One of Donald Trump's closest aides has revealed the scary of nan assassination effort in Butler, Pennsylvania, arsenic portion of a caller documentary.
Margo Martin opened up astir the harrowing events of July 13 for nan docuseries produced by nan Tucker Carlson Network, nan Art of nan Surge.
The 28-year-old is seen successful heart-stopping footage astatine nan perimeter of nan rally grounds watching arsenic panicked Trump supporters spotted gunman Thomas Crooks crawling connected apical of a tile conscionable seconds earlier he opened fire.
Chilling footage shows Martin looking complete towards nan guidance of Crooks earlier gunshots break retired and she turns to tally away.
'I knew beautiful instantly it was a gun, each I retrieve is moving done the open field, pinch bullets coming shape down me, and I had nary thought wherever they were going,' Martin said.
History was almost rewritten successful Butler, PA, and we were conscionable 15 feet away.
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Chilling footage shows Margo Martin moving distant from nan shooting and taking screen down a vehicle
A 2nd portion of video shows Martin adjacent nan perimeter of nan rally looking astatine nan commotion wherever Trump supporters had spotted gunman Thomas Crooks. She is past seen turning distant (pictured) and moving for screen arsenic shots break out
Martin said: 'I knew beautiful instantly it was a gun, each I retrieve is moving done nan unfastened field, pinch bullets coming shape down me, and I had nary thought wherever they were going'
'I recovered nan closest car adjacent to maine and sewage down a car wheel.'
A 2nd portion of video, taken from bodycam footage of an officer, shows her ducking down a conveyance arsenic chaos breaks out.
Martin described really she usually stays by nan shape during rallies successful a unafraid area known arsenic nan buffer.
But she decided to task towards nan separator of nan rally grounds that time to movie from different angle.
'For immoderate logic that day, I decided to locomotion astir and get contented elsewhere. So I walked complete to nan obstruction line, that's erstwhile I really saw nan commotion going connected crossed nan way,' Martin said.
A crowd of Trump supporters who were conscionable yards distant from gunman Crooks saw him connected nan tile and had begun shouting to alert cops.
But earlier nan Secret Service had clip to react, he changeable Trump - nan slug whizzing done nan ex-president's ear.
Trump's guidance successful nan aftermath will spell down arsenic 1 of nan astir iconic governmental moments successful history, opinionated up, raising his fist and shouting to nan crowd: 'Fight, fight, fight.'
Carlson's caller documentary features caller footage captured by nan filmmakers arsenic nan carnage unfolded, including Secret Service agents diving connected apical of Trump staffers adjacent to nan shape and bloodied members of nan crowd moving distant successful terror.
Corey Comperatore, a firefighter, was killed by 1 of nan shots that missed Trump. Two different rally-goers were wounded.
Republican campaigner Donald Trump is seen pinch humor connected his look surrounded by concealed work agents arsenic he is taken disconnected nan shape astatine a run arena successful Butler, Pennsylvania, July 13
Police snipers return occurrence aft shots were fired while Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump was speaking astatine a run arena successful Butler, July 13
Margo Martin and Donald Trump aboard nan Trump Organization's Boeing 757, dubbed Trump Force One
Two days aft nan shooting nan Republican National Convention kicked disconnected successful Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Martin said that location was nary uncertainty successful Trump's mind that he would beryllium astatine nan convention.
'I first saw him erstwhile we near nan infirmary and sewage to nan airport,' she said.
'We were each gathered astir nan TV watching what had conscionable happened, location was nary clip to moreover process it, we're truthful connected nan go, we had nan RNC successful a mates days - location was nary mobility successful his mind, he was going to nan RNC, thing was gonna alteration astir nan schedule.'
Trump made his triumphant entranceway to nan normal connected nan Monday evening, wearing a bandage complete his ear.
Donald Trump kisses erstwhile first woman Melania Trump aft officially accepting nan Republican statesmanlike information connected shape connected nan 4th time of nan Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee connected July 18
The ex-president appeared to beryllium moved by nan guidance of nan crowd chanting 'fight' arsenic he made his measurement to beryllium pinch his family and apical run staff.
Joe Biden dropped retired of nan title conscionable days later arsenic Trump surged up successful nan polls.
Trump would again beryllium targeted successful a 2nd assassination effort astatine his Palm Beach play nine connected September 15.
The shootings person grounded to halt nan Trump campaign and pinch conscionable 5 days until nan state votes he appears much apt than ever to clinch nan White House.
The Republican campaigner is starring successful each plaything state, according to nan averages taken by Real Clear Politics.
Meanwhile nan betting likelihood connote a 64 percent probability that he wins connected November 5, putting his chances connected par pinch those seen successful nan aftermath of nan first assassination attempt.