Cambridge woman recounts evacuation flight from Israel
CTV
A woman living in Cambridge is back in the community after she was evacuated from Israel this week
A woman living in Cambridge is back in the community after she was evacuated from Israel this week.
Anny Mechichem, who was born in Israel, was visiting her family in Haifa. She arrived in the city on Sept. 7 and was supposed to come home Oct. 23. However, when fighting broke out and she heard about evacuation flights being arranged, she applied for a flight back to Canada.
“Waiting was a little bit scary and not knowing when you’re going to hear from them. But for the most part it was very smooth, they gave a lot of information, as much as they could throughout the process,” Mechichem said.
Mechichem said she was eventually contacted by the Canadian Government by email and provided her information like passport number and location. On Saturday, she received a call from the Canadian embassy and arranged a flight on a military aircraft from Tel Aviv for the next day.
When she arrived to the airport in Tel Aviv, passengers on the flight were placed in a section only for that evacuation flight.
“It was kind of a priority check-in. It was just with that certain flight. We didn’t have to go with the other passengers in the airport,” Mechichem said.
