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mel wax. he was peering through the sanctuary doors when the gunman ultimately killed him. she diabetes seeing him fall to the ground, and she said the toughest part for her was actually when she was escorted by police officers when they finally arrived at the sanctuary, and escorted her out of the building. and she had to walk over mel s body in a pool of blood, and she quietly said good-bye to him. and, chris, this comes after a powerful and chilling day of testimony yesterday as we got the opening statements from both sides. we also heard dispatch 911 audio from some of the initial calls that came in. one of them from bernie symon who was pleading for help as she was describing her husband bleeding out next to her. there was one moment when the phone goes silent, and then you just hear gunfire and screaming and ultimately we found out from dispatcher, she was among the victims as well. and we also heard just emotional testimony from a rabbi who survived the attack, but was
Carol Black's brother was also killed in shooting; defense attorney hopes to remove hate crime charges, enabling shooter Robert Bowers to dodge death penalty
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.