Reply To: What Happened With Ezras Nashim In Boro Park On Monday Night?

Health: While this has gone astray from the original post, Hatzalah was not started in response to poor EMS response time. The founder of Hatzaloh, R’ Hershel Weber, saw someone suffer a heart attack and died while waiting for the City ambulance (I don’t know if it was called EMS in the 1960’s). At the time, there weren’t any people who passed by who could help the person. Seeking the advice of the Satmar Rebbe (R’ Yoel TZATZAL), he was advised to get training and single handily started what is now known as Hatzaloh. It started in Williamsburg and then migrated to Borough Park and Flatbush. From what I recall the first Hatzaloh members in Flatbush were accepted in 1975 or 1976.