From tragedy, arises a measure of consolation. In a story appropriate for the approaching fast of Tisha B'Av - a day of mourning that will become one of joy when the Holy Temple is rebuilt - following the murder of a boy by his mother's boyfriend in a fit of rage, his mother decided to donate his organs, and five people's lives have been saved.
Tal Levinson, 17, died yesterday of wounds he suffered at the hands of a man who was later arrested at Ben Gurion International Airport's duty-free section as he was attempting to flee the country. The boy's heart was transplanted into a 51-year-old father of two, a resident of Yokne'am in the Galilee, who has been hospitalized for three months in serious condition. The operation was successful, and he is now recovering in the emergency ward of Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah.
In addition, the young victim's lungs were transplanted into a 29-year-old woman, and his liver into a 49-year-old woman. His pancreas and a kidney were given to a 40-year-old man, and a child was scheduled to receive the second lung later today.
Tal Levinson, 17, died yesterday of wounds he suffered at the hands of a man who was later arrested at Ben Gurion International Airport's duty-free section as he was attempting to flee the country. The boy's heart was transplanted into a 51-year-old father of two, a resident of Yokne'am in the Galilee, who has been hospitalized for three months in serious condition. The operation was successful, and he is now recovering in the emergency ward of Beilinson Hospital in Petach Tikvah.
In addition, the young victim's lungs were transplanted into a 29-year-old woman, and his liver into a 49-year-old woman. His pancreas and a kidney were given to a 40-year-old man, and a child was scheduled to receive the second lung later today.