Dear Friends,
Our hearts and prayers are with those who were injured in today's accident at the Chanukah Wonderland.
We appreciate and are comforted by the tremendous outpouring of support, and are also overwhelmed with requests for additional information.
At this time, all information points to this being an unfortunate incident, wherein a car accidentally crashed through the building housing our community's family Chanukah celebration.
Statement from Chabad of the Five Towns
Dear Friends,
Our hearts and prayers are with those who were injured in today’s accident at the Chanukah Wonderland.
We appreciate and are comforted by the tremendous outpouring of support, and are also overwhelmed with requests for additional information.
At this time, all information points to this being an unfortunate incident, wherein a car accidentally crashed through the building housing our community’s family Chanukah celebration.
Chabad of the Five Towns’ main priority at this time is to ensure that each of the injured individuals is cared for by medical personnel, and that they and their families are safe. We are doing whatever we possibly can for the families during this difficult time. We are also focusing on providing licensed counselors around the clock to anyone affected – directly or indirectly – by the accident.
We urge every person to keep the victims in your prayers, and we encourage everyone to undertake an additional Mitzvah in their merit.
Chabad of the Five Towns would like to extend our immense gratitude to the local police and fire departments, Hatzalah and other emergency medical personnel and volunteers who responded immediately to the accident, and assisted the victims.
For additional information on retrieving your belongings, receiving counseling or other assistance related to this incident, please e-mail: support@chabad5towns.com (dedicated and monitored 24 hours). You may also call our 24-hour confidential helpline 516-612-0650. For your convenience, a complete listing of participating agencies and therapists is also posted on our website, visit www.chabad5towns.com/support
As we are in the midst of celebrating the holiday of Chanukah, may we merit to celebrate the miraculous and speedy recovery of all who are injured.
Chabad of the Five Towns
Rabbi Zalman and Chanie Wolowik
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rabbi Zalman
may hashem give you and chanie the strentgh to keep up all the good work that you do for the 5 towns and beyond
Roses
Chizku V’Imtzu. My thoughts are with all of you. Good Shabbos, and it should be a totally Freilichen Chanukah and a Refuah Shleimah for the victimes, physical or emotional.
It seems as if Klal Yisroel as a whole, needs a yeshuah.
IY”H I am saying Tehillim and passing the names on to others.
to chabad
keep up the great and wonderful work you do and hashem should bless us that the tragedies stop here
iI am so lucky to have been there
I was there when it happend! I was so scared, I was helping. Rabbi Meir and Hadassah geizinsky had such a beatiful chanukah wonderland. I saw rabbi meir trying to lift the car off a person I could not beleive it. It was scary but I am so luckyto have witnessed such a miracle!
qkfngers
Hadassah and Meir Geisinsky, thank you for all you did and do and chanukah wonderland and Five Towns.
Rivka