This is Albert Moller for townhall.com. The nation narrowly avoided a horrific tragedy Saturday night,

and history will record it as just that. The scene of the Washington Hilton looked more like a motion

picture. It wasn't. It was reality. Someone intending to assassinate the president of the

United States and as many federal officials as possible made it pass the first round of

security. There was enormous attention to this particular dinner, the White House Correspondents

Association dinner. This was the first of these dinners that Donald Trump, as president,

was planning to attend. Every time something like this happens, however, everyone has to learn

new hard lessons. I'm confident of this. There will now be

a new protocol for the security for the president and vice president of the United States

and perhaps for others in the line of succession. History often records how close we have come to

disaster and then on the other side of it, everything has to change in a moment.

Perhaps we need to learn some very constructive lessons from a near miss.

Here's something most people don't know.

When Warren Buffett was just 13 years old, he didn't put his money into a savings account.

While other kids were earning next to nothing at local banks, Buffett put $114 into a little-known investment. Today, that $114 would be worth over $15 million. And it wasn't a risky trade,

it wasn't even insider knowledge. It was an account that's been around since 1888, and over

the last 25 years, it's average 29% a year. That's what happens

when your money is allowed to compound. Compare that to today's savings accounts, paying

less than half a percent, while inflation quietly eats away at your buying power. Buffett understood

early. Banks are great businesses, just not for savers. If you'd like to see what some investors call the 29% account, go now to secret account 29.com. That's secret account the numbers 29.com. Secret account 29.com.