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PBS News Hour - Segments

Photojournalists describe capturing iconic images of Trump rally shooting

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

The assassination attempt on former President Trump immediately sent shockwaves across the nation and through an already tense presidential campaign. It also quickly became an event defined by iconic photographs. We spoke with two of the photojournalists who were covering Trump's rally in Pennsylvania that day, Evan Vucci and Anna Moneymaker. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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The assassination

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on former President Donald Trump immediately sent shock waves across the nation

0:06.0

and through an already tense presidential campaign.

0:09.0

It also quickly became an event defined by iconic photographs. We spoke to two of the photo

0:14.8

journalists who were covering Mr. Trump's rally in Pennsylvania that day and who are

0:19.4

now here in Milwaukee for the Republican National Convention.

0:23.0

And you know that's a little bit old, that chart's a couple of months old.

0:27.0

I had my lens trained on the stage and over my left shoulder I heard several pops.

0:32.0

And I knew right away it was gunfire. So I ran to the stage and I pulled

0:37.0

my wide angle lens out and I started photographing. I just really tried hard to just keep on

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taking pictures, just keep on taking pictures.

0:42.8

Just keep on taking pictures.

0:44.1

In between saying, oh my God, oh my God.

0:46.2

My name is Anna Moneymaker, and I'm a staff photographer

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for Getty Images in Washington, D.C.

0:51.4

My name is Evan Vucci.

0:52.4

I'm the chief photographer for AP in Washington. My name is Evan Vucci. I'm the chief photographer for AP in Washington.

0:55.0

My thought when the gunfire started is that this is going to be one of the biggest news stories

1:00.0

in American history.

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And I have the responsibility to cover it.

1:03.4

The entire time I'm thinking, okay, slow down,

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slow down, think, compose.

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