A 24-year-old kollel avrech was killed today (Thursday) after falling from a height of about five stories at the Beit Midrash Elyon yeshiva on Rabbi Uziel Street in Bnei Brak.
Rescue forces called to the scene performed advanced CPR on him, but unfortunately the paramedics were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene.
Rescuers Moishe Indig and Bentzi Himel, who were the first to arrive at the scene: "When we arrived at the scene with a rescue team, we found a young man about 20 years old, unconscious, without a pulse and not breathing, with multiple systemic injuries, after falling from the fifth floor. We performed advanced CPR on him, but unfortunately the paramedics were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene.".
Yechiel Miller, Shimon Shimoni and Daniel Yappuna, United Hatzalah paramedics: "We were told at the scene that he had stumbled from a height of 5 stories in the educational institution where he was staying. We performed strenuous CPR on him, but unfortunately he was pronounced dead at the scene due to the nature of the severe injuries he suffered.".
Yechiel Goldman, a ZAKA volunteer who is handling the scene: "The ZAKA call center rushed me to the scene of the incident. This is a 20-year-old yeshiva student who fell from a great height and was critically injured. After performing CPR on the scene, the rescue forces pronounced him dead at the scene. With the assistance of additional ZAKA volunteers, we assisted the police forces operating at the scene, and at the end, we collected the findings left at the scene.
""With the cooperation of all parties and with the assistance of the Bnei Brak police station, the deceased was released directly for burial. ZAKA teams have been accompanying the family members since the moment of the disaster and assisting them with everything necessary.".
The funeral of the late Rabbi Tuvia Kempa will leave at 4:30 PM from the Beit Midrash Elyon Yeshiva on Uziel Street in Bnei Brak, to the Yarkon Cemetery, Petah Tikva Gate.
The ZAKA ambulance will conduct the funeral.
