Aug. 25 2008
Name:	Sharon Dothan
City/Country:	Israel
E-Mail:
Comments:	I'm thrilled to hear that you remember me. Because I can tell you that i remember both of you as if i saw you yesterday. I can honestly tell you that I have more or less deleted most of my high school memories from my mind. I am not even certain why. Most of it is a blank to me. But as you both know, there are people and events in a persons life, that he/she will never forget. For me it is measured simply by the measure I hold a person to. Those who were extraordinary, unique and unlike any other, left a mark on my life and will always be in my heart, in my thought, in my mind, and will forever be a part of me. SADLY, there are so many people in life that leave such a mark. I guess I was raised to two supper intelligent people who have studied all their lives, traveled and they have no patience for stupid people or people who are less then highly intelligent and sophisticated. So it is needless to say that they never liked most of my friends. In fact they have very few friends themselves for this exact reason. But I want to tell you something I think you should know, my mother till this day talks to me about Dori. She ADORED him. And I mean, she was crazy about him. She wanted me to marry him. He made such an impression on my parents which till this day astounds me since they met him when he was only a teenager, and so for him to leave such a mark on them at such a young age till this day has me thinking. With a smile :). I can't tell you what he meant to me because I fear, I really always fear to put my thoughts and emotions into words when it comes to remarkable people or events or places, for I fear the English and or Hebrew vocabulary pales in comparison to reality and so any word I use to describe your son will really only lessen his impact, lessen the person he was. To me he wasn't only one of my best friends; he was a ray of light. I guess I always felt out of place with teenagers who I felt lacked in substance and were shallow, loud, unsophisticated, and well...nothing special really. So when I met Dory... I just, well... I was just there. I don't know if you even remember this, but I would just show up at your apartment door. I would come uninvited because I just loved being in his presence. He was SUCH a funny guy. Oh my lord, did he know how to crack me up. WOW. I would be laughing all the time with him. How can you not want to be all the time with a person who makes you laugh all the time? And the talks that we had. What a mind this guy had?! Not to be believed all this complexity came from one person. It was sheer joy being with him. I was never bored, and I would never let him fight with me. I just wouldn't allow it. If ever he got mad at me, I just forced him to get over it. Because he was too important to me. You know, let's not be naive, he obviously got these things from his home. From his parents. And I always asked him if his parents were as highly intelligent and sophisticated as he was. And he told me that different parts of him are from both of you. I liked it that he knew and appreciated that fact. And was he crazy about his sister. Oh my lord. H e would not shut up about her. I don't know her very well. I only recall meeting her twice. But I know he worshipped her, like no other!!!!! Anyway, excuse me for rambling... Me, Okay, I am the head of the Marketing and Advertising division of a holdings company of Engineers that is based in Ramat Hasharon. The company has 8 subsidiaries worldwide and (3 in Europe, 1 in the USA, 1 in India and 3 in Israel) and I am privileged to work with high class professionals worldwide and I love it. I graduated from Ben Gurion University with a dual degree from the school of business management and the school of medicine. I studied in France for a while (French and art history) and I am now living briefly with my parents in Kfar Mallal. I just love it here. It's heaven on earth. I just want you to know, as a final thought for tonight that to this day, I simply ADORE your son, I consider myself blessed for having him in my life. It made me a better person. I wish you know him from my eyes. He was a friend to me like no other. I envy you for being able to say that you were responsible for raising such a human being. Very few people get such an honor. I wish you both a good night and I send you all my love. Sharon

Aug. 25 2008
Name:	Sharon Dothan
City/Country:	Israel
E-Mail:
Comments:	Hello, I dont think you know who I am, or actually I am not sure if you remember who I am, I used to be really really good friends with your son. I just wanted to drop a line and say hello, tell you I think about him ALL THE TIME and I miss him so much. Even my parents talk to me about him, they adored him!!!! He would come to visit me and when i wasnt home, he would sit and talk to my parents for hours. It always shocked me because they usually didnt like most of my freinds, and theya rent all that friendly, but they adored your son. As do I. Just thought of sharing that with you. I hope you are well, and I send you and your lovely wife my warmest regards. Sharon Dothan

Monday, December 17, 2007 8:05 AM
Name:	Kim Nichols
City/Country:	USA
E-Mail:
Comments:	Subject: I met Dori.... I met Dori in 2001, im not sure now where i met him. Perhaps it was on Napster, the music sharing site. You could chat there with people who downloaded your music then and i met a lot of people from far away places that way. I remember Dori as being much younger than i was but we still enjoyed talking to each other. I was going through a divorce right about then and he was a friend to me. I remember him as being very nice and i just wanted to say it again. I responded to the website when you ( his family) sent it to me when he passed away. I was just going through my old emails and came across Dori's website. He sure was a fine looking man with a good heart. He will be missed by so many like you said. Greetings from Missouri, USA. Kim..aka ...surina

Thursday, August 16, 2007 6:51 PM
Name:	Yaron Steinbuch
City/Country:	USA
E-Mail:
Comments:	Shalom! I found the memorial site for Dori and wanted to convey my sympathies to his family. The writings are very touching and offer a very vivid description of what a wonderful man he was and the tragedy of a special life cut way too short. I, too, was in the Artillery Corps of the IDF (1978-1981) and I, too, am a certified scuba diver. I can only imagine the grief associated with losing a son in such circumstances. I wish you all the best. Yaron

Wednesday 10/04/2006 6:39:29am
Name:	yoram
City/Country:	toronto canada
E-Mail:	greenblat@rogers.com
Comments:	It's hurt ,it make me fill like crying. I don't know Dori but it's seems like we all lost a good fellow.my condoleses Yoram

Tuesday 02/28/2006 5:28:11pm
Name:	Norma Loya and family
City/Country:	Toronto, Canada
E-Mail:	norma.loya@ec.gc.ca
Comments:	Mishtatfim be Za'arkhem - we are so sorry

Monday 09/19/2005 6:40:25am
Name:	Ami - Dori's father
City/Country:	Hod-Hasharon
E-Mail:	ami_ab@sii.org.il
Comments:	Dori my dear son, 4.5 years has passed but you are with us every minute. there is no justice ! only interests ! we shall not rest and we will fight against those who want to bury you twice: once when they killed you and second when they deny justice from you. thank you for being such a wonderful son to us

Tuesday 12/07/2004 11:13:44pm
Name:	sigal
City/Country:	petach tikve
E-Mail:	sigalitkanas@hotmail.com
Comments:	hope that one day someone will pay for it... and you will get some peace.

Saturday 11/20/2004 7:40:36pm
Name:	lony zakuto
City/Country:	eilat
E-Mail:	lony_zakuto@hotmail.com
Comments:	siam divers

Tuesday 09/07/2004 1:14:38am
Name:	Ami - Dori's father
City/Country:	Hod-Hasharon
E-Mail:	ami6111@bezeqint.net
Comments:	Our dearest Dori. You are with us every minute - living in our hearts. 3.5 years passed and yet no decision of the attorney's office to prosecute the people who killed you.

Tuesday 02/10/2004 2:35:05am
Name:	Shirley
City/Country:	Haifa,Israel
E-Mail:	utopiandreaming@hotmail.com
Comments:	Hello, i guess you could say i've run into this website by accident..i was looking for information on eilat,while this website appeared,and gladly i did take a peak.as an only child,who always craved for a brother,reading Dori's letters (especially to Shiri)felt as if he was close to me,somehow..i hope it doesnt sound too weird to whoever reads this.Dori seems like a wonderful human being,and i dont use past tense purpously.truely a giften man in all ways..what am i trying to say here..you guys know him the best!..i couldnt possibly know what it feels like to deal with such tragedy..i suppose we're all touched by death at some point,but what i'm trying to say is-words dont come easily when toching this subject.Be strong!live the here and now,and be thankful for what you have,just as Dori would like you to be. best regards,all the best to you! Shirley.

Monday 12/29/2003 0:22:38am
Name:	tuba
City/Country:	Turkey
E-Mail:	tuba08@hotmail.com
Comments:	i'm just a friend from far away....learnt him from another good friend of mine in Israel...dont want to feel sorry for his gone,want to be happy that he is in the best place of heaven...

Saturday 11/29/2003 7:08:09pm
Name:	Jane, Jean-Francois, deborah de TOLEDO
City/Country:	FRANCE
E-Mail:	duvnas@wanadoo.fr
Comments:	Dori remains with us all, and the friendship we keep going on with his parents is our testimony of the alive memory we keep from him.

Sunday 11/09/2003 4:24:22pm
Name:	dori sharabani
City/Country:	ramat gan israel
E-Mail:	dorisharabani@walla.co.il
Comments:

Amir Zucker (Dori's friend), 28/09/03:

i was just thinking of dori again....
his picture is infront of me now,like all days...
last night i had another experience like i shared with you before...
when i saw the "write us about dori" in the site this time i got in , i thought that it is like saying "what have you heard of him lately"....my answer for that is "if i only knew....but the only thing i can tell is that i believe he is around ....doing his best to stay around.....

shalom maman, 02/01/03:

This is important site . As a diver who make his diving course in thailand, and as dori's age i know it could be me also.

Tsvika, 05/12/02:

sorry for Dori.

Avi Kayton, 03/12/02:

this is a beautiful memorial page 4 dori.
so very sorry 4 your lost.
as a diver myself i understand the targedy of that accident.

Eyal Maoz – Hong kong, 29/10/02:

Looks like a fantastic guy.. it's very sad to hear about his death. As a diver myself I know the risks involved but somehow the knowledge remains on the surface and seldom sinks in. Of all the poeple I know which dive no one ever thinks it can happen to him/her.
mishtatef be zaarchem..
Eyal.

Yaniv Mendelson, 18/10/02:

My eyes covered with tears and I cried.
Such an unnecessary waste of a gifted boy.

Shmulik, 15/06/03:

I'm sorry for your loss.

Naomi (Germany), 13/06/02:

Heaven was missing an angel.....
I am so touched of this page and i am sure he was an amazing boy.

mauricio bromfman, 05/06/02:

I hate and suffer every single day from irresponsible authorities and their lies
Please contact me if there is a thing i can do to help you get the formal truth out. mb@access.co.il

Eitan, 02/06/02:

I AM SORRY WITH YOUR LOSS MY HART IS WITH YOU ,AND AS A STARTING DIVER I WILL PUT MORE ATTENTION ON THE GEAR AND THE PARTNER OF DIVING.

Haim Forst, Raanana 22/04/02:

A very moving site about a very moving person. I will send the URL to my son who is also a diver.
Thank you.

Shuki – USA, 04/04/2002:

Saw the article in iDive and wanted to learn more about your beloved son and brother.
A diver myself, I can't help but feel for your loss and frustrution with the atitude you receive with regards to the investigation of Dori's death.
I hope, much like you, that his death was not in vain and that it will serve as a lesson to immature divers.
Please stay strong for him, and yourselves,
Shuki

Haim 12/03/03:

friend from traveling in philipines.

Nissim (Dori's friend) 25/02/02:

I have never written to you before I guess its because I never fully grasped that I really lost the one and only true friend I have ever had....
Now when the truth slowly precipitates I can still hear your laughter through the haze of time....
On the 25.02.01 I wanted to call and just talk.... I hesitated and I didn’t ... Why??? is the question which will haunt me for the rest of my days...
You know every one is afraid of Death but not me no, no more because I have someone to meet across the river on the banks of eternity....
I will see you again my man and if I don’t see you on this world I ll meet you on the next one but I might be a bit late....
Friendship never dies you know only we do...
Nissime.

Pini Harush – our friend from the diving forum 05/02/02:

It's been a long time since I got acquainted with this case and I keep thinking about Dori and the huge unnecessary loss.
No, I haven't known Dori and from my impression (which is quite strong and clear) it's obvious that Dori was unusual kind of man, that combined within him horizons, ideas, dreams and many uncommon talents.
I have met Ami and Ahuva, and I understood that of this couple that raised and groomed him, only extraordinary flower could have developed.
Upsetting is the fact that the world keeps going on and Dori, without blame, became part of statistics of names and numbers, no more!
It seems that, at least for now, nobody of authority wants and is interested to change anything.
It's clear that personal failure of despicable personnel (the instructors that qualified Dori and led him towards his last dive) and colossal system failure of the entire diving branch in Israel occurred.
I hope that something or someone will wakeup and shout against the notorious Israeli "count on…." Culture and will establish new and correct methods and procedures so that such unnecessary accidents will be avoided in future.
Maybe this will bring some consolation to Ahuva and Ami.
Ahuva and Ami, your loss is unbearable. Be strong.
Pini.

Maz 09/12/01:

I just heard about this terrible accident, visited in Dori's site. it's hard to believe. a beginer diver goes into a approved club, fails in a pre-dive, taken to a guided dive and deserted by the guide. what did the guide thought of... What a loss.

Ariel drori 07/12/01:

The only thing i can say that my heart is with you.

Shimon Siboni (Dori's friend) 01/12/01:

Hello to you!
I am sorry I didnt keep in touch with
you the last two months,I'v been through
a lot (got seperated from Inbar, moved back to an appartment in ashkelon,"miluim"and so on).I hope you are o.k could you sent me your personal email and your address.
Siboni Shimon

Roy har-tsvi 05/11/03:

served with dori in the army.

Karen Cheirif – Mexico city 03/11/2001:

First of all I want to say I was really shocked by this terrible news I had no idea of this, since I never kept contact later with Dori. I met him last year in Cesky Krumlov, a small town in Czek Republic, I heard him speak hebrew so we spoke because I spent some time in Israel and Im jewish, we were togueter for the evening with some other people we met there, went out to dinner and talk... I had a very good impression of all the things I read in the history you wrote about him, even though I didnt meet him for so long, I could notice what a great and smart and conscious person he was...and i am really sorry. I just wanted to say this to you because I remembered him so much from that place, when he was a few days from going back to aretz after his long journey.
Its a great thing you have this page in his memory. Thank you.
sincerely
Karen Cheirif, Mexico city

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Repp (Dori's friend from USA) 21/10/2001:

it is a moving and appropriate testament to your wonderful son.
His ability to grasp the "big picture" and understand things was just incredible. He also had a way of telling a story that grabbed my full attention . I really respected his brains and his whole person. When I think of some of the experiences we had together I smile and remember fondly. I will miss him.
The way he talked of you and your family was beautiful.
It truly is a loss to humanity. I would not have been surprised to have one day seen him on the world stage.

Ami Abarbanel 18/10/2001:

to our dearest son Dori,
This guestbook will help us to keep your memory in our hearts.
Your sad Mom & Dad