Eleven days ago she was hurt in the Ashdod port terrorist attack and listed in "mortal" condition - and now she is back on her feet and planning to marry less in than two months from now.
Michal Kopolovitz, 27, was preparing to leave her job as a clerk in a containers company in the port when she heard the first blast. "We quickly started calling Magen David Adom and the police," she told Ynet, "and reported the blast. Then we went outside and suddenly there was another blast, and I was thrown by its force." Even though she was able to run on her own towards an ambulance, her wounds were listed as life-threatening: shrapnel in her respiratory system and elsewhere in her body. For two days, the doctors didn't know if she would survive - but then she began to make quick progress. "It's just a miracle," her father Baruch said. "We received her as a gift, and we will now celebrate two birthdays for her: the day she was born, and the day she survived this attack."
She and her fiance Rimon will be married in Ashkelon in mid-May - although she still has a long period of rehabilitation ahead of her.
Ten people were killed in the double suicide attack, and close to 20 were wounded. Among the latter are Ana bat [daughter of] Tziporah, 26, who is still suffering from wounds and bruises to her head, chest, and ears; Rumi bat Simcha, 41, a single mother raising two children aged 10 and 7, who is suffering from serious wounds to her head, legs and ears; and Yosef ben [son of] Zohara, 55, with head and lung injuries.
Another of the many terror victims over the past years is Shira bat Ora, a little girl who was hurt in the #2 bus bombing on her way back from the Western Wall last summer. One eye is OK, and doctors managed to save her other eye, and are hoping she will have 20-30% eyesight in the latter.
Michal Kopolovitz, 27, was preparing to leave her job as a clerk in a containers company in the port when she heard the first blast. "We quickly started calling Magen David Adom and the police," she told Ynet, "and reported the blast. Then we went outside and suddenly there was another blast, and I was thrown by its force." Even though she was able to run on her own towards an ambulance, her wounds were listed as life-threatening: shrapnel in her respiratory system and elsewhere in her body. For two days, the doctors didn't know if she would survive - but then she began to make quick progress. "It's just a miracle," her father Baruch said. "We received her as a gift, and we will now celebrate two birthdays for her: the day she was born, and the day she survived this attack."
She and her fiance Rimon will be married in Ashkelon in mid-May - although she still has a long period of rehabilitation ahead of her.
Ten people were killed in the double suicide attack, and close to 20 were wounded. Among the latter are Ana bat [daughter of] Tziporah, 26, who is still suffering from wounds and bruises to her head, chest, and ears; Rumi bat Simcha, 41, a single mother raising two children aged 10 and 7, who is suffering from serious wounds to her head, legs and ears; and Yosef ben [son of] Zohara, 55, with head and lung injuries.
Another of the many terror victims over the past years is Shira bat Ora, a little girl who was hurt in the #2 bus bombing on her way back from the Western Wall last summer. One eye is OK, and doctors managed to save her other eye, and are hoping she will have 20-30% eyesight in the latter.