‘4 Minutes Saved My Life’: Holocaust Survivor Recounts Tree of Life Massacre

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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A survivor of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre recounted how he was lucky to arrive at Sabbath services four minutes late, and credits the delay with potentially saving his life.

Judah Samet, an 80-year-old member of the Tree of Life congregation, arrived at the synagogue on Saturday, Oct. 27, a mere several minutes late.