Incredible footage from the award ceremony at the Lod police station Sept 24, 2020 LMinyanam
IDU Spokesman:
Despite the spectre of COVID-19, an emotionally charged ceremony was held this morning at the Lod Police Station where the family of a missing person met the IDU dog handlers who saved him.
Lod Police Chief, Superintendent Shimon Dahan, together with Superintendent Guy Bacchar, Cheif of Operations, presented certificates of appreciation and esteem to Israel Dog Unit volunteers for their resourcefulness and success in locating the missing Darba Avraham Gatenach, age 65, after he became disoriented and found himself lost in deep brush on Rosh Hashana Eve.
Two days after Avraham went missing, the family and the forces whom had been searching for him had resigned themselves to the conclusion that they would no longer find their dear Avraham alive due to the harsh heat wave at the time. The Israel Dog Unit refused to surrender and pushed on with the search.
After deploying many volunteers for hours in the intense heat, Avraham was finally found alive, by Bram Settenbrino of the IDU. Bram found him lying on the ground, dehydrated and exposed to the blaring sun for more than two days. Bram then proceeded to carry him to a shady spot and called emergency services who quickly came and gave him medical attention before whisking him off to the hospital where he is currently rehabilitating.
In a rare display of gratitude, IDU commander Mike Ben-Yaakov fastened the IDU's pin to both Chief Superintendant Dahan and Superintendant Bachar to thank them for their cooperation, saying "You too deserve recognition for being a precinct that knows the value of the life of a missing person, and for taking the initiative to call on professionals with the ability to succeed in that task and provide them the required environment - which in this case included the use of the station's command center. It would have been very difficult to continue the search otherwise."
Chief Superintendant Dahan thanked the IDU, saying: "What sets the IDU apart from all other forces is the motivation and perseverance of its volunteers as well as it’s cutting edge technology that even the police have such as the special mobile application developed by the IDU Technology Department which helps effectively manage search operations and document all troop movement”
Esti, Avraham’s niece, presented certificates to the station commander, as well as the IDU, and United Hatzalah, adding: "We would never have dreamed to look for Avraham in that place; without the intervention of the IDU he would have died, G-d forbid.”
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