An image of Donald Trump, his face smeared with blood and forcing his right fist through a tangle of agents' arms, created iconic photographs and video that are sure to become an indelible part of history.
He was bleeding from the head after a barrage of bullets flew through his rally when Secret Service agents gave the go-ahead that it was safe to move from the stage.
"Fight!" he mouthed to the crowd and cameras as he pumped his arm sharply three times, in a sign of undeniable defiance and assurance that he was OK. The gesture sent the crowd cheering, with many rising to their feet.The moment was an extraordinary illustration of Trump's raw political instincts and of how keenly aware he is of the images he projects.
The mug shot he took in Atlanta -- in which he glared at the camera -- was seared immediately into the collective memory and emblazoned on campaign T-shirts, posters and other merchandise. In her book "Confidence Man," New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman wrote that Trump had considered an even more dramatic scene in which he "would be wheeled out of Walter Reed in a chair" and, once outside, "would dramatically stand up, then open his button-down dress shirt to reveal" another with a "Superman logo beneath it."
"I was making sure everybody was OK and then I kept looking at the president, of course, because I had just seen the president get shot," Longo said. "I saw him grab his ear. Then I saw the Secret Service pounce on top of him. I saw them bringing him up. I saw blood on the right side of his head." She watched as Trump grabbed his ear and the Secret Service agents rushed the podium. She saw the former president raise his fist in the air as blood streamed from his ear.
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