Butler, Pennsylvania, a quiet town of just over 13,000 people, is now forever etched in the nation’s memory.
The small town was the site of Trump’s last rally, where the former president narrowly escaped a fatal gunshot wound, and one resident who attended the rally described his experience.
“The funny thing is, it immediately reminded me of September 11th,” resident Jesse said. Stu Bruguiere“I’ve heard a lot of people say, ‘Oh, what a beautiful day it was,’ and that’s exactly what it was.”
Jesse recalls that it took about two and a half hours to go through security, with no ID or tickets being checked.
“It was very chaotic, anyway,” he told Stu. “The obvious difference was that there was less Secret Service,” he continued, explaining that he’d been to three Trump rallies in the past.
About 40,000 people were in attendance, but Jesse could only see two snipers on the surrounding rooftops.
“At first we heard just three gunshots, then we heard multiple gunshots that appeared to be from a Secret Service sniper fire. The Secret Service tackled Mr Trump so hard that his shoe came off,” he explained, noting that agents holding Mr Trump down could be heard repeating, “Here comes Hawkeye.”
Jesse told Stu that he couldn’t see Trump’s face, who was sitting behind him, but he could see his hands, which “had blood on them.”
“Then I saw him stop and pump his fist,” he said, adding, “Then everyone started cheering and chanting ‘USA’.”
Jesse was in the center bleachers behind the podium, but on either side of the bleachers, attendees were attacked, one of whom sadly lost his life.
“How crazy is it to you that there was no Secret Service or police in the building where the shooter was actually located?” Stu asks.
“Well, that’s totally crazy,” Jesse replies. “It doesn’t make any sense to me.”
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