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Please say urgent Tehillim and add in good deeds in the merit of the mother, Gila bas Tziporah and one of the children, Tziporah bas Gila, who are in critical condition after surviving the fire.
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MIDWOOD — Seven children between the ages of 5 and 15 died early Saturday morning when a fire caused by a hot plate ripped through their home, police and fire officials said.
Yaakov Sasson – 5, Sarah Sasson – 6, Moshe Sasson – 8, Yehoshua Sasson – 10, Rivka Sasson – 11, Dovid Sasson – 12 and Eliana Sasson – 16, were all from the same Orthodox Jewish family, officials said.
The fire at 3371 Bedford Ave., which authorities were alerted to just before 12:30 a.m., was caused by a hot plate in the kitchen that the family had left on to keep food warm during Shabbos, FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro said.
Many Orthodox Jewish families are prohibited by religious restrictions from turning on various devices during the Sabbath.
It wasn’t immediately clear if the hot plate itself malfunctioned or ignited something near it, Nigro said.
The fire spread from the kitchen up the stairs to where the family was sleeping.
The children’s mother, 45, and a daughter, 14, jumped out a window at the rear of the home’s second floor, Nigro said.
The mother managed to get across the street and banged on neighbors’ doors to get help before she collapsed, sources said. She was taken to Jacobi Hospital in The Bronx, where she was put in a hyperbaric chamber, in critical condition, sources and officials said.
“I think she valiantly tried, although she was very badly burned, to get out and get help for her children,” Nigro said. “Very, very brave.”
There were four bedrooms on the second floor, he added. Children were found in three of them.
“From the conditions on arrival I would say it was impossible for them to have gotten out of the room and past — the fire came up the stairs,” Nigro said. “The mother would have had to go into the fire to get into the back bedrooms.”
The surviving daughter was taken to Staten Island University Hospital, also in critical condition.
There were no working smoke alarms on the first and second floors of the house, Nigro said, but there was one in the basement.
Nigro said it wasn’t clear how much time had passed from when the fire started and when 911 was called, but it appeared the fire had been smouldering for some time.
“Firefighters were here in three minutes and 25 seconds,” Nigro said. “Unfortunately the outcome may have been determined before they arrived, that this fire was advanced.”
Neighbors alerted emergency responders to the blaze.
“I was just about to go to sleep and I heard someone say, ‘mommy, mommy, help me,'” said Andrew Rosenblatt, 65, who lives around the corner and called 911. He and his wife, Karen, saw flames and smoke coming from the house.
“It was a thick, heavy smoke,” Karen Rosenblatt, 64, said. Andrew Rosenblatt said he heard a child scream.
When firefighters arrived, they were met by a heavy smoke and fire, Nigro said.
“They broke the front door down and the fire met them there, they pushed the fire back enough that some of the members could rush up the stairs,” Nigro said. “And when they got up the stairs they did locate the children, but it was too late.”
The family’s father is away at a conference, sources said. Authorities were having a difficult time reaching him as he might have his cell phone off for the Sabbath, sources said.
“This is an unbelievable tragedy,” said Mayor Bill de Blasio after he and Nigro toured the scene Saturday afternoon. “It was unimaginable what you see in there. You can literally see what was a home for a large strong family, and now it is wiped out. Every room empty and burned and charred.”
The levaya will take place in Israel.
Baruch Dayan Haemes.
yes its hurt very much !
help your people
There are no words for a tragedy of this portion, I don’t know how it will be possible for the parents to go on living. But I do know that we should not be angry with Hashem. By being angry with Hashem we are saying that we know better than he does, and that what he did was wrong and terrible. Hashem our loving father is only the creator of good, this situation pains him just as much, but just as a parent would get an operation to save a childs life even though the child will be in pain,… Read more »
I was literally crying when I read it…A whole family? did the surviving daughter pass away? or is she still in critical condition? Baruch Dayan Haemes
its so sad why dos this happen so sad
I feel so bad for the family please ה help us
Today, my class was taking about it. The girls who knew about it from before hand were devastated. The girls who didn’t know broke out in tears. Hashem, why?
so sad….in shock…..
b.d.e
ONLY SIMCHAS HASHEM!!!!!!!
you people dont even understand. the boys were in my yeshiva, i am only two years older than the oldest. he was my close friend. these people were the sweetest, cutest, and nicest kids in the entire school. my heart is ripped to shreds.
I do not enjoy when people mention that religious Jews are obligated to something when in fact all are.
This is insane!!!! Why ? Why does this have to happen??
We must all take a lesson…hashem is sending us a msg that he’s no Happy with us…look at allvofnout technology!!!! We live in a crazy world!!!!! STOP TRYING TO ACT LIKE GOYIM!!!!! WE ARE NOT A GOY WE ARE THE AM HANIVCHAR!!!!!!
HASHEMNPLZ SEND MASHIACH NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What an awful tragedy! God help their family. But why no working smoke alarms? My heart aches.
This is such a tragedy. Our hearts and prayers with Sasson family
We all say Why?? With such a beautiful doti community. We Sephardim and Ashkenazim are in mourning .Please Hashem listen to our prayers…
imagine what the father is going through.
Why hashem, why do you do what you do , to your children, smoke deterctors please
On Rosh Chodesh Nissan, exactly 3327 years ago on the first of Nissan the only recorded fire tragedy in Tanach is recorded. Nadav and Avihu, the children of Ahron were burnt by a fire within the Holy of Holiness. Vayidom Ahron. What a terrible recurrence of a tragedy of this caliber. We don’t understand Hashem’s ways. May Hashem give strength to the father and a speedy recovery for the wife and remaining child. Let us all do something positive due to this terrible tragedy.
Also yortzeit licht too close to an open window where a curtain can blow into the filament and cause a fire. This has happened
Everyone call everyone this date to check all smoke detectors escape ladders\windows and make sure all electrical cords and appliances are good quality…this should become a minhag in all frum communities….senseless tragedy …all schools should educate kinder about fire safety and smoke alarm battery change.HomeDepot has them cheap enough.
MY FEELING ARE WITH THE FAMILY
I read an article a few years ago describing how more fires happen in orthodox homes than any other, as a group, because of our lifestyles. We have Shaboss candles and Chanukah menorahs in easy reach of children and not necessarily constantly guarded by adults. We have Bedikas Chametz where children are allowed to roam the house with a lit candle, searching under beds and in closets and drawers. We have hot plates, blechs over a lit fire, crockpots, and electric urns. I don’t remember the rest of the list but the point was that there must be constant adult… Read more »
Mezuzos.
Sefer Razael Hamaloch
The daughter tzipporah bas gila
Mushiach now
The issue here is not hot plates and whether they’re safe to use or not. Any appliance can fail at any time. The real issue is to have (working) smoke detectors! You should have at least one for each level of your home. A CO detector is important as well. You can buy units that include both smoke and CO detection. Many cities have programs where the fire dept will give you and install smoke detectors for free. Working smoke detectors would have given this family at least a fighting chance of all surviving the fire. And make sure you… Read more »
B”H the surviving daughter should have an easy chupah and LOTS of beautiful children in the zechus of her siblings.
They should all be gedolim like their uncles and aunts a”h and fill the world with Torah and maasim tovim.
The surviving mother and grandparents should shep even more nachas, be renewed, and only know even greater simcha and rachmanas bH!
פשוט קורבנותת!!! עד מתיייי נמשיך לסבולל??
מה חטאווו ילדים קטנים?!?!?!?
Coming from EY, the family probably didn’t realize how crucial smoke detectors are, in EY they are almost unheard of because houses are built from stone. only now are they becoming mandatory at public institutions
We must daven to Hashem that moshiach should come NOW!
We need moshiach now!!!!We need moshiach now!!!!We need moshiach now!!!!
an unimaginable tragedy !!!!!! and I can only imagine the pain the parents will indur for the rest of their lives……. we must be able to learn from this. 1. every bedroom must have a smoke / carbon detector. six feet from the floor on the wall. 2. each common hallway, kitchen, basement and boiler room must have a smoke/carbon detector same place. 3. each home should have a small fire extingusher hanging on the inside of a closet door. 4. if u use a platza/hot plate or similar electrical device, keep it near metal appliances and stone counters, and… Read more »
smoke alarms are ONLY good if your family knows what to do, DON’T take it for granted that they know
We are with u dear parents please hold on Hashem is with you, we are hurting with you, and are praying for you.
A 10 year old child doesn’t know what a smoke detector is? They have never been told this by a parent or at school – EVER? My kid’s PRESCHOOL teaches them what to do. EVERY child should be taught basic fire safety – what to do, how to get out, and where to meet. By eight years old I knew how to turn off the gas, electricity, and water to the house in case of an emergency. It’s YOUR job as a parent to keep your children safe.
on shabos it’s ok to turn off but NOT to turn back on. Please ask your rabbi. As per R’ M. Feinstein the shabos clock is a problem as it is so turning back on is prohibited.
AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
may the surviving parents and daughter be comforted in the most revealed way they should have no more pain, tragedy, or sorrow!!! only open and revealed goodness for them and for all of klal yisroel!!!!! and the mother and daughter should a COMPLETE refuah sheleima!!!
HASHEM WE NEED MOSHIACH!!! THIS IS TAKING TOO LONG!!!
Please make sure you use a timer with the hot plate. The timer should be set to turn off the hot plate Friday night and turn it back on sometime Shabbat morning. It’s a lot safer this way.
We are with u dear parents please hold on Hashem is with you, we are hurting with you, and are praying for you.
we are in a lot of pain, we are in tears we are praying, how much more of galut can there be???
Mashiyah needs to be now!!!
Hashem please send Refuah
gila bas tzipporah
Tzipporah Bas gilA
Lets all increase in goodness kindness.
Ahavas yisroel must increase
We can not understand Hashem ways.
MOSHIACH NOW
as I heard this terrible story I went to test all of our smoke detector and as they went off screeching sound my 10 year old doughter asked me what’s that beeping sound, I explained what the beeping means but I was surprised when she said to me “Totty I thought it’s the microwave with done food”. This is very scary we need to educate our kids that if they hear this particular high beep it means run and get help.
We are with u dear parents please hold on Hashem is with you, we are hurting with you, and are praying for you.
number 52 SMOKE ALARMS SAVE LIVES
We beg you HaShem Moshiach Now! My heart and prayers go to the family.
OY VEY!!! Innocent victims, pure neshamos taken from our midst! WHY???? We DO NOT KNOW the ANSWERS, BUT WE DO KNOW what מחלוקת brings with it, ר”ל. WE MUST DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO STOP THE FIGHTING, WHEREVER, WITH WHOEVER בתוך אחינו כלל ישרא-ל!!! THAT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO WITH ALL WE HAVE WITHIN US TO STOP THE FIRES THAT CONSUME INNOCENT VICTIMS!!!! Hashem, please have mercy upon your children and bring us Moshiach תיכף ומיד ממש!!!
smoke alarms are a waste of time if you don’t teach your kid’s what they should do when they hear it. please explain them they don’t know
my heart is breaking for this poor family and for the father who will be having to deal with all this when he gets home. I pray they keep their sanity and that the mum and daughter get through this nightmare. The seven pure neshamas will be in shomayim where there is no more pain.
Why do you have to do this ?
Please HaShem you must bring Moshiach now!!! You must have mercy on this family now. Please please help this family now
How horrible! There are no words!!!
Suzanne
Hashem ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! How much pain must your children live through before you send us Moshiach?! Its time you hear our cries and stop causing your people to suffer! Especially innocent children and families!!! This is tooo much to bear!!! I cant even fathom the extent of such a tragedy for the survivors of this!!! Please Hashem BRING MOSHIACH NOW!! Its time you realize weve had enough of this bitter and painful golus and we NEED MOSHIACH NOW!!!!! May this be the last tragedy of golus and everyone be reunited with Moshiach in yerushalayim! !
רבונו של עולם אתה הטוב והמטיב , אבל לקחת ילדים טהורים כאלו שלא טעמו טעם חטא צדיקים וטהורים למה רבונו של עולם למה? אנו לא מבינים דרכי רבונו של עולם אנחנו מתחננים ומבקשים בתפילה ותחנונים שתסתיים הגלות הזאת ותהיה כבר הגאולה האמיתית והשלימה בביאת משיח צדקינו עכשיו ומיד ממש!!
ohmygod my heart is pounding I can’t may hashem comfort the family
Smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors for years we are told to have them in our house. We’re told over and over and over but we don’t Were told to change the batteries when we move the clocks forward in the spring and back in the fall. But unfortunately we don’t listen. Everybody reading this post should right now check that they have a working carbon monoxide detector and a working smoke detector on the floor of their bedrooms. I bet even with reading my post 90% of people will not check the smoke detectors that they work. Very sad,… Read more »
I’m so glad there are others who understand the need for electrical safety. I have had customers bring me appliances for repair from frum stores and I have told them to throw them in the garbage before they c”v start a fire or worse. The issue of smoke detectors is also frightening. I can’t count how many times I see them in drawers because “it went off when I was cooking.” These devices will save your life! Buy a photoelectric unit instead of an ionization model if you’re so concerned about false alarms. Would you honestly go to the pharmacy… Read more »
We must daven and cry out to Hashem that moshiach should come NOW!
What Hashem wants from us???!!
Dear Ribbono Shel Olam,
We know you are the essence and creator of all kindness, we do not question your ways, we know from the depths of our souls which you breathed into us and sustain us daily that you are GOOD, we put our complete trust in you, continuoulsy. Please let all your goodness be revealed so we can understand your ways. We cannot carry this pain of our bothers any longer. We beseech you to send us a complete Redemption!!!
please be aware that they have a shelf life, they DON’T last forever. Please make sure you have fresh batteries and completely replace them every 10 years or so. This is living proof that they are a MUST.
all we can do now be there for the family, say tehilim, do one small act of kindness to a friend, love your fellow jew etc. Take someting on for the kedosh childrens neshamas.
OY VEY!!! Innocent victims, pure neshamos taken from our midst! WHY???? We DO NOT KNOW the ANSWERS, BUT WE DO KNOW what מחלוקת brings with it, ר”ל. WE MUST DO ALL IN OUR POWER TO STOP THE FIGHTING, WHEREVER, WITH WHOEVER בתוך אחינו כלל ישרא-ל!!! THAT IS THE LEAST WE CAN DO WITH ALL WE HAVE WITHIN US TO STOP THE FIRES THAT CONSUME INNOCENT VICTIMS!!!! Hashem, please have mercy upon your children and bring us Moshiach תיכף ומיד ממש!!!
We need moshiach now!!!!
With G-D help we will be dancing with the about moshiach
OMG!!!!!
NO WORDS – 7 KIDS???
WHAT?????????????????
SMOKE DETECTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!PLEASEEEEEEE
?????????? We are all your children. These are our brothers and sisters. You are our father. Please end this Golus fast. Please end this game. Please Please Please. We don’t understand you. Please be good to your children,in a revealed way. ENOUGH OF THIS GOLUS! WE CANNOT TAKE IT ANY LONGER!!!! ALL YOUR CHILDREN ARE SUFFERING AND IN PAIN RIGHT NOW! PLEASE HASHEM!
I have had just about ENOUGH of this HASHEM! !!!! YOU MUST STOP taking YOUR CHILDREN from this world and certainly stop giving is so much pain!! I can’t breath anymore from hearing this bad news!!!
Please just send us all a yeshua: MOSHIACH NOW!!!!
Baruch dayin emes! Hashem should comfort the remainder if this family!!!
I Feel terrible its so sad and upsetting HASEM HELP US YIDIN
AD MOSAY RIGHT NOW!
RE – COMMENT # 14. YOU ARE 1000% CORRECT. FRUM STORES ARE SELLING NON UL APPROVED ELECTRIC BLECHS AND URNS !!!! DTOP USING THEM NOW ! BUY A PRESTO ELECTRIC BLECH AND TAPE THE THERMOSTAT.CHECK YOUR URNS ALSO AS I HAVE FOUND CONTERFIT UL LABELS. DO IT NOW ! BDE.
May G-D send strength and comfort to the family. Please remember to check the batteries in your smoke detectors and put one every level!
רוצים גאולה ומשיח נאו, עד מתי ???;
ad mosai??!!
Smoke detector of not!!! IT’S NOT ACCEPTABLE!!!!!
First–Refua shleyma and strength to the mother and daughter; strength to the poor father. Second. May those who perished rest in peace, but may that peace contain interceding, even storming the gates, on behalf of Kol vklal Yisrael. Third; I used to use a blech over fas burner but when carbon monoxide alarms were invented and installed, they kept going off and the fire department said it was from the gas being covered, giving off carbon monoxide. SO I switched to electric blech. It would be helpful if we knew exactly what happened in this fire–if it was the blech… Read more »
Oy!! Hashem why???? Why so many korbanos have to be taken!!! A complete and speedy refuah shleima for the mother and daughter and may they all be comforted!! Moshiach nowwwwwww!!
So tragic! WHY!!!!
Ugh need Moshiach!
I can’t
Crying
Hashem should help them
How could a mother go on after this?????? How?? I mean it. There is no way a mother could live after this.
I am so upset for this family, I can’t believe it, 7 children all taken so quickly. This is terrible terrible. And what’s going to be when that mummy asks for her children, her poor brain, how’s she going to be nebech? I really don’t understand Gd, I don’t know what to think anymore.
A ridiculously huge number of the electric appliances being sold as “Shabbos” or “Kosher” appliances in Jewish-owned stores are NOT UL listed for the US or Canada. They lack basic electrical safeguards and are disasters waiting to happen. Please make sure your appliances and your families are safe!
May mother and daughter have speedy recovery and together with father and all their family may HaShem gives them full comfort ….ad Masai ?
Speechless horrible indescribable I’m very sorry to hear that offal news !!!:( may the rest in peace 🙁
Cant imagine the mother surviving this…PLease HKB”H, this is too much….
Everyone make sure to check your candles or hot plates not to be near anything flammable….
Hashes should take us out of גלות nowwwwwwwwwww
SMOKE DETECTORS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NONONONONONONONONOONONONONONO NO IT CANT BE IT CANT NO NO NO
My heart aches and my soul cries. This is a massive tragedy c I can only imagine what the poor three survivors at go I through. And the father…!!!
bde, this world lost seven precious yidden.
What a tragedy ! Hashem should send comfort and healing !! Please plug in the plata with a timer attached .
i cant. this is NOT OK!! hashem!!!!!!!!!!
never again this should be the last ever in Golus!!!!!!! It is Rosh Chodesh Nissan – it is written that Moshiach will come in Nissan, and Yud Aleph Nissan the Rebbe’s Kepitel is changing to Bitzeis Yisroel Mimitzrayim!!!!! Yaakov, Sarah, Moshe Yehoshua, Rivka, Dovid, Eliana – knock on those gates in a way only you know how!!!!!!!!!! AdMosadi let us bring Moshiach NOW!!
Ad mosai??????untill when we will be suffering in this galus???
Hashem enough! we need moshiach!!
Ad mosai!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!moshiach now now now
oh my god!!! Hashem why!?!