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A Pittsburgh police officer who was shot more than a half dozen times in last year's mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue and a Holocaust survivor who barely missed the attack will attend the #SOTU as guests of President Trump and first lady Melania Trump.
Officer Timothy Matson, 41, and Judah Samet, who will be celebrating his 81st birthday the day of the address, both survived the October massacre that took the lives of 11 and injured several more.
Matson, a member of the SWAT team that engaged fire with the shooter, was one of several officers who were injured at the scene. His condition remained critical days after the massacre.
The shooting is believed to be the deadliest attack on the Jewish community in the United States.
Three days after the massacre, the president and first lady visited the synagogue, placing a stone and a rose at each of the 11 Stars of David outside the synagogue.
Three days after the massacre, the president and first lady visited the synagogue, placing a stone and a rose at each of the 11 Stars of David outside the synagogue.
They were joined by the president’s daughter, Ivanka, and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, both of whom are Jewish.
Trump spent over four hours in the city, meeting privately with the Tree of Life Rabbi Jeffrey Meyers in the synagogue as well as injured officers and their families at UPMC Presbyterian in Oakland, which is in Pittsburgh.
