Monday, January 5, 2026

Resilience Par Excellence

 

Wheelchair-bound Elisha to the rescue

A first-year student was driving on Israel’s Highway 6 at 2am when she had a flat in one of the tyres. She got out of the car, and tried unsuccessfully to stop passing drivers for help. Suddenly, one car stopped. It was Elisha Maidan and his family.


Elisha had both legs amputated as a result of injuries in the war, and recently received the Resilience Medal from Chemdat Academic College. Elisha’s wife Miri took the wheelchair out of the car, Elisha sat in it, and personally changed the tyre for the grateful student.