Two Israeli bystanders leapt in to save a wounded man’s life following a mass shooting in San Diego’s Gaslamp Quarter.
Dvir Benesh and Shai Gino, both trained medics in the Israel Defense Forces, happened to be nearby when a gunman opened fire in the busy tourist district last Thursday evening. Gino, 28, is a former IDF captain in now married to an American and studying for U.S. citizenship. His friend Benesh, 26, served in a special unit of the IDF.
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Dvir Benesh, left, and Shai Gino
Gino said they were standing outside a pizza place when the alleged assailant, identified by police as Travis Fereydoun Sarreshteh, 32, approached, yelling for people “to get out of his way.”
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SAN DIEGO (KUSI) – The San Diego Jewish community and members from the world over recognized Yom HaShoah from April 7 to 8, but community members are ensuring that the heroism of Holocaust survivors, and those who did not survive, continue to be remembered.
A new program at the Jewish Federation of San Diego County teaches future generations the lessons learned by these survivors.
Darren Schwartz, Chief Planning and Strategy Officer at the Jewish Federation of San Diego County, joined KUSI’s Good Morning San Diego for a detailed report of the commemoration and new program.