By COLlive reporter
A young Jewish man from Brookfield, Wisconsin, tragically died following a plane crash on Thursday, May 26.
Daniel Andrew Perelman was 18, and a student at Northwestern University. He got his pilot license last fall.
Perelman took off in a Cessna 152 Thursday afternoon, did a pass at Timmerman Airport and then a touch-and-go-landing where he experienced engine problems, local news reported.
He was the only one aboard the two-seater when it crashed in the backyard of a home just south of Timmerman. Perelman went to the hospital with multiple injuries and died on Shabbos, reports said.
Daniel was a member of the Chabad Jewish Center of Waukesha County, directed by Shluchim Rabbi Levi and Fraidy Brook. A beloved young man, Daniel leaves behind his parents, sister, grandparents, aunts, uncles, classmates, friends and all those who knew him and loved him.
“Daniel was full of energy and curiosity, a gentle soul, and beloved by all who knew him,” Rabbi Levi Brook told COLlive.com.
Rabbi Brook notes that in the Jewish tradition, remembering a loved one or friend is not a “passive endeavor.”
“To truly remember is to incorporate a behavior, a positive trait or action into our lives, thereby memorializing the life and contributions of the one we loved,” he said.
With his passing, Chabad of Waukesha has set up the website Deeds for Daniel Memorial Drive, asking for you to take on a positive deed of goodness and kindness to commemorate Perelman’s life and his positivity.
Visit deedsfordaniel.com to share what you have committed to do in his memory.
Please give his Name and Father’s Name?
Baruch Dayan HaEmes
BDE
Where there any other Jews on the plane?
His neshama should have an aliyah. 🙁