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Karen Noah, 18, volunteers for MDA.
aren Noah, 18, of Tel Aviv,
was at home with her
boyfriend when she heard
on the radio about a ter-
rorist attack on Dizengoff Street.
That was some five months ago.
She didn't think twice and im-
mediately rushed to the Tel Aviv
Magen-David-Adom first-aid sta-
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the station for three years. She
knew they needed her there as
quickly as possible and so she
didn't wait for the telephone call.
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ered with blood. The extent of the
disaster sunk in and I started to
shudder. After a few minutes I
returned to normal and contin-
ued to assist our MDA first-aid L \
teams.
"The wounded had already
been evacuated to the hospitals
and what remained to be done
was to load the ambulances with
polythene bags containing dis-
membered limbs and to transfer
them to the Pathology Institute
at Abu Kabir. We were there un-
til the evening."
At night she couldn't sleep.
The tears burst through the bar-
rier of distress.
"Suddenly I had the time and
quiet to recall all that had hap-
pened that day, and then I start-
ed to cry. At the scene I was
occupied and the whole time I
only thought how I could help
someone. I really didn't have
enough time to absorb what I
witnessed," she says.
Karen is one of 3,000 youth
ages 15 to 18 from all over the
country who volunteer at Magen-
David-Adorn, Israel's rescue unit.
They do everything: resuscita-
tion, evacuate the injured and
administer first aid. Only a
month ago, Livnat Elkayam, 17,
an MDA volunteer in the north
of the country, was called to as- c/
sist a woman who was about to
give birth. In the end, Livnat had
to deliver the baby by herself.
In the end, Livnat
had to deliver the
baby by herself.