In 1997 in Israel, a drug addict named Motti Ashkenazi resorted to stealing in order to fund his addiction. Once, he walked through a crowded beach, looking for expensive looking bags that people had left. He saw one, grabbed it, and started running away from the beach, assuming that he had just made a big score. But he quickly noticed something weird: He could feel lots of nails through the bag.
Ashkenazi instantly understood what had happened. At that time, one of the main components in Hamas bombings was to fill the bomb with nails and shrapnel which were often coated in rat poison to ensure maximum damage. He looked inside the bag, and sure enough, there was a bomb. He ran to a police station and the officers defused it. If he hadn’t stolen the bag, many of the people on the crowded beach would have been killed. That incident helped him quit drugs for good, and now he’s a motivational speaker in Israel.
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Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need. Also good to hear that this helped him kick his habit!
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In 1997 in Israel, a drug addict named Motti Ashkenazi resorted to stealing in order to fund his addiction. Once, he walked through a crowded beach, looking for expensive looking bags that people had left. He saw one, grabbed it, and started running away from the beach, assuming that he had just made a big score. But he quickly noticed something weird: He could feel lots of nails through the bag.
Ashkenazi instantly understood what had happened. At that time, one of the main components in Hamas bombings was to fill the bomb with nails and shrapnel which were often coated in rat poison to ensure maximum damage. He looked inside the bag, and sure enough, there was a bomb. He ran to a police station and the officers defused it. If he hadn’t stolen the bag, many of the people on the crowded beach would have been killed. That incident helped him quit drugs for good, and now he’s a motivational speaker in Israel.
Not the hero we deserve, but the hero we need. Also good to hear that this helped him kick his habit!