Amazing Stories of Hashgacha Pratit

From poster "Educator" at the Revava Forum:

Some interesting stories I heard connected to this terror attack.

One person who was scheduled to learn at the library had a heart attack in the morning before the attack. He had to go to the hospital to get treatment. There he learned that his medical problems saved him from the terrorist.

Another person who lives in my neighborhood had learned for 2 straight years every thursday night at the mercaz harav library. On the day of the "pigua" he decided he wanted to go to the sivuv shiarim rosh chodesh celebration in the old city of Jerusalem and therefore, he moved up his chevruta learning to an earlier time and was safe at the kotel at the time of the attack

Another family I know of had a wedding that night and so a number of people who would have been in the library were at the wedding.

The rest of the stories come from a local religious newspaper.

Rabbi Shendorphi who is very punctual was scheduled to teach at the library at the time of the attack, but was delayed two minutes while looking for a particular book. He was on the steps of the Yeshiva when he was warned about the terrorist attack that just had taken place. {Some members of his shiur saved themselves by barricading the door to a small inner room in the library}

2 students who hid an unlocked room. raced outside when the terrorist turned his head.He shot at them but missed them.Yoni Yechiya hid among the book stacks. The terrorist looked at Yoni but as if he suffered from temporary blindness failed to notice him and passed by to another stack.

Rabbi Yosef Badichi had planned to learn in the library that evening with one of the students who was indeed killed in the attack. After having returned from the Kotel, he delayed going into the library to make a phone call to his family and this saved him.

Elchonon Cohen moved the gun barrel that was pointed at his head and evaded the terrorist when he tried to grab him

Aryeh Mercer got a phone call that his baby was crying and his wife asked him to come home. He asked her are you sure he needs me and when she insisted he left the yeshiva a minute before the attack.