Condolences to his mother on this wretched turn of Fate.

Deeply moved, I read about you and your wonderful son. My nephew living in the same house as I here in southern Germany, is also a very gifted young man and courageous fire fighter helping always in the front row. You must be a great mother, permitted her son to give himself for others so unreservedly - a sacrifice of love. Be assured that your both sacrifice of love will bear fruit, as a powerful testimony to all who hear of you. I am praying for you that the just LORD may be your strong rock in your deep mourning now. He is also able to prepare a way for you into the future which you can go. Take my thankful, heartfelt greetings and those of our greater family.

and hold her in the nation's bosom, always.

Feel deeply sad ...I know no words will bring him back still...he was a wonderfull little boy ...I am angry on Govt ...why they send so young children in th begining of their life in such a risky mission....speciallly sombody who is the only son of his parents....I can feel the suffering of her mother....my heart breaks whenever I read this story.

indeed its a loss ,my deep condolences to his Mother.

What unbearable pain for the mother. My condolences. What greater thing can be said about a human being that they died seeking to save lives (from the fire). What a beautiful human being. With much gratitude and thanks to this hero and all of the heroes fighting the fire.

May HaShem guide his family to peace.

Person who accepted and allowed untrained and unprepared kid to be included in brush fire fighting crew should be held responsible for his death ,...

May his beautiful family find confort

Brings tears to my eyes. May his mothers heart heal

This is a real tragedy. My condolences to the family.

this boy's death broke my heart, and moved the humanity in me, so bad, so sad, so soon...this time around, I am, as a fellow human being, even if his parents do not harbor good things towards us, yet, I vowed to no to wish it on my worst enemy the pain and agony of losing a child after U lost mine 3 yeas ago at age 18...it is awefull to go through it ...Parents of this little angel: PLEASE ACCEPT MY SINCEREST AND MOST HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES, may he RIP and may God blesses you, both, with perseverance and patience over his departure, Amen.

My condolences to his friends and family !

He was a volunteer in the fire dept. he was LEARNING to be a fiirerfighter.

So sad, a young life lost. my condolences to his mother & family. RIP Elad.

May his parents find some relief knowing he died as a true hero.

a beautiful young man with an equally beautiful heart and soul. I'm sure he will be sadly missed by all his friends and teachers. I trust the good Lord will comfort Elad's mother in her sad loss. I too, feel sad!

A great soul ! A great hero! He didn't think twice- and rushed to save lives !!! What a loss!!! How will his mother ever be comforted?!

So sad for the family.

#10 - it is only fairly recently that many communities even here in the US had paid fire departments, something that didn't start outside of the cities until the 70s and 80s. Every single young man in the high school that I attended was a volunteer firefighter, and highly embarrassed I was when they all showed up to put out the flames when my little sisters lit the hill on fire on hot summer day trying to roast hot dogs. There is no blame to lay. Elad was a true hero, a son to make him mother and his community proud.

OMG!!!!!! In america NOBODY would ever even allow an untrained and completely unprepared 16 year old to be anywhere near such a massive horrific fire!! Who on earth gave such permission???? Same with all those precious cadets who lost their precious lives!! I don't understand! Back home only the most senior and seasoned firefighters would be dealing with such an incredible undertaking!! What a tragedy! G-D bless them and their families.

That was 40 years ago, not recently. Different states got different laws adopted at different time - Forrest and brush fires in mountain area are the most danger fires of all and most deadly for firefighters even the most experienced ones.

What pisses me off that nobody dare to question autorities even in such a blatant screw up ,...

You don't LEARN to be a fire fighter on the job - especially wildland fire fighting. It is highly dangerous. In the States, you cannot be younger than 18 to get your 'red card' which allows you to work a wildland fire. Did this poor kid have a squad boss? Who was the moron who let him "run towards a fire." Safety is the first rule of thumb and that means not "running into fire." The boy died for no damn reason!!!!

We send our most sincere condolences.

We are very sorry about Elad and we Participants your grief :( in love - Rona and Simone

How can the fire team allow him to go when his very young ! he wasnt ready for the job. because a "kid" like him doesnt know to pertect himself like an adult who work in that a long time !