By COLlive reporter
A frum Jewish family from Manchester, England has concluded a week-long visit in Israel when tragedy struck suddenly causing them to delay their return on Monday.
The family was at Ben-Gurion International Airport just about to board a plane taking them back home to Manchester, when the father of the family suffered from a heart attack.
R’ Moshe Litke, aged in his 50s, was walking onto the passenger boarding bridge of a plane at Terminal 3 of Ben Gurion Airport, when he suddenly collapsed.
ZAKA emergency rescue volunteers led by Mandy Haviv tried to save the man through resuscitation efforts, but the attempts were not successful, and a doctor was forced to determine his death.
Shmulik Segel, the ZAKA commander in Modi’in Illit who was at the scene, spoke about the tragic death.
“We received a call about someone who collapsed in Terminal 3 on their way to board a plane, when we arrived I saw worried family members, and while conducting resuscitation on the father we tried to calm the family members who were in a panic,” said Segel.
ZAKA volunteers remained with the bereaved wife and children, and will accompany them throughout the process while providing professional support in light of their tragic loss.
this person was an extremely special person i knew him personaly
This man ob”m was obviously very special, and Hashem wanted him to be buried in Israel, close to where the Beit Hamikdosh will soon be rebuilt.
Family Litke are longstanding members of the Manchester community where they are well known for being ‘oskei betzorchay tzibbur’. In the zechus of all the chasodim that R’ Moshe zt’ll and yb’lct his wife; Dissy have done – Hashem should send the family the yeshuos and nechomos to get through this difficult time.
Hamokom yenachem eschem..
This man ob”m was obviously very special, and Hashem wanted him to be buried in Israel, close to where the Beit Hamikdosh will soon be rebuilt.
why do you even print such cases ? This Thid really discourages people from going to Israel ?
He was my teacher. BDE
Reb Moshe Litke זצ”ל a much loved and admired teacher and rebbe of over twenty years, had a massive heart attack this monday evening in Ben Gurion airport while boarding a plane back to Manchester and was נפטר there and then in front of his wife and three young children. His levayo took place yesterday in Bet Shemesh, those who were not there cannot imagine the scene, but the reports are “have never been to such a levayo in my life!!” The fresh אלמנה and יתומים are coming back tomorrow (Thursday) to Manchester to continue sitting Shiva, in actual fact… Read more »
that’s awful. Moshiach now!!! Enough!!!!
How much longer? Enough is enough!
Bde
That is such a tragedy!
so sad and so sudden..
BDE R’L
How sad! May the family only know simchas!
This Golus does have an ending.. And boy oh boy do we have to “bring down the curtain on his show” Goodbye..” There’s a lot of light at the end of this dark tunnel and we will be like dreamers when Moshiach does get here.. Golus is NOT the reality.. Moshiach is and we will get there NOW!
He was buried in eretz Yisroel.
May the family be comforted.
Moshiach now!
We need moshiach now!
this goes to show that anything can happen anywhere. Refua shleima.
Oy