This is how close the bullet came to hitting Donald Trump’s skull

Just inches away from causing potentially fatal damage. That’s how close the bullet fired by Thomas Matthew Crooks came to former President Donald Trump in an attack that could have ended the life of the presidential candidate.

To better illustrate the scenario, a social media user – identified as Point consciousness– did a computer animation that reconstructs the trajectory of the ball.

In this one you can see how, With a small movement, Trump was saved from the shot that hit his skull.

From a rooftop near a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, A 20-year-old man identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crook shot the former president with a rifle.

The explosion even affected civilians. One of them, a volunteer firefighter and father, died protecting his family with his body.

And even if the bullets were aimed at Trump, who was giving a speech at the exhibition center, Only one of them managed to reach him and grazed his ear. And the candidate had a moment of “luck”, since he simply turned his head, thus preventing the bullet from entering his face.

You can see the moment in this 3D animation.

Trump was injured in the right ear and quickly protected by agents of the United States Secret Service who was guarding the gathering.

Within hours, U.S. authorities identified the attacker, who was killed on the spot, according to NBC. The young man had climbed a building 135 meters from the stage where Trump would be, which had been considered “risky” but which, in the end, was not protected.

There was a team of snipers and other “rapid response” officers on the scene in case of an attack on the former president and the auditors. However, Failure to cover the building was a security failure that resulted in one death and several injuries, including Trump.

NOWIn the United States, the debate continues over who is “guilty” of not having protected the space more: the local police or the secret agents. The Republican senator Ted Cruz demanded the resignation of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle.

The woman, for her part, responded in a statement that she would make changes to Trump’s security system so that a similar attack would not happen again.