Chevrah Hatzalah and the NYPD battled it out at the annual softball game last Tuesday, played once again on Surf Avenue at Maimonides Park in Coney Island in front of a sizable contingent of the Jewish community. Hatzalah proudly took the 11-2 win at the free night out for the community. Both teams wore jerseys with an embroidered patch paying tribute to the late retired NYPD Chief Chuck Scholl, who died two years ago following 41 years of committed service at the Department. Additionally, 1,800 children went home with a monogrammed baseball cap and sunglasses as a token souvenir.
At 6:30 p.m., Assemblymember Simcha Eichenstein kicked off the game by throwing out the ceremonial first pitch alongside Flatbush Division Hatzalah Coordinator and paramedic Moshe Wulliger, with Deputy Chief Richie Taylor, Commanding Officer of the NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau, to wild cheers from the crowd.
Hatzalah’s blowout win this year and their victories the previous two years gives the volunteer emergency services organization a “three-peat” over the NYPD’s team.
Queens attendees picked up tickets at either Wasserman or Seasons, and Five Towns residents picked up theirs at Judaica Plus or Gourmet Glatt in Cedarhurst. New York City Council Member Kalman Yeger was chief amongst the distinguished attendees, which included Brooklyn South Executive Officer Chief Frank DiGiacomo; NYPD Clergy Liaison David Heskiel; Maimonides Hospital Vice President Doug Jablon; NYPD Clergy Liaisons and Hatzalah members Abe Brown, Abe Rosenberg, Rafi Treitel; Rabbinical Alliance of America Executive Vice President Rabbi Mendy Mirocznik; and NYPD Honorary Surgeon and Hatzalah member Rafi Lilker.
Maimonides Health and their Midwood Community Hospital joined sponsors Global Tech Solutions, Command Copy, the RCA Ambulance Services, and Senior Care EMS.
