‘That’s Where Corey Chose to Sit’: Widow of Trump Rally Hero Honors His Life

A uniform and flowers are set up for firefighter Corey Comperatore on a riser behind the stage of a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show Inc. in Butler, Pa., on Oct. 5, 2024. Comperatore was killed while shielding his family at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa., when an assassination attempt on the 2024 presidential candidate took place. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

BUTLER COUNTY, Pa.—The world knows how her husband died. Now Helen Comperatore is on a mission to make sure everyone knows that his final act of selfless bravery, now immortalized, reflected the way he lived.

Quiet heroism, compassion, and “giving his all” defined Corey Comperatore, his wife said, long before he became famous for protecting her and their two daughters from gunfire at a rally for President Donald Trump in Butler Township, Pennsylvania, in 2024.

 

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