Brandon Tsay, the hero who wrestled a gun away from the Monterey Park mass shooter is expected to be among the local residents attending President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.
While the White House has not yet released Biden's guest list for Tuesday night's 6 p.m. PT speech before a joint session of Congress,Monterey Park City Councilman Henry Lo, who was mayor when the shooting occurred, will also attend the president's speech, as a guest of Sen. Alex Padilla, while Juily Phun, a niece of one of the fatally wounded Monterey Park victims, will attend as a guest of Rep. Judy Chu, the legislators' offices confirmed.
Tsay was originally invited to the State of the Union by Chu last month, but shortly thereafter reportedly was asked by the president himself to be his guest -- prompting Chu to joke to Tsay during a "medal of courage" ceremony in Alhambra, "I can't believe you turned me down for the president." Tsay repeatedly thanked Biden for the phone call, saying, "For you to call, that's just to comforting to me."
Lo, the former Monterey Park mayor and now a District 4 councilman, led the city in the immediate aftermath of the shooting, saying at one point, "Our priority is to make sure that those victims, their family members are given the resources they need to heal. ... Together, we can overcome this tragedy."
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