Editor’s note: This is a first-person account by an Epoch Times reporter who covered the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump on July 13.
BUTLER, Pa.–Trembling beneath a wooden table, I was alone, trapped, and bewildered—even though thousands of spectators surrounded me.
It was just after 6:11 p.m. ET on July 13, 2024. For the first time in my 30-year news career, I was in the midst of an active shooting.
And it was one for the history books: The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
That night, I wrote on social media: “This was not the kind of ‘historic’ event that I ever wanted to cover.” But that was my duty. And it rattled me to my core. I had never been so fearful for my life. But I vowed to seek the truth, no matter how ugly it was….