A member of the Australian Maccabiah team returned home after being hospitalized since last July’s bridge collapse at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games in Israel. Sasha Elterman, 16, underwent 22 operations and will be on medication for at least nine more months because of the injuries she received. Four Australian athletes died as a result of the collapse and hundreds of other participants at the Games were injured in the disaster.
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