Rare Footage from the Carmel Tragedy

I posted several articles (see links below) about the tragic Carmel fire that devastated Israel. Now, a rare video  has been shown on the Knesset television channel Tuesday (29 March 2011) taken from within  the bus caught in the Carmel inferno that killed 44 people, including almost all of the passengers and the driver. Commander Ahuva Tomer, who raced into the blaze in an effort to save the cadets perished from her injuries. 

According to this report from Arutz 7, one voice from inside the bus said, “Don’t tell me to relax. I am afraid.”  Another voice reassured, “Everything will be okay.” Other voices heard before the flames engulfed the bus: “Sit down, you are bothering the driver,” and  then, “The windows are starting to explode.” 

What struck me was the comment “Sit down, you are bothering the driver”--so typical in Israel. How many times in bad weather have passengers been admonished to "quiet down" because it was snowing or torrential rain was coming down--generally followed by a respectful silence. We owe our respectful silence to the many families who suffered the loss of these brave young souls...

Articles about the Carmel Fire at these links:

http://frumlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/disaster-in-israelmay-gd-have-mercy.html
http://frumlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/more-on-carmel-disaster.html
http://frumlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/israel-fire-under-controlnow-we-need.html
http://frumlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/deputy-commander-ahuva-tomer-dies-of.html
http://frumlife.blogspot.com/2010/12/update-to-carmel-fire-tragedya-gift-of.html