Take a deep dive into Israel’s largest civilian disaster, the Meron Crowd Crush at the Lag Ba’omer festival.

Co-hosts Dovie Maisel and Elad Bachar are joined by United Hatzalah Deputy Medical Director Avi Marcus, who was in the thick of the emergency. Together, they discuss planning for the festival, where they were when the crush occurred, how they navigated the chaos to treat the dozens of patients, and dealing with the aftermath of the tragedy.

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