A bandaged, somber, subdued Trump opened his nomination speech by recounting his near-death experience last weekend in vivid detail, promising it would be the first and only time he'd do so 'because it's too painful to tell.'
Trump went on to pay tribute to his late supporter Corey Comperatore, the retired firefighter remembered as a hero for diving on his family members to shield them from the bullets.
Inside the Fiserv Forum, the ebullient mood gave way to rapt silence. 'I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God,' he said, echoing a long list of GOP convention speakers who had cited divine intervention for Trump's survival.
As delegates and attendees wiped away tears, Trump pivoted to a message of proposed unity - vowing to be a president 'for all of America.'
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