Corey Comperatore will be remembered by the media and many simply as the Trump rallygoer who was struck and killed by a bullet meant to assassinate the former president. His wife and daughters, however, say he’s a “real-life superhero” who fought for his family until his dying breath.
Comperatore was one of the thousands of eager Pennsylvanians who showed up to Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday to support former President Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. What started as an exciting bucket list event for Comperatore, his wife, and one of his daughters, however, quickly turned traumatic when he was struck in the head by a shot intended for Trump mere minutes into the Republican’s speech.
Allyson Comperatore, the engineer and former fire-chief-turned-volunteer-firefighter’s daughter, took to Facebook in a now-private post to remember “what the media will not cover, and will not say” about her dad including “how quickly he threw my mom and I to the ground” and “shielded my body from the bullet that came at us.”
“He loved his family. He truly loved us enough to take a real bullet for us. And I want nothing more than to cry on him and tell him thank you. I want nothing more than to wake up and for this to not be reality for me and my family,” Allyson wrote.
Comperatore, who recently celebrated his 50th birthday, was what Allyson called “the best dad a girl could ever ask for.”
“My sister and I never needed for
