “the victim was found on the ground next to the mikva”
So three Israeli websites including “Bechadrei Chareidim” site is reporting him to be alive in serious condition. Who’s wrong here?
are. typo.
This report is BH false. Although he did indeed seem to have had a heart attack in the mikve, he survived and over shabbos came to and responded to those around him.
UPDATE! the man is Still Alive in the ICU Unit pls say Tehilim for אליעזר יהודה בן אביבה יהודית
Why doesn’t YWN put in a new news report with an update? Not everyone goes back to the older stories here.