TAMPA, Fla. — At every home game, The Tampa Bay Lightning honor a local person or nonprofit working to make an impact in our community.
During the game on February 4, Irene Weiss and Margot Benstock were both named Lightning Community Heroes.
Both women are daughters of Holocaust survivors.
They worked to get a fishing boat named “Thor,” which was used to smuggle Danish Jews to Sweden during the 1940s, to be put on display later this year at The Florida Holocaust Museum.
In recognition of their efforts, the Lightning Foundation gave Irene and Margot $50,000, which they are donating to the museum for its educational outreach to students.
Bradenton community responds after 20-year-old volleyball star dies from disease that affects 2 in a million
The 20-year-old IMG Academy volleyball star and Under Armour All-American died Sept. 16 after a three-month battle with the rare blood disorder — even though doctors had found her a 100% bone marrow match, her mother, Tanya Mack tells Tampa Bay 28 reporter Haley Zarcone.
