BOMB SCARE A COLD REMINDER.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer Suddenly, being Jewish caused Gabriele Landis and the rest of her soccer teammates tremendous fear. Landis, in Seattle with a group of under-16 Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. players to compete in the annual Maccabi Games, felt helpless as word of a bomb scare bomb scare n → amenaza de bomba bomb scare bomb n → alerte f à la bombe bomb scare n → Bombenalarm spread through the numerous buses filled with young Jewish athletes. This wasn't nearly the same as the events that befell 11 Israeli Olympians during the 1972 Munich Olympics. But for this group of 16, none of whom would be born for at least 10 years after the massacre, this was close enough. Taking a break from the competition, the athletes took in a Seattle Mariners The Seattle Mariners are a professional baseball team based in Seattle, Washington. The Mariners are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Mariners have played in Safeco Field. baseball game Noun 1. baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League Aug. 19. Later, as they boarded their buses, Landis saw her mother Marla, who worked for the Jewish Federation A Jewish Federation is a confederation of various Jewish social agencies, volunteer programs, educational bodies, and related organizations, found within most cities in North America that host a viable Jewish community. , get on the bus and order everyone off. ``She sounded worried,'' Landis said. ``I knew this was serious.'' A note was found on another bus that said there was a bomb on board. Landis and her teammates felt helpless as they and about 1,700 other youths emptied out of about 50 buses and were directed away from the Kingdome and down the street to safe buses. Meanwhile, officers from at least 12 police cars, many with guns showing, and a helicopter maintained order while other police with black vests and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the buses. Before this episode, most of the soccer team knew about the events at the 1972 Munich Olympics from a historical standpoint.But they had never experienced the full emotional impact of being targeted because they were jews Jews [from Judah], traditionally, descendants of Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, whose tribe, with that of his half brother Benjamin, made up the kingdom of Judah; historically, members of the worldwide community of adherents to Judaism. . Until now. Several teammates cried. The events were traumatic enough that Sara Leibowitz didn't want to talk about them. ``The more I thought about it, the more I got scared,'' Landis said. ``I thought of someone who didn't approve of the (Maccabi) Games.'' Gabriele's sister, Sarah, said the incident brought the Munich tragedy home. ``I'm an athlete, and it makes me mad something like this could happen to me because I'm Jewish,'' she said. ``I was wondering how could you kill someone because you're Jewish.'' No bomb was found. Maytal Shvartz, who was born in Israel, called the entire ordeal ordeal, ancient legal custom whereby an accused person was required to perform a test, the outcome of which decided the person's guilt or innocence. By an ordeal, appeal was made to divine authority to decide the guilt or innocence of one accused of a crime or to weird. Brynne Blumstein couldn't believe some people were laughing as it was happening. ``Oh my God,'' Blumstein said she thought to herself. ``Didn't that happen before? I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. why people do that (to Jews). Nobody deserves this.'' ``It's a shock,'' Blumstein said. ``How can that happen? Why would that happen?'' |
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