In Israel, at least once every minute, someone dials 101

101 is the telephone number for Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel's ambulance, blood-services, and disaster-relief organization.

Which means that more than 600,000 times a year, MDA's highly trained first-responders are rapidly dispatched to provide urgent medical care for the nation's 8.5 million residents — Jews, Arabs, Druze, Christians, and others.

Most of MDA's 14,000 first-responders are highly trained volunteers who often put their own lives at risk as they help people in critical need. These dedicated men and women are real-life heroes — and some of their stories are amazing.

Watch this short video of a mother as she shares her inspiring story of how Magen David Adom first-responders saved her young son after he was attacked by terrorists in Israel.

View the video here.

You can learn more about the work of the Magen David Adom at
www.SavingLivesInIsrael.org.

MAGEN DAVID ADOM, Israel's national Red Cross society, provides emergency medical care and ambulance services for victims of terror, natural disasters, automobile accidents, and other emergencies in Israel. It is also responsible for 97% of Israel's national blood supply. MAGEN DAVID ADOM is saving lives in Israel every day.