“In honor of the athletes who win on the field and in life”

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I have a Gazit view 04/05/2022 20:00

Asael where he lights the beacon (Oren Ben Hakon)

Asael where he lights the beacon (Oren Ben Hakon)

Paralympic basketball player Asahel Shavu was honored tonight (Wednesday) when he lit a beacon at the 74th Independence Day ceremony on Mount Herzl. Where he lost his mother and three of his brothers in a terrorist attack in 2002, when he was 9 years old and a terrorist broke into his home in Itamar. Little Asahel also absorbed the killer bullets, but pretended to be dead and survived.

sit He said at the ceremony: “I will ask where, the late Ben Rachel and Boaz will be separated for a long life, from the height of this beacon in honor of the Paralympic athletes, who rise out of the difficulty, fight and win on the field and in life. In honor of the right to step on the field with a Star of David on the shirt and proudly represent the State of Israel. In our honor, the victims of the cruel terror, our lives, the families we establish, our achievements is our answer to those who wanted to take everything from us. In your honor, mother, in your honor, Neria, Zvika and Avishai, you have won everything with me, you will never walk beside me and the glory of the State of Israel. “

Asael where he lights the beacon (Oren Ben Hakon)Asael where he lights the beacon (Oren Ben Hakon)

Asael and his sister her father were injured when he hid in one of the closets and was rescued by IDF and Border Police forces. He lost his right leg following the attack and as part of the rehabilitation began to swim and play basketball for the Israeli national team in wheelchairs, on the way he became one of the top basketball players in the industry and a basketball coach.

The Paralympic basketball player has a special tattoo, a large bird spreading its wings over three small birds. He did the tattoo in memory of his mother Rachel and his brother Neria, Zvika and Avishai the 14th who were murdered by the terrorist who broke into their house.

Asael returned with the special tattoo (Isaacson Foundation)Asael returned with the special tattoo (Isaacson Foundation)

Before the ceremony he referred to the exciting class and said: “To go on stage for the Independence Day ceremony, dressed in blue and white that my family behind the scenes supports me. The real happiness is knowing that our continuity as a people is in the next generation. To raise our children for good, love and unity. “

Asael where right (ONE system)Asael where right (ONE system)
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