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Frank Turek, the man described as Charlie Kirk’s Christian mentor, detailed the harrowing effort to save Kirk’s life following the shooting on the campus of Utah Valley University.
Turek is the founder of the “Christian apologetics” ministry CrossExamined.org, that uses “reasons and evidence” to defend Christianity, according to the site and shared online by Fox News. He could be seen at the Utah event helping Kirk throw MAGA hats into the crowd.
In an emotional video posted to the site, Turek said he heard a shot, then, “out of the corner of my eye, I see Charlie go back. And, so, I start to go toward Charlie, and I see that the security guys are already there. So, then I duck, thinking, ‘Okay, maybe there’s other shots coming.’”
Turek continued:
I know the security guys are already taking him out. And so, I’m running with them toward the car…If you lost a son, what would you do? I got into the car. Because if there was any way that I could save him, I had to do something. I couldn’t just, “You guys take him, you guys got it!”
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And I’m coming over the back seat, and Charlie’s laid out in front, right in front of me. And Charlie’s so tall, we can’t close the door. We drove four miles…all the way to the hospital with the door open. To this day, I don’t know how Brian stayed in the car, cause we’re just, “Go, go, go, go, go!”
You know we’re trying to do, we’re trying to stop the bleeding…And I’m yelling, “Come on, Charlie! Come on, come on!” …And the security team…they’re calmly, but they’re swiftly doing exactly what they’re trained to do. Rick starts praying out loud, I’m praying out loud.
We’re cutting through intersections, you know, just beeping the horn…and I go, “We gotta start CPR!” So, I try and start that. Now, Charlie wasn’t there. His eyes were fixed. He wasn’t looking at me, he was looking past me right into eternity. He was with Jesus already. He was killed instantly, and felt absolutely no pain. That’s what I was told later. But, of course, we had to try. And, by the way, there was nothing any of us could do about it…so, if that’s any comfort, Charlie didn’t suffer, he was with Jesus. Absent with the body, present with the lord.
Reports at the time said Kirk was in critical condition at a Utah hospital, where he was pronounced dead after undergoing emergency surgery.
Watch the clip above via CrossExamined.org.
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