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Just beside themselves: clergy, counselors fight grief at Florida collapse AFP 9 hrs ago AFP © Giorgio VIERA Search and rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 30, 2021 in Surfside, Florida Just days ago, Catholic priest Juan Sosa was ministering to parishioners and visitors at his Surfside, Florida church.  Now he wonders how many of them may be buried in the mound of rubble that the 12-sto...

Thu 01st July 2021 | 08:50 AM Surfside, United States, July 1 (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Jul, 2021 ) :Just days ago, Catholic priest Juan Sosa was ministering to parishioners and visitors at his Surfside, Floridachurch. Now he wonders how many of them may be buried in the mound of rubble that the 12-story Champlain Towers South collapsed into, plunging his church and the rest of the Oceanside community into mourning as a lengthy search process entered its seventh day Wednesday. ...

Foreign search and rescue teams from Israel and Mexico are now on the scene.  Officials say this is still a rescue mission not a recovery and the commander of Israels team says hes seen the impossible happen before. Of those still unaccounted for at the Surfside condo collapse, more than two dozen are Jewish with links to Israel. Now an Israeli search and rescue team is on site, bringing decades of experience. "We came because people are here, lost their families, lost their relatives, lost th...

Surfside condo collapse: Im expecting miracles, wont give up hope on survivors Surfside residents detail heartbreaking moment condo building partially collapsed Replay Video UP NEXT Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett described an interaction he had with a child awaiting news on one of her parents who were inside Champlain Towers South at the time of the collapse. The mayor said Monday he had seen the 11- or 12-year-old girl at the disaster site before and came across her again Sunday night af...

Beachside vigil held for victims and families of Surfside building collapse Updated:  Tags:  Large vigil held beachside for victims of Surfside building collapse SURFSIDE, Fla. – Dozens of people gathered Monday night on the beach to remember the victims of the Surfside building collapse. At least 200 people, many of them strangers to the families of those still unaccounted for, shared in the silence and the pain. Martin Lagesfeld is hopefully still waiting. “It’s now the fifth day, I h...

Amid civil unrest, Israeli rescue service emerged as beacon of coexistence United Hatzalah, which relies on a nationwide network of thousands of Jewish, Muslim and Christian volunteer EMTs, paramedics and doctors, remained steadfast during weeks of racially motivated riots throughout the country Maya Margit/The Media Line | Published: 06.05.21 , 18:54 Sami Darwish had just returned home from prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem when a fateful series of events turned an otherwise peaceful ...

Amid Civil Unrest, Israeli Medical Emergency Service Emerges as Beacon of Coexistence Maya Margit 05/31/2021 Muslim volunteer medics at non-profit United Hatzalah recount harrowing close calls in Jerusalem, where they saved lives of both Jewish Israelis and Palestinians Sami Darwish had just returned home from prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem when a fateful series of events turned an otherwise peaceful afternoon into a close call with death. The 60-year-old medic from the east Jeru...

The below article is an adaptation of a eulogy delivered last week on behalf of historian and frequent Algemeiner contributor... One of those helping medically on the front lines is Khaled Rishek, a devout Muslim, who for the past 12 years has served as a paramedic with United Hatzalah, a volunteer-based, national emergency medical-services provider. The organization is comprised of volunteers from all groups and religions in Israel. In total, there are more than 6,000 volunteers, including nea...

Apr 28, 2021 A Muslim volunteer with United Hatzalah describes his approach to emergency care, which means treating patients equally and urgently. By Josh Hasten, JNS Jerusalem has seen nightly violent clashes between Arabs and Jews in the past two weeks with the epicenter of confrontation taking place near the Old City’s Damascus Gate. JNS reported that the violence began on April 13, the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, and according to police, was sparked in part by a new socia...

View from the other side of violence: Saving lives in eastern Jerusalem feature View from the other side of violence: Saving lives in eastern Jerusalem A Muslim volunteer with United Hatzalah describes his approach to emergency care, which means treating patients equally and urgently. (April 27, 2021 / JNS) Jerusalem has seen nightly violent clashes between Arabs and Jews in the past two weeks with the epicenter of confrontation taking place near the Old City’s Damascus Gate. JNS reported tha...