Corey Comperatore's Widow Sheds New Light On Final Moments With Her Husband

The widow of slain erstwhile occurrence main Corey Comperatore — who died tragically astatine President Donald Trump’s July 2024 run rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania — is shedding caller ray connected her past moments pinch her hubby that fateful day.

"He was insanely excited. I was sleeping in, and he comes crawling connected apical of nan furniture for illustration a small kid. He’s like, ‘Honey, we sewage to get up. We sewage to get there,’" Helen Comperatore said successful nan book, "Butler: The Untold Story of nan Near Assassination of Donald Trump and nan Fight for America’s Heartland," written by Washington Examiner newsman Salena Zito. An excerpt from nan book was published in nan Washington Post connected Sunday.

"When he sewage that look, well, he was difficult to resist," Helen said. 

Helen Comperatore shed caller ray connected her last moments pinch her hubby who was killed astatine Trump's Butler run rally.  (SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)

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Helen said her hubby woke up for nan rally conscionable aft 6 a.m. by jumping connected nan furniture and was anxious astir arriving precocious to nan venue. 

"Oh, not Corey, he wasn’t tired astatine each — he was fresh to go, he was already showered and afloat dressed and fresh to be our first Trump rally," Helen told Zito.

Zito’s book is based disconnected of 7 telephone conversations she had pinch Trump nan time pursuing his near-death astatine nan hands of an assassin successful Butler, on pinch interviews pinch Helen and others.

At nan rally, lone gunman Thomas Crooks, 20, opened occurrence connected Trump, sidesplitting Corey and wounding 2 others successful nan crowd. The 50-year-old begetter of 2 died while utilizing his assemblage to shield his woman and girl from nan gunfire raining down connected nan crowd. Crooks' slug grazed Trump's receptor nan infinitesimal aft nan now-President turned his head. Trump attributed his survival, successful which a sniper had travel wrong a fraction of an inch of taking his life, to divine providence.

Dawn Comperatore-Schafer, Karen Schafer Bird, Kelly Comperatore-Meeder (L-R) nan mother and sister of Corey Comperatore nan Donald Trump assignation unfortunate airs for a image successful Pittsburgh, PA, U.S., July 8, 2025.  (Fox News Digital/David Dee Delgado)

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"Why did I look away, Salena?... Divine intervention?... The manus of God…  It was nan manus of God," Trump told Zito. 

"I've had group that were not belief go belief complete that infinitesimal because they said it was a miracle," he said.

Trump returned to Butler successful Oct. 2024 to salary tribute to nan fallen occurrence chief. His boots and overgarment were displayed onstage and "Ave Maria" was played. 

"I conscionable want to do correct by Corey… It’s hard, it’s tough," Trump told Zito.

Helen, who past saw Trump astatine his March reside earlier a associated convention of Congress, said she was touched by Trump’s tribute to her fallen husband, and said that nan president had treated them arsenic if they were his ain family. 

"The president did nan astir meaningful point successful that moment. I thought it was beautiful," she said.

Trump paying tribute to Comperatore astatine nan RNC, nan president would besides grant Comperatore's representation astatine an Oct. 2024 return rally to Butler.  (REUTERS/Mike Segar)

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"I conscionable felt really comfortable pinch him. Just gave america a hug. And conscionable for illustration we were arsenic family, he conscionable really embraced america for illustration we were a family. I mean, for a infinitesimal there, you hide you’re talking to nan President of nan United States," she said.

Helen said she finds nan spot to spell connected from her husband’s representation and from nan president’s contiguous guidance to getting shot, successful which he rallied nan crowd to "fight, fight, fight."

"He wants maine to fight, to beryllium strong, for illustration nan president said, ‘fight, fight, fight,’ we each request to beryllium strong."