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Thursday, 18 Shevat, 5786
  |  February 5, 2026

Picture of the Day

This week Nachum Sasonkin of Crown Heights marked 15 years since the 1994 Brooklyn Bridge shooting which left him with a bullet in his brain. "If it would have gone in one more millimeter, I would have been blind," he is quoted in this week's COL Hebrew magazine. More

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I was a little boy in camp free
March 19, 2009 6:21 pm

when i met nochum,

Later on i found out his story, and was inspired by his amazing ability to climb above the hardships associated with the shooting.

Years later, when i heard he was getting married, and it was a whole story in the ny newspapers, i was overjoyed to read about it.

But now, seeing these pictures…..WOW. Thank you col for making these pics available to us. Thank you Nachum for inspiring the world

I remember this incident vividly
March 19, 2009 1:44 pm

I am a close friend of Ari H. HY”D and I remeber when the shooting first happened, Nochum was given a 5% chance of survivalby the doctors. I heard it from them with my own ears. B”H B”H!! He should only know mazal and good things.

How beautiful
March 19, 2009 11:03 am

Boruch Hashem he pulled through. May he have much nachas from his beautiful family.

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March 19, 2009 9:48 am

wow i never heard of this! mamash a nes! BH he got better, married, and has a family!

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