NEW YORK (VINnews) — Seventeen-year-old Yosef Yehoshua Friedman, a student at the Nitra Yeshiva, has passed away two weeks after suffering severe injuries in an electrocution accident at a mikvah in the Catskills.
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The tragedy took place during the yeshiva’s summer program in Kerhonkson, New York. Yosef Yehoshua was immersing in the mikvah when he came into contact with an exposed electrical current and went into cardiac arrest. Emergency responders from Hatzalah of the Catskills arrived within minutes, managing to restore his heartbeat before transferring him to Westchester Medical Center in critical condition.
For two weeks, Yosef Yehoshua remained hospitalized as Jewish communities across the United States prayed fervently for his recovery. Thousands took on personal commitments and good deeds in his merit, a reflection of the strong sense of unity his plight inspired.
Family and friends described Yosef Yehoshua as a beloved and dedicated young man, whose presence brought joy to those around him. His father, Eli Friedman, is well-known in the Jewish community as a leading event producer and a man of remarkable generosity.
His father marked the loss with a moving WhatsApp status: “Thank you, Master of the Universe, for 17 years.”
Bdh. So sad
I can not imagine the family’s pain. So traumatic and heartbreaking. Prayers for them.
BDE WHAT A PROFOUND TRAGEDY AND WHAT A TZADDIK AND WHAT A BEAUTIFUL RESPONSE FROM THE FATHER NEVERTHELESS THERE SHOULD BE AN INVESTIGATION
BDE. Hashem please take this precious soul under your wing who literally died b’kdusha uvtaharah.
The wires from the heater could be so dangerous if they touch the water.
So sad for your loss.
Such a tragedy. Mikvah needs upgrade before more tragedies happen.
B D.E.
May Ha Shem comfort the family
I am so sorry for your huge loss
Earth leakage fuse
A little background
1. The tzaar is oyoim venoira , really really
2. compounded by them making chasuna this past week
This was a portable hot tub type that works with a high voltage electric immersion heater… more details but not for now
This was in kerhonkson and it happens that there was no h unit near the naponach ambulance and it took 17 min till a medic was on the scene…
This is all part of the terrible gezayra
BDE. What a horrible tragedy. That being said, me thinks someone hired some shoddy/cheapest/unlicenced contractor or some fly by night “Jack of all trades, master of none” guy. Or did they totally ignore the problem or procrastinate even though they were aware and warned of it as is all too common ??
The person to blame for these exposed wires that killed such a zise neshumele must be accountable for it and be incarcerated for at least 2 years
Why???? Do you take the frum. Jews. Take the evil. Erev RAVS. Instead!!!!!!!!!!!
Did anyone present know how to do CPR? Did they have a defibrillator at the camp? Or did they wait for Hatzalah to do both?