Q. A Dr. who is a member of Hatzalah was summoned to attend to a terrible car accident in which a number of Yeshiva bachurim were involved and one of them was L’A his own son. The car was already smoking and time was of the essence. Can he attend and rescue first his own son, even if he is not the closest one to him to be saved?

A. Horav Eliashuv Zt’l quoted in Ashrei Hoyish (81: 4), Nes Lehisnosses 67, and others rule that is such a terrible situation, since a son is alike the father himself and part of him, saving him takes precedence, as one should save his own life in a similar situation first and then save others.

Horav Shlomo Miller’s Shlit’a opinion is similar.

Rabbi A. Bartfeld as revised by Horav Shlomo Miller, Horav Dovid Pam, Horav Aharon Miller and Horav Chanoch Ehrentreu Shlit’a