Rabbonim Shlita are urging the tzibur to be extra cautious following the drowning incident involving a 20-year-old talmid yeshiva in a Beit Shean area spring. The victim, Meir Kedar z”l, was transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Magen David Adom paramedic Shai Ashkenazi reported that he and his colleague began advanced life support CPR in an effort to save the young man, who was transported to HaEmek Hospital in Afula. The drowning occurred on Wednesday morning, 23 Nissan. Meir was niftar a few hours after arriving in the hospital. He was a talmid in Chevron Yeshiva Kiryat Sefer.
Migdal HaEmek Chief Rabbi Yitzchok Dovid Grossman visited Meir in the hospital not long before his petira. Levaya details to be announced.
Rabbonim also referred to the incident that occurred on Tuesday night the eve of 23 Nissan in which a Bnei Brak family lost its way in Nachal Dragot, lost for hours. The family was eventually rescued by a local search & rescue team.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Advising the public to be “extra cautious” is too vague. How did it happen that a 20 year old drowned in a mayan? Did he not know how to swim? Did he have an accident? Was he with friends? My son had a classmate whose older brother hit the very cold water on a very hot summer day and went into shock…and died.
It would be helpful if someone would write safety guidelines and put them in all the yeshivas and frum newspapers. Some ideas I can suggest are:
1)know how to swim
2)always go with a buddy
3)drink plenty of water (1 liter/hour in the summer heat)
4)approach a mayan with caution and enter carefully…don’t jump in
5)splash some cold water on the body before entering
6)use sunscreen
7)take into account any medical conditions and medications
8)there are tiyul books which describe all the mayanot….this is very important to know about the area and the mayan itself….these are very important and are in Hebrew
I hope this helps…if you would like to add and help spread tiyul safety tips, please go right ahead!
B’soros Tovos…..