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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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