Channel 11 news- Child that drowned in Sdot Micha

INCREDIBLE STORY! Get some tissues. A toddler, who is a little over 1.5 years old, was on vacation with his family near Jerusalem. His parents suddenly realized the young boy had fallen into the pool and found him completely blue in the face and without a pulse. His grandmother happened to be a midwife and tried to perform CPR while the family was screaming for help. Seconds later, the first United Hatzalah volunteer, Yugi Rimel, arrived at the scene. Just a few months ago, Yugi Rimel had an unfathomable tragedy happen to him and his family: Yugi's son Ephraim stopped at a red light and out of no where a Palestinian driver drove full speed of 120 mph into his car. It was not clear what caused the accident or why the driver was going so fast, but the collision was devastating. Also in the car was Yugi's 3 week old granddaughter Noam, his 10 year old grandson Itai and his daughter-in-law Tzippora. Yugi's son and 10 year old Grandson were both critically injured and are still in the hospital recovering, but both of them will probably never walk again. Even more tragic, 3 week old Noam and her mother Tzippora did not survive. Yugi's life is dedicated to helping others and this has been the worst year of his life. Despite the horrible things that have happened to his family, Yugi continues to help others and the ordeal has inspired him even more to save as many lives as possible. When Yugi received the emergency call about a young boy drowning, he ran so fast you would think he was a youngster, but Yugi is nearly 60 years old. He arrived at the scene and immediately started professional CPR to get the boy's pulse back, connected one of our defibrillators to the child, and after twenty minutes of not giving up, the toddler finally got his pulse back and was flown into the nearest hospital. Yugi is truly a lovable person and everyone he encounters sees his kindness and compassion. When he went to visit the boy in the hospital he connected with him immediately and began hugging and kissing him as if he knew him. All of a sudden he heard the little boy's mom calling him Noam, he was in complete and utter shock. Both his granddaughter who perished and the boy he saved had the same name. He was completely blown away by this and it have him great closure. This is such an inspiring story in more ways than one and gives a perspective from the volunteer, not just from the side of the little boy's family. This is why we do what we do everyday, and when we succeed, we feel so happy and proud to play a role in saving lives. To know that someone is alive today and with their loved ones because of the work we do –– there is no greater joy in this world. Donate today: israelrescue.org