‘TODAY’ EXCLUSIVE: MATT LAUER SITS DOWN WITH PETER GOLD, TULANE MEDICAL STUDENT SHOT WHILE SAVING WOMAN FROM ATTACK

Gold Speaks Out For the First Time Since the November 2015 Shooting in Live Interview

Interview Airs Tuesday, April 11 on NBC’s TODAY

NEW YORK – April 10, 2017 —  In a TODAY exclusive, Matt Lauer will sit down with Peter Gold, the Tulane University medical student who was shot while trying to stop an attack on a woman outside a New Orleans bar in November 2015. For the first time, Gold will watch the surveillance video of the shooting. The live, in-studio interview, Gold’s first since the shooting, will air Tuesday, April 11 on NBC News’ TODAY.   

The interview will be available on TODAY.com following the broadcast.     

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For more information contact:

Farrin Jay
NBC News
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farrin.jay@nbcuni.com