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Former President Donald Trump speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally. Trump was the goal of an assassination try over the weekend at the same rally.
NBC Information reporter Jake Traylor, the son of UTSA head soccer coach Jeff Traylor, shielded a fellow journalist from the gunfire throughout Saturday’s failed try by a person to assassinate former President Donald Trump at a marketing campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
As pictures rang out and chaos unfolded, Traylor, who’s overlaying the presidential marketing campaign for NBC, acted quick to guard ABC correspondent Rachel Scott within the press pool, overlaying her on the bottom. Scott expressed gratitude to Traylor, safety and others in a tweet, sharing video of the second the press hit the bottom.
This was the second we dove for canopy as gunshots rang out
Extraordinarily grateful for my safety, Jeff who yanked me off the press riser & @jake__traylor who coated me on the bottom. @olivialarinaldi who saved us calm
My coronary heart goes out to everybody who was right here tonight https://t.co/AbbmketCcx
— Rachel Scott (@rachelvscott) July 14, 2024
A bullet grazed Trump’s ear, inflicting streaks of blood to run down the presumptive GOP nominee’s face as Secret Service brokers surrounded him and escorted him to the motorcade. One spectator was killed and three others critically injured.
Coach Traylor launched an announcement saying he is happy with his son, who’s “simply wired otherwise.”
JUST IN: UTSA coach Jeff Traylor’s assertion after his son, Jake Traylor, who works for NBC, was overlaying former President Trump’s rally when pictures have been fired. @CoachTraylor says Jake is OK, however was shook up and it’s not stunning he protected his colleagues. Full assertion⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Z1ubKbxdXP
— RJ Marquez (@KSATRJ) July 15, 2024
