As Names of Victims Emerge, Mount Meron Survivors Recount Details of Disaster: 'I Couldn't Stop'
However, he said, “there was also a fantastic rescue team there.” Another, anonymous, eyewitness told the outlet, “General chaos, that’s what happened.” He said that the initial cause of the incident was a slippery iron walkway, followed by a flight of stairs. “It was a recipe for disaster,” he said, “because suddenly — boom, glitch.” He added that he was in flat-soled shoes, and as a result, “I couldn’t stop, and suddenly I saw one falling on top of another, and then the screams started.” Haim Spielberg, a volunteer with the emergency service ZAKA, called the scene ...