Michel Mizrahi had planned to meet with his son on Monday but got caught up in an exchange of fire between Montreal police and a gunman, says Sarah Raskin.
Raskin, who is co-director of a synagogue Mizrahi attended for more than 30 years, said she thinks he saved people when the gunfire began outside a Hilton hotel in the Côte-des-Neiges district.
She said Mizrahi, who was in a nearby coffee shop, realized the danger and quickly warned others nearby.
“He told them not to come in and he told them where to go, and they just missed the killer by minutes,” said Raskin, who heard the story from a synagogue congregant whose family member was at the coffee shop with Mizrahi….