Quebec Montreal – In Letter To Canadian Newspaper, Non-Jewish Woman Praises Hatzoloh For Helping Her

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    In this file photo obtained by VosIzNeias.com (L-R) Dovid Weinbaum and Yossi Wenger from Montreal Hatzoloh are shown in image. On Nov. 16 2012 The pair who Volunteer for Hatzoloh came to the rescue of a non-Jewish woman that prompted her to write to the Canadian newspaper praising the work of Weinbaum and WengerQuebec Montreal – When Nicole Drapeau of Montreal slipped on a patch of ice two weeks ago and broke her ankle, she got more than just free medical treatment for her injury. She says she had her faith in mankind restored.

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    In a letter to The Montreal Gazette (http://bit.ly/XTpiS4), Drapeau relates her ordeal on Nov. 16 2012, and tells how surprised she was when help came to her from an unlikely source with “a sense of community” – Hatzoloh. “After about 10 minutes, a man with a hat and long beard – a Hasidic Jew – comes along and starts asking questions, and after about 30 seconds, takes his phone and starts to call for help,” Drapeau wrote. “We tell him we have called an ambulance already, but he says it will take a minimum of 40 minutes. After about five to seven minutes, a van arrives with two other men of the same group. . . .They took my vital signs, and put me into their van to keep warm.”

    Drapeau says she wrote the letter because she wanted to express her gratitude to Hatzolah – a group she had never heard of – but felt that a monetary donation was not sufficient. “I think that people should be acknowledged for their good deeds,” she said. “I want to make sure that Team W47N72 of the Hatzoloh D & W Division gets heartfelt thanks from an ever-grateful French-Canadian lady they found on a sidewalk in pain.”

    An hour later, the ambulance finally responded to the scene. Had it not been for the “charitable man” who called his friend at Hatzoloh, Drapeau says she would have spent those 60 minutes waiting on a freezing sidewalk for help to arrive.


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    Liepa
    Liepa
    11 years ago

    Mi K’amcha Yisroel!

    11 years ago

    This lady ought to go on the anti-semitie’s radio program

    Berel13
    Berel13
    11 years ago

    Excellent example of kiddish Hashem

    rsnwsr
    rsnwsr
    11 years ago

    Hatzolah in Montreal is a great organization, it’s just a shame they aren’t allowed to transport with their own ambulance. Maybe with the first Jewish Mayor in Montreal (as reported on VIN the other day) they’ll finally be able to get their own license to transport.

    5TResident
    Noble Member
    5TResident
    11 years ago

    Kiddush Hashem indeed, kudos to Hatzolah. Unfortunately, Montreal in general is not welcoming much to Jews anymore so this event will likely be buried in the Montreal press.

    my4amos
    my4amos
    11 years ago

    What is overlooked here by just about everybody is that Hatzolah arrived in “about five to seven minutes” and “An hour later, the ambulance finally responded to the scene.” Add to that “about 10 minutes, a man with a hat and long beard – a Hasidic Jew – comes along” and you get an hour and twenty minutes of waiting for an ambulance. Having family in both Toronto and Montreal, I can confirm that it is normal. Find it difficult to believe? Just wait until our Obamacare is implemented.

    montrealJew
    montrealJew
    11 years ago

    When there is news about Israel hundreds of people write comments about how bad the Jews are but now all these people are very quiet, I wonder why…

    Berel13
    Berel13
    11 years ago

    5: If you must be mean keep to yourself

    Butterfly
    Butterfly
    11 years ago

    To #2 I agree but this woman ought to go on a competitor’s broadcast and put this one off the air!!

    Sol-Sol
    Sol-Sol
    11 years ago

    Back in the 70s R’ Hershel Weber Shlita followed his instincts when he founded Hatzolah!! Back then he knew that many lives will be saved and a massive kiddish Hsm will be repeated over & over again!! We should all learn from R’ Hershel Shlita”

    newtransplant
    newtransplant
    11 years ago

    A KIddush Hashem does not have to be verified by the Riboino Shel Oilom, anything we do that leads to praise of Hashem is a kiddush Hashem. Thus, contnuing to learn during Sandy was a kiddush Hashem, someone giving up a simcha to learn some more is a kiddush Hashem, travelling in bad weather to meet a speaking commitment is a kiddush Hashem and helping this woman was definitely a Kiddush Hashem. So says my husband who is a true Talmid Chochom (and only allows me to be on here because I am disabled).

    11 years ago

    Well done Yossi Wenger! Excellent work!

    11 years ago

    The owner of Foto Finish, which was a camera store, formerly located on Newkirk Plaza, Brooklyn, in the 1960’s, and 1970’s, told me that he came from Montreal in either the 1930’s or 1940’s; and, anti-semitism was ripe in Montreal, and he was glad to have come to Brooklyn. It appears that not much has changed over the years. Incidentally, to have to wait over an hour for an ambulance is a disgrace. In my community, the response time is about 7-8 minutes. We have the best paramedics, in the USA1