"We have to raise awareness and, business leaders, we don't have a choice. It's our obligation to acknowledge what happened," said Mayaan Cohen.
Cohen was at a tech conference when she first heard the tragic news coming out of Israel. Immediately her concern was for her employees based in Tel Aviv -- those employees experiencing horrifying situations."She was locked in a shelter for 30 hours with her two kids, and she was trying to keep them quiet because she didn't want to draw attention," Cohen said of her talent acquisition manager's experience.
Cohen is in Israel now with her employees, helping to set up a logistics center to provide support to her workers and others. "We worked with them, and we worked with the State Department and they were out today," Thompson said of those who made it out of Israel so far. "Last I heard, they were resting comfortably and safely in Italy and getting ready to make their trip back to my district in California."All of this happening while the Republicans' House Speaker race is impacting how lawmakers can respond.