Dove to protect his family from gunfire…
I have to be honest… this chokes me up just writing this. In a day and age when 50 is considered middle-aged, Corey Comperatore had an awful lot more of life to live.
Sadly, Corey Comperatore has been identified as the man who was fatally shot at yesterday’s Trump rally held at Butler, Pennsylvania.
A retired firefighter, husband and father of two daughters, Chief Comperatore is being hailed as a hero for using his own body to shield his family from bullets fired by the would-be assassin.
Here’s just a bit as reported by Avery Lotz of Axios.com;
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro identified the victim who was killed in an attempted assassination of former President Trump as Corey Comperatore on Sunday.
Driving the news: Comperatore, the former Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company chief, dove on his family members to shield them from the attack, Shapiro said at a press conference after speaking to Comperatore’s wife and daughters.
- Shapiro said the “girl dad” of two attended church every Sunday and was an “avid supporter” of the former president who was “so excited” to rally with members of his community at Saturday’s campaign event.
What they’re saying: Family members remember Comperatore as a loving father and dedicated community member.
- “The PA Trump Rally claimed the life of my brother, Corey Comperatore,” Facebook user Dawn Comperatore Schafer wrote in a post shared Sunday. “The hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most.”
- “My baby brother just turned 50 and had so much life left to experience,” she continued on the post, which showed Comperatore smiling with gold birthday balloons. “Hatred has no limits and love has no bounds.”
- A post written by his daughter, Allyson, that circulated online described how her father, who she called a “hero,” “threw my mom and I to the ground” and “shielded my body from the bullet that came at us.”
- “He loved his family,” she wrote. “He truly loved us enough to take a real bullet for us.”
A Donald Trump endorsed Go Fund Me page has been setup “as a place for donations to the supporters and families wounded or killed in today’s brutal and horrific assassination attempt.”
Just me, but I have a feeling that President Trump will soon match the amount raised.
Amongst the list of top donors;
- Elon Musk – $100,000
- Investor Kenneth C. Griffin – $100,000
- UFC founder Dana White – $50,000
- UFC – $50,000
- The Heritage Foundation – $50,000
- Kid Rock – $50,000
- Internet entrepreneur Alex Brola – $50,000
- Vivek Ramaswamy – $30,000
- Podcaster and investor John Shahidi – $25,000
- Founder of TrueNorth Steel, Ole Rommesmo – $10,000