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Hatzalah RL 2015 bbq.dinner - Saluting Hatzalah Families
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we are tremendously proud of our members
and we trust them and we rely upon them
to go out to these calls and to do what
has to be done but without the wives
without the family support they never
would be able to go out and to do all of
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this behind every atalo man there's
atalo wife and it's those atalo wives
who deserve a lot of credit for
encouraging their husbands to go out and
to help out with the community and to
help take out Sol calls no matter where
we are no matter what we're doing if
there's someone out there needs our help
we drop whatever it is we're doing we
don't have any warning about when a call
is going to come at it just happens
everywhere we are the Hella radio goes
with us if you're not in it you can't
understand that concept of we always
might leave and for a wife to know that
she can't 100% rely at any given time
that you'll be there is a huge sacrifice
but she does it with a smile sometimes
we say to him me and my kids everyone's
proud to know that he's running out to
help somebody she feels like it's our
mitzah it's become so much a part of our
family and our foundation and who we are
that it almost defines Us in some areas
I'm the one who goes out but they all
are excited they're still running to the
window to watch and they're very happy
to know their father is going out to
help somebody it's really become a part
of our life and we're are very proud of
that there are times of the day which
are obviously hardest to take calls and
to leave at that moment whether it's
during bedtime whether it's the middle
of a meal you know when that radio beeps
and you have to make that decision to go
and your family is there behind you
telling you go go it's okay it really
really makes a huge
difference your emergency and I hear the
radio go off and I tell him run run go
just drop whatever you're doing it's
okay without even hearing the words he
knows what they're really saying is go
go go go help somebody go save a life
you hear that a kid is choking on the
other side of the radio and all you can
think of is go help and save them I'm
very supportive in that I say go out go
get them save people rescue people
sometimes you know what when you came
back from atelic and you just gave two
hours where you know that you have to be
up early in the morning it's not easy to
get up in the middle of the night and go
and sometimes that's really where the
wife comes into play and she is really
the one who can encourage you and to
motivate you and to tell you to go and
when you know that she's proud of you
for doing it ites makes everything that
much easier I'm happy for him to go I'm
happy for him to help people a call come
in at a time where I'm not sure if I
want to go I could go and my older kids
will say I'll watch the kids you go once
I hear the sound of the radio the first
thing that comes into my mind Daddy go
Daddy go Daddy go Daddy
go we always talk about the hotala
Brotherhood how our husbands are known
by their numbers not their names it's a
beautiful thing to see how Hotel members
take care of each other and look out for
one another they really consider each
other like members of a family just
seeing them together as a just going out
there and doing something for the cloud
that's a tremendous feeling a good
feeling that you have that you're a part
of something that's very special when I
pass atella I feel like it's my home and
just seeing men zooming down Central
Avenue and I pull over I feel like yeah
like I'm on their team like I feel like
I'm part of it we all feel this
privilege together that my father's
running out on a cult to help somebody
else they develop a sense of pride in
their father that he's the hero who
steeps in when people need help gives me
the opportunity to feel like I'm helping
other people through him when he um
comes back and says he convinced this
elderly man to go to the hospital who
was really not in a good condition it's
just like that's my man you know that's
strong that's us it's amazing feeling to
know that he just saved the choking
child or we gave up our tatti time
knowing that he just brought someone
back to life who was in cardiac arest
the whole purpose of being here is to
help other people and when your teammate
is doing just that there's no better
feeling I tell my son also when my
husband leaves he's going to help
somebody he runs to the window he likes
to see the lights going on he likes to
see the bus he likes to take his radio
our daughter is seeing hotela in action
when she sees daddy run out the door she
runs through the balcony to watch his
lights go and she says woo woo you know
it's beautiful we're giving over to our
kids how important it is to help other
people in need we want our kids to know
that is not always convenient you do it
because it has to be done whenever it is
whether it's middle of the night night
during the day just running to help
somebody who we may not even know and
they walk away with that understanding
how we have to give back to our
community and I think they see me
standing at home and supporting him and
I hope that they're learning that lesson
and I hope that they value
that sometimes you come home from a HUD
solo late at night and it's something
that just hits home to you for whatever
reason it is maybe it's a neighbor or
it's a family member I've seen my
husband um you know been very personally
affected by some calls he'll come home
from a cardiac arrest where someone was
just you know passed away and he he
takes it very hard I try to encourage
him you know that he did a good thing
and you do your best and things are not
in our hands it's an amazing feeling to
come home to your family and have your
wife and children come for you and give
you whatever support that you need at
that moment my kids really get excited
when I go on a call and when I come back
they're always asking me how's everybody
hope everyone's okay I just like to
thank them for showing their support
whether it's at 6:30 at the dinner table
or whether it's at 4:00 in the morning I
really have to be Mack your to to my
wife who who allows me to run out and
just drop what I'm doing for you know
waiting for me Friday night to eat when
I run out on a call for having the
unbelievable understanding and patience
so that I can go take care of those
people in need I can't tell you how many
times I've been stopped in the
supermarket or on the street or by
people I know where people I don't know
and tell me that my husband's phenomenal
people will come over to me and say oh
your husband's just in my house and
they'll tell me stories what makes you
feel proud my husband's in a hot Sala
it's an amazing thing and every person
that he saves you're really part of it
they get old
some days I do go out in the morning I
don't come back till at night busy with
a new ambulance busy with the oxygen
delivery and my wife gets all the credit
it's not just me going on atsala maybe
I'm the face of the atsala and our
family but she's the one who's equally
behind it as much as me I always value
all those women behind all those men on
hatala the community should understand
that when when they are calling and
members are coming to their houses
somebody is leaving their family leaving
their wife leaving their kids behind but
our wives our family is happy to give us
up at that time to come help you they
didn't train to be EMTs they didn't
train to be paramedics or doctors they
all have the technical skills necessary
and yet every time the daddy Saves a
Life they're saving a life and every
time the daddy is doing a they're doing
a because it's their Mitzvah without
them daddy wouldn't be there