Town honors hero in New York Hanukkah stabbing attack
In the midst the incident, which took place during a Hanukkah party held in Monsey, New York at a synagogue which is also the home of Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg, Josef Gluck threw a wooden table at the attacker to deter him. He then lured him outside, followed the man to his car and recorded his license plate number as he fled the scene, subsequently alerting the police. A suspect, Grafton Thomas, was subsequently arrested in Manhattan.
On Tuesday, Gluck was honored in Rockland County, for his bravery. Gluck was presented with the Freedom Award - the highest honor the town of Ramapo can bestow upon a civilian. "Without his swift action," said Congresswoman Nita Lowery at an event honoring Gluck,"the even more unthinkable could have happened." She presented Gluck with a congressional certificate during the ceremony."What an extraordinary person he is ... without Joseph, we never would have caught him as quickly as we did."Ramapo Town Supervisor Michael Specht."He single-handily set himself up as a target. He lured the attacker out the house.
Gluck, 32, is a father of five who has no formal training in emergency management."I am not usually a courageous guy, a brave man. At that minute, God pushed me and that's what I did," he said. "I can't figure why God gave me the merit to be the guy to save this place. I didn't have any training. I just reacted on instinct," Gluck recalled.
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