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Yahoo
5 hours ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Mother, 2 kids speak out after son in wheelchair aids in Boulder attack aftermath
BOULDER (KDVR) — A Jewish Lafayette family is telling their story of resilience after witnessing the terror attack in Boulder and helping in the aftermath. Rachel Cohen and her family live in Lafayette, but for over a year now, nearly every Sunday, they've gone to Pearl Street for the Run for Their Lives Walk. Rachel believes firmly in standing up for what she believes and teaches her five kids the same; that's why the walk was so important to them. Judge issues order stopping deportation of Boulder suspect's family She says she never required her kids to go, and only two came with her last Sunday. 'I'm a mom of five, so whoever's ready, we go, and it was my seven-year-old and my 14-year-old that day. My 14-year-old doesn't walk long distances well, so we took the wheelchair, loaded up and went.' She said. The walk was along its normal route when Rachel says she noticed the attacker due to his strange backpack, but she thought he must have been some sort of maintenance worker. Moments later she saw a wave of fire about 20 feet from her and her children. 'There was a crash and a smell of petrol and fire and I turned because I just knew something was wrong.' She said. 'The worst was an 88-year-old woman. It was the first time she'd walked with us. She was there on her birthday with her husband and the realization that my children could have been murdered, the realization that this happened here is incomprehensible in many ways.' She's had conversations with her son, Baruch, before about what to do in these situations, specifically after the Israeli Embassy shooting in D.C. She pushed him out of the way and left her daughter with him so she could go assist. 'He went off and went and looked for medical supplies and looked for what he could do not to help, not close to the danger, which is exactly what I would expect and afterwards I was told by people of how well he did calming people down.' She said. Baruch even spoke with first responders when they got on the scene. 'I gave them a quick rundown of the victims' conditions, how many, where they are, the suspect and then just while they're running because I wasn't going to stop them from where they needed to be,' Baruch said. 'I can't think of anyone who deserved this less': Holocaust survivor among Boulder attack victims Her husband drove the rest of the family over after the attack to aid and check in on the family, including her son Dov, who was shocked and is still trying to understand. 'I just saw how big it was and I just started crying because I thought, 'how can someone have such hatred for people that he tosses Molotovs at a crowd of people just supporting what they think?' I was so afraid knowing that someone could be so antisemitic,' she said. Despite the attack, Rachel says her and her family will be there again to walk on Sunday, to continue to stand with the Israeli hostages and show her children resilience. 'I'm not going to let some terrorize me out of doing the right thing, which is to support these people,' Rachel said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Sky News AU
2 days ago
- General
- Sky News AU
Karoline Leavitt blames Biden administration for Boulder attack
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has criticised the Biden administration for the Boulder, Colorado attack. At a recent press conference, Ms Leavitt said: 'Joe Biden's administration allowed him to stay in our country and to work … this is the predictable result of letting anti-American radicals and illegal immigrants pour into our country.' More than 10 people were injured in the attack with homemade Molotovs, one of which was a Holocaust survivor.
New York Post
3 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Hamas terror has a hateful new home in America
Sunday's firebombing of a peaceful crowd in Boulder, Colo., is just the latest proof that Hamas' hate has far too much of a home here in America. The mostly elderly group was holding a vigil for Israeli hostages still held in Gaza by Hamas terrorists; Mohamed Sabry Solima, apprehended for assaulting them with Molotovs and an improvised flamethrower, screamed 'Free Palestine' and 'End Zionists.' Just as Elias Rodriguez reportedly shouted 'Free, free Palestine' after the cold-blooded slaughter of two young Israeli Embassy staffers outside the Capital Jewish Museum in DC, less than two weeks before. And as prosecutors say Cody Balmer cited 'the Palestinian people' as his concern in the April arson attack on Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's home. Time and again, the supposed evils of Israel's war in Gaza to prevent another Oct. 7 become the justification for violence against Jews in America. Then again, that's fundamentally what the tentifada campus protesters are calling for, and the Democratic Socialist 'anti-Zionists,' too — even if only one faction of the movement is honest enough to say so outright. (The 'moderates' don't expel them for it, note.) And this hate is woven through countless institutions, from the Squad in the House of Representatives to so much of the Columbia faculty to Arthur Cheliotes, a veteran city labor leader with an honored post at CUNY, who spread antisemitic conspiracy theories and lies about the Gaza war. This poisonous crackpot was central to the founding of the 'labor justice' program at CUNY's Labor and Urban Studies School and served on its advisory board until he resigned Monday in the wake of The Post's exposé. And CUNY Chancellor Felix Matos-Rodriguez still has his job despite the antisemitism plaguing the faculty and administration. Heck, the Democratic Socialists' most-favored candidate, Zohran Mamdani, seems to be surging in the Democratic mayoral primary. It's past time for the vast, sane majority to reject these antisemites and all their enablers: Until it does, expect these acts of terror to keep coming.
