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but he knew he was in the bathroom and he was able to get out of the building, again, because these exit doors were working well. i can t tell you how thankful i am just to do that one task homeland security told us to do. because in the past you couldn t push through the exit doors? they weren t easily opened. they had safeties on them so they couldn t open either way. but now he was able to get out. i mean, he could be alive because of this. where were you when you found out this had occurred? i was heading up to the service. i m there every i was there last night for service. i go up there around 10:00 and in the morning and one of the vice presidents that i work with on facilities now that i stepped down, he called. he worked for city emergency management. and he said he just got word there s an active shooter at tree of life. go up there and see if this is true. i tried to get up. i only live a block away from the synagogue. i tried to get up shady avenue an ....
To let people in. we can t let that happen. we have to take all precautions at all times unfortunately. have you been able to reach anybody you know who may have been in there? one person who was always on time with his son coming in from sewikly said he got caught up in traffic. he said, i m going to services. the police said no, you re not. and he went home. describe the jewish community in squirrel hill. it s a really nice i grew up here. i live right there, around the block. the house that i grew up in. and it s a wonderful jewish community. there s i think we all get together across the board whether it s orthodox or hasidic or conservative or reform. and we have wonderful jewish community centers. it s very vibrant, very active. do you know if any ....