“We were treating him very aggressively,” said Flushing Hospital spokesman Ole Pedersen. “Unfortunately, he did expire at 6:17 p.m. this evening.”
The sick man, Mitchell Wiener, 55, an assistant principal at IS 238 in Jamaica Estates, first fell ill more than a week ago, but didn't seek help at the hospital until his symptoms became severe early Wednesday morning.
Since that time, he's been in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator.
Boruch Dayan Emes – Jew First New Yorker to Die from Flu
QUEENS, NY — The Queens assistant principal stricken with swine flu succumbed to the deadly virus today, the first person to die in the city from the disease, hospital officials said.
“We were treating him very aggressively,” said Flushing Hospital spokesman Ole Pedersen. “Unfortunately, he did expire at 6:17 p.m. this evening.”
The sick man, Mitchell Wiener, 55, an assistant principal at IS 238 in Jamaica Estates, first fell ill more than a week ago, but didn’t seek help at the hospital until his symptoms became severe early Wednesday morning.
Since that time, he’s been in a medically induced coma, on a ventilator.
Just hours before his death, his wife, Bonnie, said there were hopeful signs.
“There’s no change,” she told The Post earlier today. “He’s stabilized. They’re just giving him supporting care and hoping the treatment will kick in.”
According to Newsday He and his wife were active members of Garden Jewish Center until a few years ago, Rabbi Martin Cooper said. Mitchell Wiener served on the synagogue’s board of directors and as treasurer in the late 1990s.
“He has a very warm personality,” Cooper said. “He is very well-liked in the congregation.”
The video below was made before his death
HASHEM yishmor
HASHEM YISHMOR ALEINU!!!!!
HASHEM IS GONNA HELP AND SAVE ALL JEWS FROM THIS FLU AMEN! MAY WE ALL MERIT TO LIVE FOR 120 YEARS PLUS! AND MERIT TO SEE THE MOSHIACH COMING SOON AMEN!!
Dovid,
shows us how fragile life is. one day everything is fine the next… od mosi!
Did it have to happen?
Would have, could have, should have. Do you think Bloomberg and Klein are saying this now?
Get out of the way here come the lawyers!
Boruch N. Hoffinger
BS”D
Sorry to hear.
I’m not a doctor and this is NOT medical advice.
Once, in 1980 I lived in Sefat, Israel and caught a terrible flu. I ached terribly from head to toe and wanted to jump off the roof of Kiryat Chabad.
Someone gave me a book on ‘Juice Fasting’ (Not JUICING, NOT FASTING).’
A few days later I felt much better. After 10 days of juice faster I NEVER felt so good in all my life.
The procedure detoxifies the entire body. A physician told me that Juice Fasting will cure some Cancers.
It’s marvelous and there is much material written about it.
bhoffinger@aol.com
so sad
boruch dayan haemes so sad hy’d
dear hashem yismor
the rebbe said we should live till 180 not 120