Donald Trump, the former US president during the Republican National Convention while giving his acceptance speech for the party nomination as the presidential candidate, narrated what happened to him at the election rally in Pennsylvania which almost took his life.
He gave a vivid description of the incident before the shots was fired and what happened shortly after, Thanking most profoundly the Secret Service for their rapid response to the situation.
“It was a warm, beautiful day in the early evening in Butler Township in the great commonwealth of Pennsylvania,” he began.
“Music was loudly playing, and the campaign was doing well. I went to the stage, and the crowd was cheering wildly.
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“I began speaking very happily because I was discussing the great job my administration did on immigration at the southern border. Behind me and to the right was a large screen that was displaying a chart of border crossings under my leadership. The numbers were amazing”
“In order to see the chart, I started to turn to my right, and was ready to begin a further turn, which I’m lucky I didn’t, when I heard a loud whizzing sound and felt something hit me, really hard, on my right ear”
“I said to myself, ‘Wow, what was that — it can only be a bullet,’ — and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down, and my hand was covered with blood. I immediately knew it was very serious, that we were under attack, and in one movement, proceeded to drop to the ground”
“Bullets continued to fly as very brave Secret Service agents rushed to the stage and pounced on top of me for protection. There was blood pouring everywhere, and yet, in a certain way I felt very safe, because I had God on my side”
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“The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had not moved my head at the very last instant,
Bullets were flying over us, yet I felt serene — but now the Secret Service agents were putting themselves in peril.”
Trump thanked the crowd for not panicking and causing a stampede.
“In fact, many of them bravely, but automatically, stood up looking for where the sniper would be, and then began pointing at him,” he said.
The former president’s 90 minute acceptance speech, which is the longest acceptance speech, ended the Republican convention with him as the party candidate for the November election.
