 |
||||||||
 |
||||||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
||||
|
Kiryl, who immigrated by himself from Russia, was killed his first day on the job. The Jewish Agency found his mother and brother and flew them to Israel. The father, who was located yesterday in a remote town, will be flown to Israel in the next few days. Kiryl Shremko, the 23 year-old security guard who gave his life this week when he prevented a female suicide bomber from entering the Amakim shopping mall in Afula, on his very first day of work, immigrated by himself from Russia three years ago. After finishing ulpan, Kiryl volunteered for a combat position in the IDF. His ambition after being released from the army was to become a security guard at a local shopping mall. He approached the director of the shopping mall in Afula for a position but was turned down. Kiril would not be deterred, however, and finally convinced the director to hire him. He was killed the first day on the job, after blocking the terrorist with his body. His mother and brother were planning on coming to Israel from Siberia this September. Jewish Agency representatives in Russia located his parents and brother. His mother was found in the Ural town of Nepatamsk, which is a five-hour flight from Moscow. The grandmother, who lives in Israel, had informed her of the tragedy. With the help of Rosa Drachtman a Jewish Agency emissary and social worker by profession, the Jewish Agency flew the mother and brother to Israel. The father was on a business trip in a remote Siberian town some 6,000 kilometers from Moscow, a place, which, because of the harsh weather conditions, can be reached only by helicopter. Ran Azar, the head of the Agency mission in the Ural Mountains area, located the mother and brother. A delegation from the Jewish Agency visited them and expressed condolences. "Our job was very difficult," says Ran Azar. "First of all we felt terrible . . . . It was also difficult physically, because the mother lives far away, and the father lives in Siberia. She learned the about bad news directly from Israel and not from us. Afterwards, obviously, we contacted them. They chose to hold the funeral in Israel. We quickly cut through red tape and made all the arrangements, including passports, which they didn't have. Now we are trying to contact the father in order to bring him to Israel as well. Rosa Tractman, the social worker, spoke with the family."
|
