Angels Among Us

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Dikla Kadosh

May 3, 2011

Jared Sharon was driving on the 101 on a rainy March afternoon when he lost control of his car, flipped three times down the side of the freeway and landed upside down. He was bleeding profusely, but was conscious. He turned to God, praying for help.

And help arrived, in the form of three strangers, who rushed to help the 71-year-old Jewish chaplain. This story, which you can read on the San Luis Obispo Tribune

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