Draws Largest Crowd in YU’s Stern College History
55 days in hellish captivity and her arm still raw from gunshot wounds, Mia Schem knew it would be difficult but she had made a promise to the others. After being shot in the arm while escaping the Nova Music Festival massacre, kidnapped to Gaza and spending 51 days in a Palestinian civilian’s home where she was harassed, mocked and neglected, Mia was then transferred to a dark tunnel system where she met five other women hostages. After spending four days in the tunnel, she was given 10 minutes to get ready to leave in the negotiated truce in late November. She turned to the other captives and promised them to make a huge balagan (a great ruckus) when she returned home.