VIDEO: A South Florida firefighter on a mission in Israel shared his firsthand account after he answered the call for help amid the ongoing conflict.
Just outside of Tel Aviv, firefighters heard sirens in the distance and missiles passing above them.
Among them was Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue Capt. Jason Friedman. He spoke with 7News via Zoom on Wednesday.
“It was a little nerve-racking, to say the least,” he said. Heart-stopping video showed what the the first responder experienced while he was looking for shelter shortly after he arrived in Israel.
Friedman is there with Emergency Volunteers Project, or EVP, and on day 6 of his deployment, he was stationed in Jerusalem, where he described it as eerily quiet.
“I’m at a station that normally runs numbers between 10 and 15 calls a day. We’ve been running maybe, like, three to four calls a day,” he said.