The missile attacks on Israel are also affecting families here at home. Many all over the state are worried about loved ones there with one Connecticut family sheltering during the attack.
“I heard explosions, and I was like, ‘oh my god, my family’s upstairs like I have to go get them,” Sarah Schwimmer said.
She took quick action getting her family in shelter in Tel Aviv as Iran began shooting missiles towards Israel in retaliation for the country targeting Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon. The family who’s originally from Hamden hunkered down in an underground bomb shelter.
“All of a sudden the sirens started, and they went more and more and more and I just see the whole building just start to come downstairs,” Schwimmer said.
Her father Dan Schwimmer says the entire apartment complex was able to stay safe. He says they could hear missiles being intercepted and falling from …