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

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life/Or L'Simcha Congregation near the synagogue and wears a yarmulke with a Pittsburgh Pirates logo, in Pittsburgh, Oct. 29, 2018. Matt Rourke/AP Photo
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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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.