A 9-year-old child has just been airlifted to a trauma center after falling off a cliff.
Catskills Hatzolah received calls at around 3:40PM Monday afternoon for reports of a child that fell off a cliff at the Minnewaska State Park in Kerhonkson, NY.
Paramedics rushed to the scene, and a Medevac was requested. The child suffered head, chest, and arm injuries.
The child was extricated by rescue personnel from the bottom of the cliff, and was flown by the chopper to the Westchester Trauma Center.
Please say tehillim for Yehoushu ben Alte Chaya Devorah.
Located in Ulster County, NY Minnewaska State Park Preserve is situated on the dramatic Shawangunk Mountain ridge, which rises more than 2,000 feet above sea level and is surrounded by rugged, rocky terrain. The park features numerous waterfalls, three crystalline sky lakes, dense hardwood forests, incising sheer cliffs and ledges opening to beautiful views, clear streams cut into valleys, 35 miles of carriage roads and 50 miles of footpaths on which to bike, walk, hike and simply enjoy.
Visitors to the Park also enjoy hiking, biking, swimming, picnicking, scuba-diving, rock-climbing, bouldering, boating and other activities.
Sam’s Point Preserve is located on the highest section of the Shawangunk Mountains, is the most southerly section of Minnewaska State Park Preserve.
(Dov Gefen – YWN)
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8 Responses
Refuah shelaima
The correct name is yehoshua ben ALTA chaya devorah
How high was the cliff. Couldn’t have been that big. Right?
The name as given cannot be correct. Alter is not a woman’s name; it is a man’s name. Please give us the correct name for tehillim, please.
Correction:
Childs name is Yehoshua Ben Alte Chaya Devorah, as per his mother, my friend. Tehilim gathering at 98 Rupert Avenue in Staten Island for women.
May Hashem grant him a refuah sheleima b’karov!
Can someone please correct the child’s name?
Alter is a man’s name.
His mother’s name must be Alta, ending in an Aleph.
What is the difference to you whether the mother’s name is spelled “Alte” or “Alta” in english? Daven anyway.
Well said, #7. It’s about time these armchair critics did something worthwhile instead of kvetching about narishkeit.