Friday morning, 4:30 am, a man who lived on my block and five of his children were driving to Montreal for Shabbos. One of the sons was driving and slipped on black ice, causing the car to veer off the highway and smash into a tree. I don't know exactly what happened and who was sitting where but this is the end result:
Zachariah, 26, was the driver. His shoulder is broken and he's wearing a cast all the say down his arm. Sara, 19, the daughter, was hemhorraging in her brain and abdomen. They operated and she was in critical condition (coma) for awhile. She woke up yesterday, and as far as can be told there is no permanent brain damage. Moshe and Dovid - I'm not what happened to who - one boy broke both his legs with one of them ripped off. They sewed it back on and had to put metal plates in. The other boy needs to be operated on but he is so swollen, the doctors aren't sure what to do. They have no idea what's wrong with him. One of these two boys is supposed to have a bar mitzvah this year. Yisroel was the only one who walked away with the least amount of injuries.
The father died on the way to the hospital.
They were on their way to a rav in Montreal for Shabbos. They've done this drive many times before.
I've only been to three funerals in my life but this was by far the hardest. It was an accident; a man was taken seemingly before his time. Obviously, there is a plan and we cannot see the big picture of life and therefore, right now there is not a lot to comfort the family with.
It just hits close to home, you know?
As Devora informed me today, this family has 14 children (12 ranging in age from 3-19) and the mother is currenly unemployed and now has a LOT of bills. If you would like to donate money to help them out, please send checks (for now, made out to cash, or if you're more comfortable writing in a name, you can make them out to me and I'll transfer the money to her) to:
11 Broadway
12th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Attn: Devora Bree
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