and I want to introduce you to some
folks who kindly pulled their vehicle
over for us so that we could speak with
them uh this is Stacy and Vanessa and as
you said Lester the former president now
posted on Tru social describing how he
was shot in his ear grazed by a bullet
in his right ear well Vanessa was right
there you you both were right in front
of the former president when this
happened can you describe what you
witnessed yes we were um six rows back
straight in front of him in the at his
Podium he could we could see him really
good he was talking about his chart and
he moved his head to the right to
explain where they're at in the chart
and then as he moved his head to look at
the chart up on the
screen that's when he got grazed in the
ear if he had not moved his head at that
a time it could have been a lot worse so
he moved his head just in the right
moment to to get an ear graze instead of
something yes and Lester let me just
explain to you briefly because we were
on the Press risers as the former
president was was starting his speech at
the rally he was only a few minutes in
what Vanessa is referring to when she's
talking about those charts he was
talking about immigration and
immigration under the Biden
Administration he had screens on the
left and the right of him be behind him
and he was point in to one of those
screens where he had a chart that was
detailing uh immigration rates and he
turned to point to that chart and that
is when his ear was grazed and you've
seen this on the video uh but to
Vanessa's point if he hadn't made that
turn to show that that chart things
could have been a lot different uh
Vanessa where you were when you first
heard those shots ring out what went
through your mind and what happened with
you and the people around you at first I
didn't know it
if there were firecrackers there were
six pops it just went pop pop pop pop
and then as I was staring straight ahead
I looked across and I didn't see
anything so I looked back at president
Trump and that's when he went
down and then what ran through your mind
that you know we are all in a situation
that we could be very hurt and they're
telling us to all get down get down stay
down and then um a lot of things went
through my mind where's my husband uh
what about the three people that we met
today beside us who else could be
injured
um you know why did this happen at
president Trump's rally I mean a lot of
things went through my head are we going
to be out of here safe you know
um what are you I mean you're you are
safe thank goodness and I'm so glad you
are and I'm so sorry that we're meeting
under these
circumstances as you sit here in your
car now trying to process all of this
what are you feeling now I just want to
go home I just want to go home I'm glad
that President Trump is okay I worry
about the children that were at the
rally and how traumatized they are after
witnessing all this little girl that was
couple rows ahead of us oh she was
petrified and what's going through her
mind is she got going to be okay or she
going to have you know nightmares or you
know I worry about children um I worry
about the people that lost their loved
ones
today um and I most certainly worry
about my president
Trump Vanessa we're we're okay I'm so
glad you're okay Vanessa Stacy thank you
so much and please you deserve to go
home you deserve to get some rest now
and uh I hope you drive safe and and
thank you so much they've been here
since 7:00 in the morning a long day and
and certainly not the day that you were
that you were expecting so thank you so
much and and Lester the the sun is Now
setting here in Butler County as the
tragedy of the day is is just starting
to Dawn on all of us who are here thanks
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