“We were in bed at around 6:30 or 7 (a.m. Saturday) and heard sirens and big booms, like the finale at fireworks,” Kim Fish said. Dr. Mubin Syed and his wife, Afshan, traveled from their Springfield home to Israel about a week before the wedding. Their Israeli friends drove to the hotel, took the Fishes to Ben Gurion Airport and helped them get inside. “We Facetimed our daughter in Chicago, who was in tears worried about us,” Kim Fish said. “The outpouring of concern for our safety from friends via text and social media has been very heartening and helpful,” Kim Fish said.
