Orly’s Victory
By Eitan Glickman

For five days the doctors battled to save the life of Orly Virani, who sustained serious injuries in the suicide attack on the Matza Restaurant in March 2002.They were very pessimistic about her chances to survive. Today 27 year old Orly is happily married and expecting her first son.
On 31 March 2002 Orly met her good friend, Daniel Menchel, for lunch. A suicide terrorist entered the restaurant and blew himself up, killing Daniel and 14 other victims. Orly was badly injured. Orly had a hard time recuperating from both her physical injuries and the emotional trauma, and six months later she immigrated to Germany. “I felt as if I could no longer bear living in Israel”, she explained. “I was totally overcome by my fears, and I decided to go to my aunt in Munich.”
While in Germany Orly met and married Sven. Today she is seven months pregnant and the couple are expecting their first-born son. Last week she visited Rambam hospital for medical tests and decided to use the opportunity to close the circle by visiting the place where her life changed so drastically.
“I had very serious injuries,” she recalls. “My body was full of shrapnel, and I was told that the survival rate for someone with these injuries was less than 20%. Nobody then spoke about the chances of pregnancy and having a child, but I knew I would survive. I’m strong. I knew I would survive, and any moment now I’m about to become a mother. Who would have believed it! For me, coming for a pregnancy check up to Rambam Hospital, where I fought for my life, is a great victory.”
(Yediot Ha’haronot)

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Orly’s Victory By Eitan Glickman

Orly’s Victory
By Eitan Glickman