Overview
- Al-Ahmed traveled to the United States for specialized medical treatment, landing in Los Angeles with an FBI escort before continuing to New York.
- On Tuesday he prayed at the Ohel in Queens with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman of Chabad of Bondi, whose community lost members in the attack.
- He is scheduled to appear at Wednesday’s Colel Chabad awards gala in New York, where organizers plan to honor his actions.
- The 43-year-old shopkeeper suffered multiple gunshot wounds and has undergone several surgeries in Sydney, with his left arm still in a sling.
- He was celebrated for disarming a gunman during the Dec. 14 Hanukkah attack that killed 15 people, and the surviving suspect has been charged with terrorism and murder.