Rachel Efrat Atias, the lone survivor of the horrific accident that claimed the lives of her parents and six siblings z”l will remain in Haifa’s Rambam Medical Center an additional day. She was set to be released today, but the medical team decided to keep her an additional day to conduct “some orthopedic tests”.
Rachel was listed in moderate condition following the tragic accident. She was the only survivor, apparently due to the fact that she was not wearing her seat belt. The other R”L were burned to death after the family minivan flipped and burst into flames when it slammed down into a ravine.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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She was the only survivor, apparently due to the fact that she was not wearing her seat belt.
Unfortunately, sometimes it does happen that not wearing a seatbelt saves a life. I know of other such incidents where the seatbelt has caused problems. Of course, this is not the usual outcome and proper hishtadlus and safety means wearing a seatbelt because much more often than not, it prevents harm. This was unfortunately a case of the rare exception.
Once in a while a vaccination causes sickness, or even death r”l. That doesn’t change the fact that vaccination greatly improves ones odds of living longer and healthier, and one who doesn’t vaccinate his children is putting them in danger. Everything has costs and benefits; seat belts and vaccinations have benefits that far exceed their costs, but the costs are still real.