Jerusalem – Seven Year Old Tiberias Crash Survivor Returns Home

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    Rachel Atias leaving the hospitalJerusalem – The sole survivor of this past Monday’s horrific accident in Tiberias returned to her home today in Bar Yochai, accompanied by relatives and her teacher, finding her room decorated in balloons and chocolate.

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    Seven year old Rachel Atias lost her parents and six siblings in the fatal car crash and was released today from Rambam Medical Center in Haifa. The Atias family was buried in Tzfas this past Tuesday as previously reported on VIN News.

    “We brought her to her home and she was so happy just to go to her room,” said her uncle Yishai Atias, according to report on Israeli news site Maariv. “She has been very quiet and my reunion with her was extremely emotional. I hugged her and she smiled at me with a smile that made my heart melt. I have gotten so much strength from her and now that she is out of the hospital we will let her rest, take care of her and give her everything that she needs to continue.”

    Rachel was described by her uncles as “the princess of the family.”

    “She is our light,” said Yishai Atias in a voice laden with emotion. “With Hashem’s help she will continue to grow in her mitzvos, walk down to her chupah and become a source of light and pride to both her family and to the entire Jewish people.”

    The family plans to work with professionals in order to help Rachel cope with her devastating loss.


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    Boochie
    Boochie
    11 years ago

    is there a help fund?

    11 years ago

    Heartbreaking.

    11 years ago

    oy Hashem,send her the only real nechama,moshiach already.

    11 years ago

    Just tears.i have no words.

    Burich
    Burich
    11 years ago

    “[She} returned to her home today…. [to find her] room decorated in balloons and chocolate.” No doubt this was a sincere attempt at consolation but it offends sensibility and delays the mourning that is necessary to recover from such an horrifically tragic trauma.” The traditional ceremonial steps of Jewish mourning practices were formulated to help guide a mourner through bereavement to an healthy return to daily life. While it might seem a kindness to shield a child from the stark reality of her loss it is, in the balance,i futile and harmful.

    11 years ago

    Home? who is there and who will welcome her….. hearthbreaking, hashem yerachem

    jakyw
    jakyw
    11 years ago

    What was the purpose of televising her release from the hospital? Do we have to see her paraded in her pain like a doll? This cannot be healthy fro her.

    zalee
    zalee
    11 years ago

    “The family plans to work with professionals in order to help Rachel cope with her devastating loss.”

    I think that Hashem is the only one who can help her cope with such an unspeakable tragedy.

    11 years ago

    This baby will hopefully have many to love her and hug her and give her a normal life-yes, she still needs counseling in the process and of course everyone knows H’ will be there to get her through it. It is by far one of the saddest scenes I’ve watched and it is so heartbreaking- Does anyone know the answer? No.

    Mrs_Boro_Parker
    Mrs_Boro_Parker
    11 years ago

    is there a place where we can donate? a fund setup

    11 years ago

    She does not need to sit shivah nor is she probably able to at this point. The filming served no purpose if anything it will just be a very painful reminder to her when she gets older. She needs lots of tlc and the gifts in her room were so nice, it probably offered her a tiny bit of solace. May she be comforted amongst the mourners of zion. And may we all experience true comfort with the coming of mashiach speedily!

    chayala
    chayala
    11 years ago

    Tears it hurts so bad to see that little girl only hashem can console her!

    yochtzel
    yochtzel
    11 years ago

    This is killing me, My heart is shattered, I wish i can help in any way, She was left a lone lost soul as if hatchet from a egg, She will never in her life have a sister or a brother a father or a mother. A uncle is not a father and a aunt is not a mother, nothing in any way can replace her loss, only the Av Hurachmun can fill in the void and be her father and giver any thing she needs and asks for.

    11 years ago

    I agree with #4 . balloons and chocolate are party items and she returned to her home that will never be the same. Her entire life has been shattered and I think even a 7 year old would not want balloons and chocolate at such a time. Hashem should give her the nechoma she needs and all the koach she will need as she grows up.

    HeyHeyHey
    HeyHeyHey
    11 years ago

    To #4 , 9, 20 and the like.
    I can’t even possibly fathom, how anyone can actually have an opinion here, let alone, publicly verbalize it. It’s pure “clueless arrogance”. Take it to heart. This devastation is inhuman.

    bracha18
    bracha18
    11 years ago

    only tears…… a girl …child all alone and lost her parents, her older siblings and younger siblings….this tragedy can shatter a heart made of stone. oy….how will she continue….. HaShem- should shower her with all the nechama she needs to be able to pick up her beautiful pure innocent head and rebuild her family and set up doires and naches for her famil in shamayim to wacth and be proud. how can we be of any help? this tragedy reminds of the pain that was felt for the surviving fogel children and moishie hotzberg. and the mother who lost her entire famly to the fire….. Hashem yerachaim!! R”L… we can take no more!!! a side note- my dear brothers in klal yisrael- in such a sad article, please for a zechus for the neshamos and this little rochel- can we lease not focus on every word and argue….. lets stay focused on the big picture- which is the unbearable pain for this little yesoma. May the Avi yesoimim carry her, hold her, uplift her and shine his light of nechama, brachos, mazel, yehuos and sicha untill 120 BE”H. And may we all merit to the coming of mashiach!

    11 years ago

    This is a baby girl- For heavens sake any little distraction is worth a try. She needs more”balloons”, creative toys and a means to draw her heartache as part of a healing process. She needs more”chocolate”in her life and like the person wrote,.it is killing me too. I would love to send her things also but to where? To what address? Of course it replaces nothing but maybe it can bring a little smile to her shattered life right now.Even for a moment- please. what can we do for her and where to send some little toy?

    11 years ago

    Does anyone know the name and mother’s name for this precious little girl? I would like to daven and beseech hashem on her behalf.