It's been 20 years since the infamous Helicopter Catastrophe in which 73 IDF soldiers were killed. The very mention of the tragedy brings chills to most Israelis – yet most of them do not know of an amazing footnote to the story, one that concerns phone numbers from another world that led a bereaved mother to say, "I'm no longer afraid of death."
The tragedy occurred on a stormy night in northern Israel in February 2017, when two Israel Air Force helicopters crashed into each other on their way to bring reinforcements and replacements to the soldiers stationed in Lebanon. No one on the copters survived the crash.
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