‘CHEERS AND TEARS’: THE HEARTWARMING STORY OF AN AIRPLANE RETURNING TO GATE TO PICK UP CANCER STRICKEN CHILD WHO LOST HER PASSPORT

An El Al plane heading from Tel Aviv to New York City made the unusual move of returning to the gate to pick up an 11-year-old cancer patient after she was earlier removed from the aircraft for having lost her passport.

The rabbi who organized trip earlier this month called the event “one of the most incredible stories regarding El Al that I have ever come across in my life.”

Inbar Chomsky, an Israeli girl, was one of 30 children flying to the U.S. to take part in Camp Simcha, a summer camp in Glen Spey, New York for children with serious illnesses run by Chai Lifeline.
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