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TRAGEDY: Bochur Struck and Killed by a Train

The scene outside the Subway Station

CROWN HEIGHTS, Brooklyn [CHI] — At 4:00 this afternoon a terrible tragedy befell our community when HaBochur HaTomim Yisroel Noach ben Chaim Ezra Yibadel L’Chaim Tovim Tzfasman was struck and killed by a train this afternoon. Frightened subway riders called 911 and Hatzalah after witnessing the terrible incident.

Trains were backed up in both directions as a result and many commuters were forced to wait until Chesed Shel Emes completed their work and the MTA restored the train service.

Hatzalah, Shomrim and Chesed Shel Emes thanked Deputy Inspector Frank Vega, commanding officer of the 71st precinct for his efforts and making sure that all agencies gave the proper attention to the Jewish laws requirements of this situation.

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  • Resident

    Hashem Yishmereinu, Boruch dayan haemes. May we Merit the speedy redemption, AD MOSAI!!!

  • oh my...

    borush dayan emes…
    how in the world did something like this happen?!?!?!?!

  • yb

    we should take the time right now to do as much as we can for this bachurs neshama

  • esther

    I’m shock,

    We all have to make one hachlata to "do shuva now" and not to wait for a tragedy rachmana litsan to happen to do something.

  • someone

    when is this going to stop?? its scary so many things are happening we just need moshiach!!

  • SO SAD!

    OY HASHEM!!!! TILL WHEN MUST WE SUFFER LIKE THIS?!? AD MOSAI?!?!!!

    Boruch Dayan HaEmes. Moshiach NOW!!!

  • enough is enough

    we need more ahavas yisroel wake up everyone how much more bad news we need put ur selfish feelings aside and try to have ahavas yisreol enough is enough when a person gets mugged or beaten in ch why is everyone so quiet why is evryone not doing something about it instead of saying its not me or my family mmeber so why should i the rebbe scrame out ahavas yisroel whats going on in this comunity we should have rallies and their should be more achdus enough is enough may yisreol neshoma have aliya he should bring moshiach he was good freind of mine why him why him good guy more ahavas yisrole is needed moshiach should come now ad mosai

  • Hirschel Pekkar

    BH Boruch dayan Haemes. To add tzdoko, not so much the ammount but to add to the frequency that one gives. by looking for the opportunity to give, and may it be from Hashem Yisborach, that our collective actions should bring about like it says "tzdoko tatzil" till the tatzil of Mshiach tzidkeinu very soon, omein.

  • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

    BORUCH DAYAN EMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    HASHEM HELLP US!!! WE CAN’T TAKE IT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • MOSHIACH NOW

    OY VAY!!!!!!!!
    BARUCH DAYAN EMES!!!!
    HASHEM WE NEED MOSHICH NOW!!!!!!
    AD MOSAI!

  • So sad

    Boruch Dayan Emes. His family is in florida for a simcha to be distrupted in middle for this is unbeleivable! AD MOSAI hamokom yenachem eschem besoch shaar aveilai tzion biyerushalayim!!

  • My sympathy goes out to the family

    My sympathy goes out to the family. We can take comfort in knowing we are all biodegradeable and evrey one of us will some day meet the world of truth.

    Boruch Dayan Emes

  • SH

    We all need to look deep into OURSELVES (not at other people) and see what we can do to become better people and be a good example to those around us and force moshiach to be revealed now.

  • FROM CH

    AD MOSAI AD MOSAI
    WHEN WILL ALL THIS STOP WE NEED THE REBBE AND MOSHIACH HOW CLOSE CAN IT COME ITS ALREADY HERE IN CH IN THE SHCHUNA HOW MUCH LONGER CAN WE WAIT

  • Sara

    This is unbearably painful news. Hashem please succor Your children with Moshiach now.

  • chayale

    I think what we should be asking is WHAT ARE WE DOING TO MAKE SURE MORE SUCH TRAGEDIES DON’T HAPPEN?

    Yes we need to daven, yes we need moshiach, but YES we also need to wake up and face realities around us, and DEAL with them. Acknowledge them instead of denying/hiding from them and then CONFRONT them.

    I am not purporting to know more details than there are, I only know that ACTIONS WILL SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS. So yes, communally and individually we must increase in good actions, but we must also increase in PROACTIVE actions to work with the individuals in this community – every single person, every single neshoma should be accounted for.

    May the family be comforted in their sorrows by the community improvement that will hopefully result.

    Community = KOL YISROEL AREIVIM ZE LAZEH.

    This is a communal tragedy that should be felt on a very individual level!

    BORUCH DAYAN HAEMES.

  • everyoneisachossid

    a heavy rock that a person can pick up by himself is only 1/3 of the weight of a rock which he can lift if others are there to help him. this incident should , at the very least, inspire us to help each other, with their pekkels. with emes and with a good heart. hashem yerachem. from now on there should be only simchas for the family and for everyone else too! Hamkom yenachem eschem bisoch sheav aveili tzion veyrushalyim.

  • chayale

    "some things are better left unsaid" is what leads to some things never being done…to change things, for the better.

    some things are painful to hear, but words can bring change. change is a good thing, esp. at times like this, esp. during Elul.

  • HELP

    Condolences to the family!!

    Boruch Dayan Haemes

    As the Rebbe, everyone do act of goodness and kindness and you will open the gates to heavens, the ultimate moshiach will come now!! AMEN

    Moshiach Now!!!!!!!!!!!

  • CHer

    we are so sorry. baruch dayan haemes. we are crying. we need Moshiach now. Hashem don’t you hear everyone crying out to you? Each one of us is saying enough! We will work even harder on ahavas yisroel.

  • Kpin

    I agree with you Chaya’le about the part where things need to be done, but not always do you need to hear terrible things to pick up and change the world…or our little Crown Heights…sometimes yes obviously it effects you more to do better, but it shouldn’t have to come to that.

    Condolences to the family.

  • Chayale

    Kpin – you are correct. but the fact is that it unfortunately HAS come to that. And now we need to do our part to show G-d we don’t need any more such tragedies to instigate change.

    It is an unfortunate nature of the world and in particular Jewish history that true change most often occurs after a downfall of some sort.

    Bottom line – this has been a downfall for the community. Many people are reeling from the tragedy; those that knew him, or know the family, and even those that only have heard about it.

    One thing many people in frum communities don’t ‘love’ is the way many mind eachother’s business. And i could not agree more. But things like this remind me that there is a good way to mind eachother’s business. Not in a yenta way, but in a truly caring, concerned way. We should all realize that Ahavas Yisroel/Tzedoka means more than just offering help/friendship to those in clear need. It means really looking out for others the way we’d want them to look out for us. Even if we weren’t crying out in pain…

    May there be no more!

  • Distressed bochur

    Boruch Dyan Hames.
    WE NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!!!!!!!!
    FOR HOW LONG CAN THIS GO ON!!!?????

  • boruch dayn haemes

    boruch dayin haemes. the news is very sad and overwelming. we cry ad mosai. but it still is reality. i think that in zechus of an aliyas neshamah every person reading this should take that responsibility and do just one simple thing right now to bring moshiach. to get off the computer even though its hard and reach out to another. may we only hear of simchos and good from now on. moshiach now!!

  • Something being done.

    Just as part of this conversaiton.
    If Im not mistaking last year at the Kinus hashluchim they announced they were goning to develop a helpline to help adivise members of anash and shlucim.

  • Kpin

    I agree. I agree.

    I hope things change, one day…I hope we don’t have to Chas V’sholom wait for the next horrible thing to occur and wake up and change the world because of it…!

    And about the helpline…it should have happened already!

  • chayale

    Not sure what they meant by a helpline at the convention, but yes – along those lines, there should be a helpline that people can call into anonymously. Parents, teens, kids, everyone.

    It need not be a local line – I am sure there are even Jewish/frum helplines out there already in existence. Or if there are not Jewish/frum ones, there are most definitely city ones. I think the biggest start would be for those services to be PUBLICIZED.

    – Perhaps the community council (or whichever community service wants to be the first to take immediate change upon themselves!) should print postcards that can be placed on the counters of all local grocery stores (and obviously they do not only need to say ‘if YOU need help’ but rather ‘if you or someone you know needs help’ – so that any potential embarrassment be avoided) and then go on to list numbers, etc.

    – Another idea – same type of ads can be posted in the bus shelter displays. there are plenty of other random ads that are not as important/updated featured there. Large ads like this on Kingston show that it is normal for everyone to need help at some time. especially anonymously. there are too many community (greater community) stigmas associated with needing help, that is the first thing that needs to be changed. It is normal to need advice, and sometimes from people who are not close to us. what’s NOT normal is to have to go things alone and harbor burdens that can potentially become fatal.

    Hopefully some people who have the necessary clout in this community to make any changes are reading this forum. If they are not, perhaps someone can forward it to them…

    (Clearly I am highly perturbed by the events, which is why I am compelled to keep talking here… I think it is healthy and others should offer practical ideas too..)