Rockland County, NY – As the 5-year-old boy critically injured after being shocked by a downed power line remains hospitalized, his father credited the man who tried to save the child with also saving the life of the boy’s mother.
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David M. Reichenberg, 50, was going to the aid of Reuven Herbst on Aug. 28 when he was killed by the live wire that injured the boy in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Irene.
Reichenberg left behind his wife, Ruth Miriam; daughter Rifka Hadassah, 19; and sons Josh, 14, Eliyahu, 12, and Akiva, who turned 11 just days after his father’s death.
Reichenberg’s survivors also include his father, Harry, of Seattle, and his brothers, Steve, of Cherry Hill, N.J., and Eric, of Croton-on-Hudson.
The family all gathered for a weeklong period of mourning, just weeks after they had gotten together to mark Reichenberg’s 50th birthday, friends said Tuesday.
Reuven remained in critical condition Tuesday in the pediatric burn unit at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.
His father, Yehuda Herbst, also tried to help and was burned by the wire near the family’s home at Merrick Drive and Union Road.
Herbst credits Reichenberg for saving the life of his wife, Chava Leah Herbst, family friend Rabbi Yochonon Wosner said Tuesday.
Wosner is a lecturer at Ohr Somayach in Monsey, a Judaic studies college attended by Reichenberg, who almost never missed a 6:15 a.m. Talmud class each morning.
Read the full story at The Journal News
A fund was set up by Rabbi Wosner to help the Reichenberg family, you can donate by clicking here
Nebech, a true hero.
this is a sad and great story
someone just doing to save another person life
hope his family will recover but in reality can never replace a person like that
yehi zichro boruch
BDE. Mamash a hero. May his family find nechama in the fact that he saved a life… a whole world.
After reading the whole article it is plain to see that Mr. Reichenberg is a true hero. All those that criticized the family of the boy, when the story first appeared, for their negligence, should apologize for blatant blasphemy.
Please donate to the fund the family needs it!
B”D”E. very sad. may the family hear no more tsoros. Amen.
What zechusim he must have as he faces the beis din shel maala.