Eyewitness believes there was a 'noticeable' difference in security at Trump's rally

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DYING. IT IS TRULY HORRIFIC. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> RIGHT NOW WE'RE JOINED BY ANOTHER GUEST. HIS NAME IS ROBERT FILLPOT. HE'S FROM THIS COMMUNITY. HE'S FROM BUTLER. ROBERT, COME HERE AND TALK TO US. WE'RE HERE DOING OUR SHOW AND YOU STOPPED US. YOU WANTED TO TELL ME SOMETHING. WE JUST HEARD THE MAYOR OF SLIPPERY ROCK TALK ABOUT THE OTHER BUTLER RALLY THAT HE HAD BEEN TO. YOU WERE TALKING TO ME ABOUT THAT RALLY AS WELL. TELL ME THE MESSAGE YOU WANTED ME TO UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE THERE WAS SOMETHING DIFFERENT ABOUT THAT RALLY VERSUS THIS RALLY THAT YOU NOTICED. >> YEAH. MY DAUGHTER AND I WENT. BUTLER AIRPORT, NOT EVEN FIVE MILES FROM HERE. IT WAS AN AWE INSPIRING EVENT. WE WERE JUST LIKE, WOW. BUT THE ONE THING WE NOTICED, WE WALKED IN THERE, AND HER AND I, WE'RE CLOSE, AND THE ONE THING WE NOTICED, THAT THE AIRPORT HAS A LOT OF HANGARS, BUILDINGS KIND OF LIKE THIS, BUT THEY HOLD PLANES. EVERY ROOFTOP OF EVERY HANGAR HAD THREE, FOUR, FIVE GAZE ON TOP OF IT. >> WHEN YOU SAY GUYS, SNIPERS? LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH LONG GUNS? >> YES. EVEN SOME IN THE SNIPER POSITION, JUST SCANNING EVERYWHERE. AND MY DAUGHTER TURNED TO ME -- >> TO THE POINT WHERE YOU GOT THERE, YOU NOTICED THEM RIGHT AWAY. >> IMMEDIATELY. OH, MY GOSH, LOOK AT. THIS SHE SAID, I NEVER FELT SO SAFE IN MY LIFE. >> THIS IS FOUR YEARS AGO IN THE RALLY AT THE AIRPORT, THE OTHER AIRPORT. >> CORRECT. SO SHE WAS TELLING ME THIS TIME, SHE'S EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT, THE HEAT, EVERYTHING ELSE, BUT SHE REALLY WANTED TO GO. THAT WAS SO MUCH ON OUR MINDS THERE THAT WE TALKED ABOUT IT FOR, I DON'T KNOW, WE JUST TALKED ABOUT IT. WE WERE SO AWE INSPIRED. THE FIRST THING I DID WHEN I GOT HER YESTERDAY WAS I DID A COMPLETE LOOK-AROUND AT EVERY ROOFTOP, AND I SAID TO MYSELF, THAT'S STRANGE. I DON'T SEE ONE COP, SNIPER, NOTHING. I DON'T SEE ANYTHING. AND I JUST THOUGHT, THAT WAS KIND OF WEIRD. >> AND AT WHAT TIME IS THIS WHEN YOU'RE SORT OF LOOKING AROUND TRYING TO SEE WHAT YOU SAW FOUR YEARS AGO? >> WELL, FOUR YEARS AGO -- >> NO, I MEAN, TODAY, YESTERDAY. >> PROBABLY TWO HOURS BEFORE HE CAME ON STAGE. BUT I DIDN'T STOP LOOKING, BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WAS IN MY MIND BECAUSE OF -- IT WAS SO NOTICEABLE BACK THEN, BUT IT WAS ALSO JUST AS NOTICEABLE NOT BEING THAT WAY. >> AND THEN DID YOU NOTICE -- BECAUSE ON THAT BARN RIGHT THERE, THAT'S WHERE THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SNIPERS WERE THAT ENGAGED WITH THE ALLEGED ASSASSIN. DID YOU NOTICE THEM? >> I DID NOT. I NOTICED NOBODY, BECAUSE I SCANNED EVERY ROOF. AND I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS STRANGE, BECAUSE WHEN THEY SHOWED THE GOOGLE MAPS LOOKING DOWN, IT REALLY DOESN'T GIVE THE ENTIRE PICTURE OF THE AREA, BECAUSE RIGHT BEYOND THAT THERE'S ALL KINDS OF BUILDINGS, AND THAT'S WHY I LOOKED AROUND. >> YOU'RE SAYING THERE'S A LOT OF HIGH POINTS, IF SOMEBODY WAS ON ANOTHER ROOF. >> RIGHT ACROSS 68 RIGHT HERE THERE'S A BIG SPORTS COMPLEX THAT HAS A HIGH ROOF. I KNEW THE AGR BUILDING BECAUSE I KNOW OF IT. >> THAT'S WHERE THE ASSASSIN WAS PLANNED ON TOP. >> CORRECT. I WAS GOING TO PARK THERE, BECAUSE I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE COME ACROSS, THEY DON'T MOW THE AREA. I'M THINKING THAT WOULD BE A GREAT PLACE TO PARK. IT'S CLOSE. COULD I PARK RIGHT THERE, I'D BE OUT REAL QUICK BECAUSE IT'S IS RIGHT OFF THE MAIN ROAD. SO -- >> YOU WERE GOING TO PARK THERE, AND YOU DECIDED NOT TO. >> BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MUCH TRAFFIC ON THIS MAIN ROAD THAT I COULDN'T GET TO THE. >> DID YOU EVEN DRIVE BY? DID YOU SEAT? >> I DRIVE BY IT EVERY DAY. >> IT'S EASY TO WALK INTO. IF YOU WERE TO DRIVE OVER THERE, COULD YOU WALK RIGHT INTO IT. >> THAT'S WHY I WAS GOING TO PARK THERE, BECAUSE I KNEW. BUT I DECIDED NOT TO ONLY BECAUSE THE TRAFFIC WAS SO BAD, THAT IT WOULD TAKE ME AN HOUR TO GET TO IT. SO I JUST PARKED FURTHER DOWN AND WALKED IN. BUT IT WAS -- I STILL CAN'T PROCESS IT. I THINK THAT'S WHY I CAME BACK HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I WANTED TO LOOK AT WHERE I WAS AT AND SAY, HOW LUCKY ARE -- I MEAN, SOMEBODY DIED. THAT'S A SHAME. I STILL CAN'T -- I MEAN, LAST NIGHT I WAS UP ALL NIGHT. I DON'T EVEN THINK I SLEPT. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. >> YOU COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT YOU SAW. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE WHY. I MEAN, I THINK THE BIG THING IS THE WHY. HAVE WE REALLY COME TO THAT POINT? I MEAN, I DO REMEMBER WHEN REAGAN WAS SHOT. THAT WAS DIFFERENT. BUT THAT WAS THE LAST -- BASICALLY THE LAST TIME. AND I'M STILL -- LIKE I CALLED MY DAUGHTER, I CALLED MY GIRLFRIEND, AND WE WERE IN TEARS. WE WERE IN TEARS, BECAUSE AS I'M WALKING AWAY, I WALKED AWAY FROM THE GUNSHOTS. THAT'S THE FIRST THING I DID WAS WALK AWAY, AND THERE WERE VENDORS, PROBABLY AS LONG AS THIS ROAD HERE, AND THERE'S ONE GUY ON THE PHONE, HE SCREAMS, THEY JUST SHOT TRUMP. HE'S DOWN. SO I IMMEDIATELY GOT ON MY PHONE AND CALLED SOMEBODY. I CALLED MY GIRLFRIEND. SHE'S IN TEARS GOING TRUMP IS SHOT, TRUMP IS DOWN. AND THEN I FROZE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHETHER TO GO OUT, WHETHER TO GO IN. I JUST STAYED THERE. >> I THINK
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Length: 5min 27sec (327 seconds)
Published: Sun Jul 14 2024
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