In Israel, some rescuers rush in not knowing if they’ll return. - AFMDA
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In Israel, some rescuers rush in not knowing if they’ll return.

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The dramatic reality following Iranian missile strikes is causing some responders to risk their lives to save others.
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Minutes after an Iranian missile struck a building in Tel Aviv on Monday, Dr. Gal Rosen was already treating the wounded “like a robot,” as he described it.

Rosen, 31, a Magen David Adom official and former infantry paramedic, was referring to the instinctive, drilled response that medical professionals rely on in high-stress situations.

But then a rescue worker handed him something that broke through his training: a 6-day-old baby, alive and unharmed, wrapped in blankets. “For a few moments, the baby threw me off balance,” Rosen recalled. “It took effort to refocus—put away questions like ‘Where’s the mother?’—and resume treatment.”

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