PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN MAKING
THEIR WAY OUT, PEOPLE WHO
WITNESSED THIS ABSOLUTE TRAGEDY,
AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO
SOME FOLKS WHO KINDLY PULLED
THEIR VEHICLE OVER FOR US SO
THAT WE COULD SPEAK WITH THEM.
THIS IS STACEY AND VANESSA.
AS YOU SAID, LESTER, THE FORMER
PRESIDENT NOW POSTED ON SOCIAL
MEDIA DESCRIBING HOW HE WAS SHOT
IN HIS EAR, GRAZED BY A BULLET
IN HIS RIGHT EAR.
VANESSA WAS RIGHT THERE.
YOU BOTH WERE RIGHT IN FRONT OF
THE FORMER PRESIDENT WHEN THIS
HAPPENED.
CAN YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU
WITNESSED?
>> YES.
WE WERE SIX ROWS BACK STRAIGHT
IN FRONT OF HIM AT HIS PODIUM.
WE COULD SEE HIM REALLY GOOD.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT HIS CHART,
AND HE MOVED HIS HEAD TO THE
RIGHT TO EXPLAIN WHERE THEY WERE
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 NICK OF TIME, IT COULD HAVE
BEEN A LOT WORSE.
>> SO HE MOVED HIS HEAD JUST IN
THE RIGHT MOMENT TO GET AN EAR
GRAZE INSTEAD OF SOMETHING --
>> YES, YES.
>> LESTER, LET ME JUST EXPLAIN
TO YOU BRIEFLY BECAUSE WE WERE
ON THE PRESS RISERS AS THE
FORMER PRESIDENT WAS STARTING
HIS SPEECH AT THE RALLY.
HE WAS ONLY A FEW MINUTES IN.
HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IMMIGRATION
AND IMMIGRATION UNDER THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
HE HAD SCREENS ON THE LEFT AND
RIGHT OF HIM BEHIND HIM, AND HE
WAS POINTING TO ONE OF THOSE
SCREENS WHERE HE HAD A CHART
THAT WAS DETAILING 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, BUT TO
VANESSA'S POINT, IF HE HADN'T
MADE THAT TURN TO SHOW THAT
CHART, THINGS COULD HAVE BEEN A
LOT DIFFERENT.
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 IF
THEY WERE FIRECRACKERS.
THERE WERE SIX POPS.
IT JUST WENT POP, POP, POP, POP,
POP, POP.
AND AS I LOOKED STRAIGHT AHEAD,
I LOOKED AT CRAFT, AND I DIDN'T
SEE ANYTHING, AND I LOOKED BACK
AT PRESIDENT TRUMP, AND THAT'S
WHEN HE WENT DOWN.
>> WHAT RAN THROUGH YOUR MIND?
>> THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ALL IN
A SITUATION THAT WE COULD BE
VERY HURT.
THEY'RE TELLING US TO ALL GET
DOWN, GET DOWN, STAY DOWN.
AND THEN, A LOT OF THINGS WENT
THROUGH MY MIND.
WHERE'S MY HUSBAND, WHAT ABOUT
THE THREE PEOPLE THAT WE MET
TODAY BESIDE US, WHO ELSE COULD
BE INJURED.
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.
>> WHAT ARE YOU -- I MEAN, YOU
ARE SAFE, THANK GOODNESS, AND
I'M SO GLAD YOU ARE AND 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'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 A COUPLE ROWS AHEAD OF
US, OH, SHE WAS PETRIFIED.
AND WHAT'S GOING THROUGH HER
MIND.
IS SHE GOING TO BE OKAY, OR IS
SHE GOING TO HAVE NIGHTMARES.
YOU KNOW, I WORRY ABOUT
CHILDREN.
I WORRY ABOUT THE PEOPLE THAT
LOST THEIR LOVED ONES TODAY.
AND I MOST CERTAINLY WORRY ABOUT
MY PRESIDENT TRUMP.
>> VANESSA --
>> WE'RE OKAY.
>> -- I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE OKAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU DESERVE TO GO HOME.
YOU DESERVE TO GET SOME REST
NOW, AND I HOPE YOU DRIVE
SAFELY, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE SINCE 7:00 IN
THE MORNING.
CERTAINLY NOT THE DAY YOU WERE
EXPECTING.