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The Anonymous Hero
by Rabbi Mendel Weinbach
The Israeli solder heard the sound of shots coming from a lonely spot in Hebron and rushed to investigate what had happened. There he saw another solider lying in a pool of blood, the victim of a terrorist attack. He quickly administered first aid, summoned help and accompanied the ambulance to the emergency room of the hospital. The doctors told him that the patient would live only because of the initial medical attention he had provided.
This is a beautiful story. I know people will be skeptical whether it is true or not. It really doesn’t matter if it is. We just need to know that it could be because these things do happen. Stories like this happen every day.
I was involved in a few suicide cases. On girl I had met only that day when I was called to help her that evening. I literally didn’t know her from Adam. I went running to her aid and missed a family function to help her. She finally agreed to go to the ER with me and I promised to stay with her all night till she had an admission to the Psych ward for care. She was of age and refused to call any family member. I went to visit her a few times a week and she still hadn’t gotten in touch with her family. I brought her kosher food and clothing and tried to do whatever she needed to feel loved and wanted. She finally reached out to some members of her family who helped her get into a treatment facility after discharge. Months later she came out to Florida and I was supposed to meet her at the airport. We missed each other and she asked me to come over to her Brother’s house. She said her father wanted to meet me.
I went to pay them a visit. Her father thanked me for saving his daughter’s life. I told him he was of course welcome and that she was worth saving. He asked if I knew who he was. I said NO. He then told me that his father a”h and my fahter-in-law a”h were best friends. I almost fell through the floor. My whole spine turned to jelly. I left the house, got into my car and just cried till I had no strength left. I realized that my father-in-law sent me to help her.
Both beautiful stories. I don’t thinl the first one is ture, though it surely COULD be. It has made the rounds of the internet for a long time. The message it gives is a powerful one, whether or not it is a true story. I hope it is, because it is yet another example of real Hashgocha Protis.
Aries, kudos to you for your true sensitivity and chessed.
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