Daniel, an athlete and basketball trainer, set up and managed a basketball school in New Orleans. When Hurricane Katrina hit that city, Daniel lost all of his property. His home was flooded, and his life’s work, the basketball school, was totally destroyed.
Just before the storm struck, Daniel stuffed whatever he could into his backpack and rode a bicycle 40 kilometers until reaching an airport, where he got on the last plane out.
Daniel flew to Miami and saved his life. Everything he left behind was destroyed. Daniel realized that he had no alternative but to start a new life. “I had nothing,” he said. “I had to start from zero in a new place, and maybe this was a sign.”
“Instead of sinking into depression,” Daniel thought, “perhaps this was an opportunity to start life anew, and if it’s going to be a new place, then this is my opportunity to move to Israel.”
Daniel joined the plane carrying the new immigrants with the help of the Nefesh B’Nefesh program.
Just before the storm struck, Daniel stuffed whatever he could into his backpack and rode a bicycle 40 kilometers until reaching an airport, where he got on the last plane out.
Daniel flew to Miami and saved his life. Everything he left behind was destroyed. Daniel realized that he had no alternative but to start a new life. “I had nothing,” he said. “I had to start from zero in a new place, and maybe this was a sign.”
“Instead of sinking into depression,” Daniel thought, “perhaps this was an opportunity to start life anew, and if it’s going to be a new place, then this is my opportunity to move to Israel.”
Daniel joined the plane carrying the new immigrants with the help of the Nefesh B’Nefesh program.