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Inspiration In Seventh Grade

On Thursday, May 7, the seventh grade was privileged to hear from fifteen year old Asael Shabo. Asael Shabo was nine years old when terrorists stormed his home and murdered several of his family members including his mother. Asael survived this horrific attack by playing dead. He lost his right leg in the attack. Asael is a returning visitor to SAR; he spoke to last year's seventh grade and walked into the building using crutches. Today, with the help of SAR and Tikvot he now has a new prosthetic leg.

Asael was brought to the States by Tikvot. The organization worked with Asael and got him involved in swimming, sailing, rollerblading, water skiing, and more. He is now a positive young man who is helping other victims of terror put their lives back together. He also volunteers once a week at Magen Dovid Adom.

The seventh grade was transfixed and listened attentively to every word of Asael's story. There was a short video presentation and twenty minutes of questions and answers. Following the presentation, the students flocked around Asael to ask more questions. Many students were inspired by his story of courage and bravery. More details of Asael's accomplishments can be found on the Tikvot website.

Hi,

We are two students from SAR Academy. Today Asael Shabbo came to speak with us about his traumatic and extremely inspiring story. Thank you so much for giving us this opportunity to see the world from a completly different perspective, It showed us how to not take life for granted and appreciate what we have. We really want to get involved and be a part of this great program. If there is any way we can adopt a buddy and write letters to some of the kids, That would be great.

Thank you so much,
Rachel Bernstein and Talia Petashnick