Mazal Tov on Baby Son to Parents of Girls Killed in Rat Poison Tragedy

Shmuel and Michal Gross, whose two daughters died from rat poison left behind in their Jerusalem residence last year, are now the parents of a new baby.

The girls, Avigail and Yael,  ages 2 and 4, succumbed to the accidental poisoning that also seriously  affected their brothers, ages 5 and 7, who recovered.

A pesticide worker had fumigated the Gross apartment with an unusually high dosage of aluminum, phosphide and then left the toxic material in an enclosed bomb shelter, which was not effective enough to prevent the poison from spreading throughout the apartment.

Below is a video of the grieving parents as they left the hospital with their sons last year.

Gross ,speaking in Hebrew, said:

We are going home today with two healthy, whole children, something that is hard to believe and we are grateful that we are here to see this day.

On the other side, it is hard not to have thoughts of Avigail and Yael. During this time we have practically not left the hospital but we have felt the enormous love and the influence of the many tefillos [prayers] that have been said for the boys and a tremendous sense of achdus [unity]. This has given us the fortitude to continue during this difficult time and we feel that we are part of a very special nation.