BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A Buffalo attorney who found himself in Israel for the start of the war while on a family vacation is now back there on another vacation, in the middle of history yet again.

Steven Cohen, a prominent civil rights attorney from Western New York, was in Israel on a family vacation when the attacks occurred at the Nova Music Festival on Oct., 7, 2023. Over 1,200 people were killed and hundreds more were kidnapped and held hostage by Hamas, an Islamic political and militant organization that governed Gaza.

As for Cohen and his family, what happened that day is something they'll never forget.

"We're walking in the Port of Jaffa and we're seeing missiles exploding overheard," Cohen said. "We stayed out in this for over an hour and by the time we got back to our hotel, w

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