Translating for the Israeli SAR team in Haiti
If you follow this blog you know our most experienced member is Amir Findling. As a member of First Special Response Group (1SRG) he has made a number of international deployments. I recently e-mailed him and asked if he had any plans to go to Haiti. Here is his response.
Hi Rita:
Tonight I got a call from Rabbi Isaac Leider whom I know from previous searches in Canada and California and he asked me to go and help on the recovery of a Jewish person missing in PAP. I told him that I could not go without the needed logistical support, as nothing is for sale or hire on the island. … But I was asked to do a phone interview of the last person that saw Alex Bitton, the missing person, at the hotel where they were staying. I then wrote it up in a report, translated it to Hebrew so that the Israeli team who is on location will be able to understand the information without needing to use whatever English they can muster. …. Just want to keep you in the loop.
Amir
P.S. Jewish people pay a lot of respect to the dead and the way things are going in Haiti, well they have an urgent need to find that person before the body disappears in a mass grave or is just plain burned. That’s why I got that request from Isaac.
The Hotel Montana After the Earthquake
Amir’s interview report and notes
And the same information in Hebrew…….
After Katrina, Rabbi Leider in New Orleans rescuing drenched Torahs
After reading Amir’s email I looked up Rabbi Issac Leider. Turns out he has been involved in Search and Rescue work for years. He is a member of ZAKA, an international Jewish Search and Rescue Organization. One of their members, Arele Klien, is blogging from Haiti.
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