Sandra Samuel, the nanny who saved Moshe Holtzberg,following their dramatic escape.
(Bottom photo: Amy Ginsburg)
Nanny saves toddler -Jason Koutsoukis
A nanny who saved a two-year-old toddler from Mumbai's Nariman House escaped from terrorists who opened fire in her direction by slamming the door in their face.
Sandra Samuel and another employee of the Chabad Jewish Centre had gone downstairs when they suddenly heard explosions. "The noise was very loud," Ms Samuel, 44, told the Israeli Yediot Ahronot daily. "We understood immediately that there was an attack and that there were terrorists." Before she and the male employee were able to hide, a gunman saw them and opened fire. "I don't know how I managed to react so quickly, but I closed the door in his face. We were saved. He must have thought we escaped through some back door."
The two hid in the room until late the next morning. "I was very scared, but I was even more scared for the baby," she said, adding she had put Moishe to bed earlier in the evening on the floor where the centre's living quarters are located.
"A lot of hours went by … then suddenly, I heard Moishe. He called me: 'Sandra! Sandra! Sandra!
"I decided to go upstairs despite the shooting and find him.
"When I got upstairs all the terrorists were apparently on the roof. I found Moishe standing next to his parents. Everything was full of blood. I grabbed him, went outside the room and ran outside," she said.
[Brisbane Times]
UPDATE:
A nanny who saved a two-year-old toddler from Mumbai's Nariman House escaped from terrorists who opened fire in her direction by slamming the door in their face.
Sandra Samuel and another employee of the Chabad Jewish Centre had gone downstairs when they suddenly heard explosions. "The noise was very loud," Ms Samuel, 44, told the Israeli Yediot Ahronot daily. "We understood immediately that there was an attack and that there were terrorists." Before she and the male employee were able to hide, a gunman saw them and opened fire. "I don't know how I managed to react so quickly, but I closed the door in his face. We were saved. He must have thought we escaped through some back door."
The two hid in the room until late the next morning. "I was very scared, but I was even more scared for the baby," she said, adding she had put Moishe to bed earlier in the evening on the floor where the centre's living quarters are located.
"A lot of hours went by … then suddenly, I heard Moishe. He called me: 'Sandra! Sandra! Sandra!
"I decided to go upstairs despite the shooting and find him.
"When I got upstairs all the terrorists were apparently on the roof. I found Moishe standing next to his parents. Everything was full of blood. I grabbed him, went outside the room and ran outside," she said.
[Brisbane Times]
UPDATE:
Sandra Samuel: A Heroine in Mumbai -Sara Esther Crispe
Sandra Samuel is a light amidst this darkness. Sandra is the proof that when people show their evil, others will show their beauty and greatness.
[Chabad.org]
Sandra Samuel is a light amidst this darkness. Sandra is the proof that when people show their evil, others will show their beauty and greatness.
[Chabad.org]
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