Majdi Baloum, 37, pulled Moshe from his vehicle after an Arab mob began pelting it with rocks, eventually setting it alight.
Moshe, who recounted his experience in previous interviews to the
media, related that he had been hiding under his seat; if Baloum had not
pulled him from the vehicle, he likely would have died in the blaze.
Moshe revisited Taibe, meeting Baloum at the Hydraulic Institute where he works, to thank him.
"You don't understand how moving this is," German told Yediot Aharonot.
"I went here via the same road where I was almost killed yesterday. I
saw the remains of my car, now just ashes. Images of what happened just
flash in front of me all the time. They threw rocks at me, concrete
blocks and fireworks. I was terrified."
"I thought about my wife, Eina, and my sons Roey (16) and Eitan, who
is two and-a-half," he continued. "I thought my family would lose me."
"I tried to hide in my Toyota, but the crowd continued to attack me,
and in a moment [Baloum] came up to me yelling, 'come, come!'. I tried
to figure out who is calling me, and you pulled me out of your car and
into your Jeep. You saved me," Moshe recounted. "I found it hard to
comprehend what is happening, but I realized that you were afraid for my
life. Even though they threw blocks at your Jeep, you just went
faster."
"Did you understand that you were saving my life?" he asked. [...]
I am glad that in the middle of the madness that seems to be in every day life there was a moment of true goodness.
ReplyDeleteBoruch Hashem he's okay. Goes to show we can't paint everyone with the same brush.
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