That’s the thing about these terrorists: they do not care about you or the life you’ve had; all they are concerned about is senseless killings and useless ideologies.
When Thomas Crooks fired upon Donald Trump and at the crowd during his rally at Butler, Pennsylvania, Corey Comperatore, a retired volunteer fire chief, used his body to protect his wife and daughter.
Corey sustained fatal injuries, which led to his immediate death on July 13.
One of his daughters, Allyson, recalled how his father threw her down and shielded her against the raining bullets.
“I was the one that my dad threw down. As he was throwing me down, that was when he was shot, and he ended up falling onto me,” she said.
“And I don’t remember hearing any other shots … At that moment, I was trying to take care of him. I was really confused when he was on me.”
“I had turned around, I went, ‘Dad’ — he fell down, and that’s when I started screaming, and I was trying to keep him from bleeding,” she continued.
His other daughter, Kaylee, remembered that she was screaming, thinking she was in a dream seeing his father lifeless.
“And then you realize it’s not a dream, and you feel like your whole world is just over,” she said.
Comperatore was a member of the US Army Reserve and has served the military for a decade.
His wife, Helen, wants Corey to be remembered for who he was, not just “the man that was shot at the rally.”
“He definitely was a hero. He saved his wife. He saved his child and he was the best guy,” Helen remarked.
“Just remember Corey as he was — a great man who was a great father, great husband.”
Helen also remembered how her husband loved going fishing every weekend, ‘rain or shine’ and he loved his family.
Kaylee did not mince her words as she strongly criticized the security failures during the rally.
“I just want [security] to know I really think my dad’s blood is on their hands,” Comperatore’s daughter reflected.
“And I hope they wake up every day thinking about what they took from our family, because we have to wake up every day and see that image of our father in our head, and no child should ever have to see that.”
Former president Donald Trump honored the fallen firefighter during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, with Comperatore’s firefighter suit and helmet set up on the stage.
For Helen, Trump’s tribute during the convention “was a big honor.”
Corey’s wife shared how Corey was a staunch Trump supporter.
“All day at the rally, my husband kept saying, ‘He’s gonna call me up on stage. You’re gonna hear him. He’s gonna say, Corey, get on up here!’ He was just joking, obviously,” she quipped.
