Posted on 06/06/2002 10:24:12 AM PDT by LibWhacker
Sgt. Sivan Wiener of Holon had just celebrated her 19th birthday in Tel Aviv the night before the bombing.
She wanted to return to her army base, but her family asked her to wait until early morning when it is safer to travel.
Her older brother Dudu, 33, of Tel Aviv brought her to the bus station and he spoke with her on the cellphone at 6:15 to make sure she was all right.
"When I heard about the attack, I called her again, but she didn't answer. I immediately understood that it was all over."
He recalled in an interview with Yediot Aharonot how only yesterday evening she had played with his sons.
"They ran after her to the elevator and begged her to stay. She calmed them down, promising to return on Friday for another visit," Dudu said.
Eliran, an old friend from school, said she had gone with Sivan yesterday to help her celebrate. "We drank something but returned home quickly because of the army, even though she was crazy about parties" she said.
Friends gathered at her home to mourn. "I still can't believe she's gone," one said. "It's like a bad dream," another said. "It's not at all like Sivan, she was so happy and full of life." Sgt. Sariel Katz's mother waited all morning for her 21-year old son to call and say he was all right, just as he had when he was near the terrorist bus attack in Wadi Ara. She told Israel Radio, "When I didn't hear from him this morning, I thought okay, he's sleeping. By 11 a.m. I called all the hospitals and I couldn't find him. I called his officer and said, 'I'm looking for him but I can't find him.' They suggested I call the morgue. I hoped he was thrown from the bus and still hadn't been found.
"I saw the bus, nothing was left, I didn't want to think about it, what a wonderful boy, everyone loved him."
Yesterday he was buried in Netanya's military cemetery. St.-Sgt David Stanislavski, 23, of Netanya, immigrated from Ukraine four years ago with his mother.
Next month they were going to go back for a visit. "There everyone is waiting for him," his mother told Israel Radio.
"He was my only son, I don't have any other children. Why, why are more families being left without children?"
Other victims buried last night include: St.-Sgt. Eliran Buskila, 21, of Hadera; Cpl. Liron Avitan, 19, of Hadera; and Sgt. Yigal Nivpur, 22, of Netanya.
The victims
St.-Sgt. Eliran Buskila, 21, of Hadera
St.-Sgt. Tzvi Gelber, 20, of Hadera
Sgt. Dotan Reisel, 22, of Hadera
Cpl. Liron Avitan, 19, of Hadera
Sgt. Violetta Hizguyev, 20, of Hadera
St.-Sgt. Genady Isakov, 21, of Hadera
Sgt. Sariel Katz, 21, of Netanya
Sgt. Yigal Nivpur, 22, of Netanya
St.-Sgt. David Stanislavski, 23, of Netanya.
Sgt. Sivan Wiener, 19, of Holon
Cpl. Avraham Barzilai, 19, of Netanya
Cpl. Dennis Blumin, 20, of Hadera
Zion Agmon, 50, of Hadera
Cpl. Vladimir Morari, 20, of Hadera
The names of the other victims had not been released by press time.
The Palestinians are poking a grizzly bear with a stick- when that bear decides he has had enough, WATCH OUT!
Hadn't heard that. I had heard they said it was okay since there were Israel soldiers on the bus.
I heard it mentioned on FOX and Friends this morning. I haven't seen it printed though.
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