Hatzalah RL 2015 bbq.dinner - Saluting Hatzalah Families

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 [Music] 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