Kathy, thank you for sharing this news with us, even though it's shaken me to the core.
It's more than a little frightening to discover how easily we accept the unbelievable as routine. When this all started three and a half years ago, Yael and I would send e-mails to each other every time there was a bombing in our respective vicinities. When did we stop doing that? When did it all become such a "normal" part of our lives?
There's not a person living here who doesn't know someone who was hurt or killed in one of the attacks. I checked Wendy's link and was even more upset to discover exactly why I'd missed Yael's name back then: it was the same day Dr. Applebaum was killed, together with his daughter, on the night before her wedding. Discovering one name or friend you know is enough to make you stop reading, as the pain is too much to bear. I never dreamed there would be another person on that agonizing list to personally grieve.
Yael was such a bright person with so much enthusiasm for her future.
Hamakom yenachem, Yael.
Hazel
