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One Year After the Second Lebanon War: A Company Commander Fights to Walk Again

[Ynet News] Meital Tzur - Dubi Genish, 36, a company commander in the IDF engineering corps, was in a tank convoy that found itself under attack from anti-tank missiles. "It was a barrage of 14 missiles from El-Chiam. I realized that our tank could be hit any moment, so I immediately ordered everyone to jump out. I saw that my friend Oren was stuck behind and I immediately returned to pull him out. I pulled Oren and at that moment a missile hit us," Genish said. "The missile struck exactly where I was standing and cut off my leg. Luckily the missile did not explode inside the vehicle, it severed it and exploded outside. It was a feeling of hell, Oren and I were severely wounded, lying in the vehicle, the heat was unbearable and we did not know if we would live or die." Ten days later, Genish opened his eyes in the hospital. "When I woke up I saw that my leg was still there, it was clear to me that I could not give it up but that I had to fight for it." In the past year Genish, a father of four, has undergone complicated operations and the rehabilitation is ongoing. The aim, he says, is to walk again.
2007-07-11 01:00:00
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