Overview

• Zito’s book, released July 8, 2025, provides a firsthand account of the July 13, 2024 rally shooting that grazed Trump’s ear and killed firefighter Corey Comperatore shielding his family.
• In her narrative, Zito describes standing just four feet from Trump in the Secret Service buffer zone and credits campaign aide Michel Picard with pulling her and her daughter to safety under fire.
• The memoir details that Trump called Zito seven times the day after the attempt, expressing concern for her family and apologizing for their canceled post-rally interview.
• Zito recounts Trump’s explanation of his 'fight, fight, fight' chant as symbolizing the presidency alongside reflections on his sense of purpose and belief in divine intervention.
• Her eyewitness perspective adds new human and symbolic dimensions to debates over campaign security protocols and the impact of political violence.