The community in Kiryas Joel is reeling from the tragic news of a 5-year-old boy having been R”L struck and killed by a school bus on Sunday morning. The horrific incident unfolded near Forest Road and Seven Springs Mountain Road. Hatzolah rushed to the scene and valiantly attempted to save the boy, but were sadly unable to do anything. The young victim is the son of R’ Yoel Lebowitz and a grandson of R’ Shulem Lebowitz and R’ Mendel Schwimmer. Levaya details will be published when available. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

A fast moving fire on Friday evening destroyed “Boosur” in South Fallsburg. Numerous fire departments from Sullivan and Ulster counties battled the blaze, which totaled the building. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
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Frightening dashcam footage captured the moment a vehicle barreling the wrong way down the NY State Thruway nearly struck a Boro Park Hatzolah member – just 9 minutes before the same vehicle fatally struck another Jewish man. A Boro Park Hatzolah member who spoke with YWN said he was driving south on the NY State Thruway with his wife and newborn baby – just released from Orange Regional Medical Center – when the incident occurred. The Hatzolah member tells YWN he was in the left lane and had just exited toward the NJ-17 when he spotted the vehicle barreling directly head-on towards his vehicle. “I saw him coming and immediately turned on my emergency lights to warn him and to safely make a last second lane change” he related to YWN.

A 15-passenger van overturned on Church Road in Mountaindale on Thursday night. Sources tell YWN that there were 13 passengers in the vehicle at the time of the crash. Catskills Hatzolah dispatched numerous ambulances to treat the injured. Thankfully, no serious injuries were reported. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)
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A tragic incident unfolded in White Lake, Sunday afternoon, when three people drowned in the water. Sources tell YWN that it appears that one victim fell off a pontoon, and two other people jumped off the same boat to assist the victim in the water. Tragically, all three drowned in the lake. Catskills Hatzalah and MobileMedics, White Lake FD, Bethel EMS, NY State Police, Sullivan Sheriff Dept. along with other local emergency personnel responded to the scene and attempted to save their lives. All three victims were found in cardiac arrest. Paramedics were able to get a pulse back in one victim, and two others were in cardiac arrest with CPR being performed when they were transported to the hospital. It appears that the victims of this tragic incident were local residents.

State health officials in New York are warning of expanding “community spread” of the polio virus after it was found in wastewater samples from another upstate county. The state Department of Health said Friday the polio virus was detected in four samples from Sullivan County, two each in July and August. Sullivan County is several dozen miles northwest of Rockland County, where officials on July 21 announced the first case of polio in the United States in nearly a decade. The unidentified young adult was unvaccinated. The Sullivan County samples are genetically-linked to the case of paralytic polio in Rockland County. State Health Commissioner Dr. Mary T.

Tens of thousands of Jews from all walks of life streamed into Kiryas Joel Tuesday to mark the 43rd Yahrtzeit of the Satmar Rebbe, Reb Yoel Teitelbaum Zatzal, the founder of the Satmar Chasidic movement and namesake of the Satmar village in Orange County. Thousand visit the Kever each year on his Yartzheit. The Satmar Rov was Niftar at age 92 in 1979, two years after Kiryas Joel was created. The Satmar Rav, a direct descendant of both the famed Yismach Moshe and the Chavas Daas, was recognized as a young man for his unusual lomdus, hasmadah and tzidkus – Torah scholarship, diligence and piety – assuming his first rabbinical position as Rav of Muzheyer at the age of seventeen.

Close to 650 cyclists are gearing up for the 13th annual and largest ever summer of Bike4Chai. The two-day premier cycling event, August 17-18, is the highest per capita experiential fundraiser in the world, with proceeds benefiting Chai Lifeline, the international children’s health support network. To date, more than $8 million has already been raised to help children and families impacted by serious illnesses. Bike4Chai begins Wednesday morning, August 17, in Pocono Manor, Pennsylvania, with riders taking part in a 50-mile endurance ride through the picturesque Pocono Mountains. In the early hours of August 18, riders will depart on 60, 85 and 100-mile route options, each with fully stocked rest stops along the way featuring food, supplies and entertainment.

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