Boxing champ Floyd Mayweather supports United Hatzalah volunteers' life-saving work

• Published date: 13 March 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

On Tuesday morning, Mayweather paid a visit to United Hatzalah's headquarters in Jerusalem. He was welcomed by United Hatzalah President and Founder Eli Beer and CEO Eli Pollak, who described to the champion boxer the organization's mission of saving lives. Mayweather was visibly moved when he was introduced to volunteers and heard their accounts of bravery and courage

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The former boxer's visit continued with a tour of the organization's Dispatch and Command Center, during which United Hatzalah VP of Operations Dovie Maisel gave an overview of the lifesaving activities carried out by the organization's 7,000 volunteers, Jews and Arabs alike, across the country in times of routine as well as since October 7th. Maisel showed the boxing world champion the incredible technology that enables United Hatzalah volunteers to be the first to respond to calls. Mayweather heard about the organization's trailblazing invention of 'ambucycles', emergency motorcycles used by first responders to cut through traffic and arrive at medical emergencies rapidly.

"United Hatzalah's activity is astonishing and I hope that the entire world adopts the model of...