{
  "id": 16165741,
  "title": "The fragility of being alive after terror: Somewhere between gratitude and despair - opinion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/23/the-fragility-of-being-alive-after-terror-somewhere-between-gratitude",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-23T08:48:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Jerusalem Post",
    "slug": "jerusalem-post",
    "url": "https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-912645"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Cindy Seni, an observer at a last-minute delegation, found herself in a threatening situation when her car was surrounded by Palestinians. In an instant, she felt a sense of impending doom, likening it to a guardian angel watching over her. She managed to capture the harrowing events, including the moment a boulder, the size of her hands, fell on her back, just two seconds before her death. Despite the chaos, she continued to film, feeling a mix of gratitude and despair. The incident has left her with more questions than answers, but she remains grateful for another chance at life.",
  "summary": "I now have an immense gratitude for life (thank you, God) and for having been given another chance. But in parallel, I also have a deep sense of despair for the future that didn’t exist before.",
  "key_points": [
    "Cindy Seni narrowly escaped death when her car was surrounded by Palestinians.",
    "She captured the harrowing moment a boulder fell on her back, seconds before her death.",
    "Seni expresses a mix of gratitude for survival and despair over the incident."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Surviving a near-fatal encounter with violence forces a traumatic shift in perspective, where the suddenness of mortality transforms simple existence into a complex struggle between relief and profound psychological distress.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}