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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Peter Smith

'Felt like a year': Worshipper describes fear during gunman's deadly attack on Pittsburgh synagogue

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

It was her brother's active faith that inspired Carol Black to recommit as an adult to being a practicing Jew several years ago, and their shared commitment brought them to the Tree of Life synagogue on the October 2018 day it was attacked.

Testifying on the second day of the trial of the man who carried out the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, Black told jurors Wednesday about how she and others in her New Light congregation heard loud noises as they started Sabbath services. They soon realized it was gunfire, so some of them hid in a storage room.

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