Regardless of one’s political perspective, a national tragedy was averted when former President Donald Trump escaped a would be-assassin’s aim to take his life. However, for Corey Comperatore’s family and friends, tragedy was not averted. Last Saturday, he was killed while shielding his wife, Helen, and their two daughters, Allyson and Kaylee, from the gunfire directed at Mr. Trump during the campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Comperatore’s older sister, Dawn, spoke eloquently to her family’s tragedy in a Facebook Post, “The hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most. [Corey’s] wife and girls just lived through the unthinkable and unimaginable. Hatred has no limits and love has no bounds. Pray for my sister-in-law, nieces, my mother, sister, me and his nieces and nephews as this feels like a terrible nightmare but we know it is our painful reality.
Family members and friends in Sarver, Pennsylvania, where Comperatore lived, have freely told journalists stories of his love for his family, his sense of humor, his courage, and of his faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior.
A longtime member at Cabot Church, a local Global Methodist congregation in Cabot, Pennsylvania, Comperatore joyfully gave of his time, talent, and resources as he joined with church friends to share the gospel of Jesus Christ in word and deed.