It has been a year since Sandra Samuel saved two-year old Moshe from the jaws of death while his family was murdered by terrorists at Nariman House.
It has been a year since Sandra Samuel saved two-year old Moshe from the jaws of death while his family was murdered by terrorists at Nariman House here but now the nanny who has taken care of the cherubic baby ever-since wants to move on in her life.
Moshe Holtzberg has now started going to 'gan' preschool in Afula, Israel where he lives with his maternal grandparents, Shimon and Yehudit Rosenberg and nanny Sandra, who has been with him since the barbaric events unfolded on the fateful day.
However, now Sandra feels its time to move on as the baby who responded only to her after the tragedy has learnt to live in new surroundings with his grandparents with whom his bond has grown deeper.
"I felt a kind of responsibility when Moshe lost his parents, knowing that he was so attached to me. Now he has adjusted to the new surroundings and his family members just adore him. My home is India. I belong to India. The kid is quite attached to his grandparents now, and I would like to move on," Sandra told Israel's Channel two news. His grandparents also acknowledge Moshe's attachment to his nanny who is the "only link to his past."
"Sandra is the only link to his past. He is very strongly connected to her," Yehudit told Chabad, an Israeli magazine. Yehudit Rosenberg recalls an incident when little Moshe just weeks after the tragedy woke-up in the night crying for Sandra as he had seen his mother in a dream. The little boy hardly remembers the ghastly incident but still has some flashes of memory of the time he spent in Mumbai.
"And when they appear they come out amazingly fresh. We freeze when these memories come up and we try to go along with him and support him to open up and share. We reply to him that his parents love him and care for him very much," Yehudit said.
Although it is very difficult to fill up the vacuum created in the life of Moshe, his grandparents have created constant presence of his parents Rivka and Gavriel Holtzberg through through images and stories.
A large billboard, having images of his parents, located on his way to school is one such solace for the little boy who waves at them as he passes through and throws a recurring question to grandparents, "Saba (Grandfather), where are Ima and Abba (Mother and Father)?"
Sandra saved the toddler from terrorists in a daredevil act while they were busy shooting people as she after hearing the cries took him in her lap and kept hiding behind the fridge before running out. She was given special permission from the Israeli government to accompany Moshe to Israel.
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