One Year After Tragic Accident Grieving and Recovering Family Donates Ambucycle to United Hatzalah | The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com | Jewish Press News Desk | 21 Shevat 5781 – February 3, 2021
Etai (on the ambucycle) and members of the Rimel family at the dedication ceremony, Jan. 31, 2021. On December 1, 2019, the Rimel family was devastated when an Arab driver hit their car at high speed on Highway 443 near Givat Zeâev, killing Tzipi Rimel and her three-week-old daughter Noam. The accident left the father, Ephraim Rimel, crippled, and his son, Etai, in a coma in critical condition. Ephraim and Etai were treated at the scene by United Hatzalah volunteers and later transported to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem. Etai recovered slowly and required numerous surgeries to repai...