The man who photographed a bloodied and defiant Trump says he ‘knew it was a moment in American history that had to be documented’

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The man who photographed a bloodied and defiant Trump says he ‘knew it was a moment in ********* history that had to be documented’

Evan Vucci is an AP photographer who documented the aftermath of an ************** attempt on Trump.

Vucci said he understood the moment’s significance immediately after shots rang out.

He snapped several photos of the attempt, including a now-famous shot of a defiant Trump with his fist raised.

The Associated Press photographer who snapped a now widely reshared image of former President Donald Trump’s fist pump described how he covered

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from various angles in the heat of the moment.

Evan Vucci, who has covered Trump for years, said he understood the incident’s significance after hearing “several pops” over his left shoulder.

“I knew immediately it was gunfire,” Vucci said in a

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. “So I looked at the stage and I saw the Secret Service agents rushing to President Trump.”

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Secret Service agents dove on top of Trump just after the ************** attempt, as Evan Vucci snapped photos of the moment.Evan Vucci

Vucci said he then ran to the rally stage and snapped several photos of agents piling on top of Trump and the Secret Service’s counter-******** team arriving.

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Vucci said that to his right, he could see members of the Secret Service counter-******** team arriving.Evan Vucci

That was when he took his now-famous photo of Trump, blood streaked across his face,

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as Secret Service agents ushered the former president off-stage.

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Trump was escorted off-stage as Evan Vucci snapped his now-famous photo of the former president after an ************** attempt.Evan Vucci

“In my mind, it all happened really fast,” Vucci said. “At the moment I heard the shots being fired I knew that this was a moment of ********* history that had to be documented.”

Vucci’s photo of Trump has become a social-media rallying cry among Republicans and MAGA figures, who say it is a symbol of the former president’s strength and defiance.

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Trump was whisked away in an SUV after the attempted ************** in Pennsylvania.Evan Vucci

Trump was speaking at a rally on Saturday when he was interrupted by gunshots. His right ear was bleeding.

In a statement released after he was escorted away, the former president said a bullet had struck his ear and

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The FBI has classified the incident as an

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and identified

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as a 20-year-old from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

Authorities said the suspect was shot *****.

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during the ************** attempt, and two others were critically injured.

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