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Authorities: Rabbi Dad Of 7 Drowns Trying To Save Kids In Greenwood Lake Authorities: Rabbi Dad Of 7 Drowns Trying To Save Kids In Greenwood Lake
Authorities: Rabbi Dad Of 7 Drowns Trying To Save Kids In Greenwood Lake UPDATE: The body of a Ramapo rabbi who drowned trying to help two of his seven children into a boat on Greenwood Lake was recovered Monday, authorities said. Two children wearing life vests "were having difficulty getting into" a pontoon boat, so David Z. Traub jumped in just north of the Sportsmen's Marina at Lakeside Avenue in Hewitt on the New Jersey side, Greenwood Lake Police Chief John Hansen said. Traub, a 38-year-old Chestnut Ridge resident who led the school and synagogue at Bais Medrosh Elyon in Monsey, " got them into the boat safely with the assista…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Divers Recover Body Of Rockland Man Who Jumped Into Greenwood Lake To Save Kids Divers Recover Body Of Rockland Man Who Jumped Into Greenwood Lake To Save Kids
Divers Recover Body Of Rockland Man Who Jumped Into Greenwood Lake To Save Kids State Police divers have recovered the body of a man who jumped into Greenwood Lake to save two children. Greenwood Lake Police said the incident took place Sunday, Aug. 18, when children on a crowded pontoon boat were swimming in the lake with life vests on when two of them began to struggle attempting to get back in the boat around 5 p.m. One of the people aboard the boat, Dovid Traube, 38, of Chestnut Ridge, jumped into the water to save the kids, Greenwood Lake police said.  Traube, who wasn’t wearing a life vest, was successful at getting the kids back into the boat, but then wen…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Authorities: Rabbi Father Of 7 Drowns Trying To Save Kids In Greenwood Lake Authorities: Rabbi Father Of 7 Drowns Trying To Save Kids In Greenwood Lake
Authorities: Rabbi Father Of 7 Drowns Trying To Save Kids In Greenwood Lake UPDATE: The body of a Ramapo rabbi who drowned trying to help two of his seven children into a boat on Greenwood Lake was recovered Monday, authorities said. Two children wearing life vests "were having difficulty getting into" a pontoon boat, so David Z. Traub jumped in just north of the Sportsmen's Marina at Lakeside Avenue in Hewitt on the New Jersey side, Greenwood Lake Police Chief John Hansen said. Traub, a 38-year-old Chestnut Ridge resident who led the school and synagogue at Bais Medrosh Elyon in Monsey, " got them into the boat safely with the assistance of another person...then w…

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by Jerry DeMarco