From Fox News: Salena Zito, a veteran political reporter with more than 20 years of storytelling experience, is telling her own story in her book, “Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America’s Heartland.”
Zito’s book, released Tuesday, takes readers back to July 13, 2024, when a young shooter unleashed gunfire into the crowd at President Donald Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
“I didn’t get down,” Zito told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview ahead of the release. “There was this inner voice that told me, ‘You have a job to do, continue doing it.’”
As Thomas Matthew Crooks was shooting at Trump, Zito was near the stage he was firing toward. From her location, she could hear and see vital details.
“Time has these layers that happen,” Zito said. “It’s not remembering them. It’s experiencing them.
Zito kept a recorder with her at events for better reporting. She and her recorder captured key moments.
“I had my recorder on my phone because I thought I was going to be recording the rally, his speech. I wanted to make sure I got the nuance. I always do that. I could see, and I could hear everything that was happening.”
Zito said that as the shooting was unfolding, Trump shouted out for his shoes was also saying “USA” as he was on the ground, responding to the crowd’s chant.
Returned to his feet, Trump was shouting, “Fight! Fight! Fight.”
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