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ning with screamed out when
the terrorists found him. He
was kidnapped and taken to
Gaza. Terrified, she and her
friends remained in hiding for
six more hours.
With her phone at 2%, she
got enough of a cellular signal
to call a person she heard of
who took it upon himself to
drive around and rescue sur-
vivors of the festival. He drove
a white Toyota truck, the
same vehicle that the terrorists
drove. Because she wasn’t able
to describe her exact loca-
tion — hiding in a bush, in
the desert — he said that he
would come looking for her,
honking his horn the entire
time, risking exposing himself
to the terrorists in order to
find her.
A white Toyota finally
came. Still not entirely certain
if it was her friend or the ter-
rorists, Millet crawled out of
her hiding spot and carefully
approached the truck. It wasn’t
him, but someone else who
came back to rescue the sur-
vivors. The two of them then
helped other survivors get in
the truck, packing people on
top of each other. He man-
aged to drive them east, to
Be’
er Sheva, to safety. He then
immediately turned around to
go rescue more stranded sur-
vivors. Driving back into the
danger, he was killed by the
terrorists the next day.
The ordeal that Millet and
many others went through
that day should be shared
around the world, to ensure
that much like the Holocaust,
the events of Oct. 7 are not
forgotten. Millet opened and
concluded her talk with a
message of hope. Her story is
one of heroism, courage and
optimism, even when dealing
with unimaginable terror.
If you are interested in supporting
“The Faces of Oct. 7th,” so that
survivors like Millet can continue
to ensure that the world will never
forget Oct. 7, you can follow @
FacesofOct7th on Instagram, and
donate at www.facesofoct7.com.
Daniel Bucksbaum is Israel and
Young Leadership associate at
JCRC/AJC Detroit and Lior Zisser-
Yogev is senior community shlicha
(emissary) at the Jewish Federation
of Detroit.
A happy Millet
Ben Haim
at the music
festival before
the horror
started
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