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Chabad co-director and mother of 12 dies after 3 months on life support

Henya Federman had been on a boating trip with her family in the US Virgin Islands

February 9, 2023 15:13
Henya Federman
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A Chabad emissary who was on life support for nearly three months after failing to save her infant daughter from drowning during a family boating trip, has died.

Henya Federman, 40, co-director of Chabad of St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, and mother of 12, jumped into the water of Oasis Cove Marina on November 29 after her four-month-old daughter Shterna Sarah fell in.

Her husband, Rabbi Asher Federman, reportedly jumped in after her. Shortly afterward, the daughter’s body was discovered in the water. It is not clear if anyone else was in the boat with them.

According to a statement by the Brooklyn-based Chabad.org, Mrs Federman was quickly pulled out of the water, resuscitated until her heartbeat was restored, and taken to the island’s Schneider Regional Medical Center, before being flown to the US mainland for emergency care.

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