Greetings and welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. Today is Tuesday, July the 16th, 2024.

I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison.

Today's new cycle is being dominated by former President Donald Trump's announcement of J.D. Vance as his

running mate, the first night of the Republican National Convention, the dismissal of Mr. Trump's

classified documents case, and President Biden's interview with NBC's Lester Holt last night.

However, I want to focus this morning on a story I don't want us to miss

before it fades from the headlines. Corey Comparatore was an engineer, a former chief of

Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company in Pennsylvania, and a longtime volunteer firefighter. He was

also a husband and the father of two daughters. When shots rang out

last Saturday at a rally for former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, one of Corey's

daughters later described how her father reacted. He shielded my body from the bullet that came at us,

she wrote in a social media post. He loved his family.

He loved us enough to take a real bullet for us.

Corey Comptor died defending those he loved.

His daughter called him a real-life superhero.

Donald Trump's near assassination illustrates John F. Kennedy's prophetic statement, quote,

if anyone is crazy enough to want to kill a president of the United States, he can do it.

All he must be prepared to do is to give his life for the presidents.

If the person presumably better protected than anyone in our country can be in mortal danger. So are we all.

Recent celebrity deaths include sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer, actress Shannon Doherty,

and fitness guru Richard Simmons. Russian czar Nicholas II and his family were executed on this day

in 1918. John F. Kennedy Jr., his wife and her sister,

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