Accident at Kever Shmuel Hanavi Leaves Boy in Serious Condition

A 14 year old boy is in an Eretz Yisroel hospital after a large rock fell on his leg at Kever Shmuel Hanavi. The boy, son of a Chabad Shliach in Philadelphia, is in serious condition.

by crownheights.info and YeshivaWorldNews

Doctors are trying to save the leg of Menachem Mendel Strassberg the son of a Chabad Shliach in Philadelphia, after a large rock fell on him. He is just 14 years old.

United Hatzolah say that the horrifying incident happened on Thursday night at the Kever, when the boy was climbing or trying to sit on a stone wall, when suddenly, a massive piece of rock fell off, knocking the boy down. The large rock fell on top of the boy, pinning his leg underneath.

He was rushed to Hadasssah Ein Kerem Hospital, where he was brought into the Trauma Unit. Doctors immediately took him into emergency surgery, where they are working to save his leg.

He is listed in serious condition.

A Vaad of Shluchim from the Greater Philadelphia Area, including Rabbis Moshe Brennan, Yossi Kaplan, Shraga Sherman and Yudi Shemtov, have set up a fund to assist the Strassberg family as they deal with the crisis.

All donations are tax-deductible under Chabad of Penn Wynne.

Please click here to donate now.

Please say Tehillim kapitel 15 for Menachem Mendel ben Rivka.