A year after his forced goodbye to Alta,Avrohom Fixsler is determined to turn her tragic legacy into something positive
It was fortitude that made Chaya Fixsler — reeling after finding out that her long-awaited second child had been deprived of oxygen and was irreparably brain-damaged — say to her husband: “She’s ours, and we’ll take her as she is.”
It was fierce determination that propelled Avrohom Fixsler to fight unceasingly, learning to navigate the worlds of askanus and law, in what became a high-level global campaign to save his daughter.
And it was that same strength of character that enabled the Fixslers to take those beautiful, harrowing pictures as they prepared themselves for a doctor to come and end Alta’s life.
Fast forward a year, and that same characteristic has become the coping mechanism that drives Avrohom forward, in a quest to help others struggling to navigate the interface of medical emergency and personal tragedy.
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