60 Minutes Overtime.
Rachel Goldberg-Poland is an American-Israeli living in Jerusalem whose life was forever changed on October 7,
2023, when her only son Hirsch was taken hostage by Hamas.
Rachel and her husband John worked tirelessly to bring Hirsch and the other hostages home,
crossing the globe, meeting with world leaders.
They did everything they could to get their son back.
After 328 days in captivity, however, Hirsch was executed by Hamas in a tunnel in Gaza.
I spoke with Rachel in February about Hirsch, the pain of losing her son, and what she's learned from her grief.
This is an extended version of that 60 Minutes conversation.
What was Hirsch like?
Easy.
Easy.
The universe really knew what it was doing when it said, Rachel's going to have one son, so this is the one for her.
I was really blessed.
When we met Rachel in Jerusalem, she 'd recently finished writing a book called When We See You Again,
which comes out this week.
You write in the book that Hirsch was on the brink of budding, becoming, and blooming.
He was on the cusp of.
Adulthood yeah i had found a note that he had written to us right before the yom kippur holiday came in 2023 he wrote to john
and me that 's the day of atonement that 's the one day a year when jewish people kind of try to do real introspection