24 years after the disaster, Colonel Udi Tzur and the parents of the late Dvir Lanir met at the Yad Ladvir lookout point and reminisced • Zur: "I would not be surprised if Dvir was now a businessman or a farmer"
Dvir of the army and Dvir of the house were two different people.
He was full of nonsense at home, and quite the opposite in the army - charismatic, serious, leading and mature, "recalled Colonel Udi Tzur, commander of the 7th Brigade. He and the parents of the late Lt. "In the Jordan Star National Park.
24 years ago, Dvir fell on his way to Lebanon in the helicopter disaster, February 4, 1997. The two, Dvir and Udi, grew up together in Moshav Moledet in the Lower Galilee.
Dvir was a very mature graduate of the year.
They knew the Star of Jordan well, and there they would come with all the guys and sit on a coffee shop.
After enlisting in the Armored Corps, Dvir took a commanders course, after which he returned to the tank commanders course as a platoon commander.
Udi, then a sergeant, as a "gardener", also commanded the course at the same time, and a deep friendship was formed between the two.
"Our relationship became strong and intense. He was charismatic and knew how to sweep people away, and at the same time very professional and responsible, not giving up high standards," says Udi.
As part of the course, Dvir went to Lebanon to experience fighting in the security zone.
A few weeks later he went out to her again on one of the helicopters that collided with each other over the rest of the settlement.
"We crashed when he was killed," his mother testifies. But I said mom knows. "
Twenty-four years have passed since Dvir's fall, and friends from home and the military have remained connected to the Lanir family in close contact.
"The pain is not gone," says Doron, "it's like a shadow sitting on the back of your head, once darker and once less, but it does not pass. On Memorial Day we feel surrounded on all sides, a wonderful family embracing us."
Udi testifies that Esti is the one who pushed him to become an officer, a few days after her son.
"He had to be an officer, Dvir wanted to be an officer," she smiles wistfully, while he seems amused to me:
"Dvir was an army man in every way, but I would not be surprised if today he was a successful businessman or even a farmer."