Portraits of Survival: The Israeli Hostages Who Made It Home
When gunmen came for Mia Leimberg, 17, and her mother, Gabriela, 60, Mia held onto her dog, Bella. “I knew that they would kill her if I left her,” she said.
They and Mia’s aunt, Clara Marman, 60, were released after 53 days, leaving behind Clara’s partner, Louis Har, 70, and brother, Fernando Simon Marman, 60.
The two men were rescued months later in an army raid. “As soon as they said our names,” Fernando said of the rescue team, “I felt like the safest person on Earth.”
Source – NY Times
