I said to myself, wow, what was that?

It can only be a bullet and moved my right hand to my ear, brought it down.

My hand was covered with blood, just absolutely blood all over the place.

I immediately knew it was very serious that we were under attack.

The war is now raging in Europe and the Middle East.

A growing specter of conflict hangs over Taiwan, Korea, the Philippines, and all of Asia.

And our planet is teetering on the edge of World War III.

And this will be a war like no other war because of weaponry.

The weapons are no longer army tanks going back and forth, shooting at each other.

These weapons are obliteration.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very, very much.

Wow.

And thank you, Dana.

Thank you.

Sometimes referred to as Bob.

And thank you, Lee, right from the beginning.

Thank you very much.

What a talent.

What a talent.

Friends, delegates, and fellow citizens, I stand before you this evening with a message of confidence, strength, and hope.

Four months from now, we will have an incredible victory, and we will begin the four greatest years in the history of American history.

Together, we will launch a new era of safety, prosperity, and freedom.

The citizens of every race, religion, color, and creed, the discord, and division in our society must be healed and must heal quickly.

As Americans, we are bound together by a single faith, and we can't destiny.

We rise together, or we fall apart.

I am wanting to be president for all of America, not half of America, because there is no victory in winning for half of America.

Tonight, with faith and devotion, I proudly accept your nomination for president.

Thank you very much, guys.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Thank you very much.

And we will do it right.

We're going to do it right.

Let me begin this evening by expressing my gratitude to the American people for their assistance and support at my rally on Saturday.

As you already know, the assaulted bullet came within a quarter of an inch of taking my life.

So many people ask me, what happened?

And I will tell you what happened.

And I will tell you what happened.

And you'll never hear it from me in a second, but it's a true story.

I have a lot to tell you.

It was a warm, beautiful day.

Everything was moving in Battle Township, in the great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Music was loudly playing, and the campaign was doing really well.

I ran to the stage, and the crowd was cheering wildly.

Everybody was happy.

I began speaking very strongly, but also very happily.

Because I was discussing the great job my administration has done in immigration.

And we're very proud of it.

Behind me and to the right was a large screen that was displaying a chart of border crossings about my leadership.

The numbers were absolutely amazing.

But in order to see this chart, I started to turn to my right.

And was ready to begin a little bit further turn, which I'm very happy I did do.

When I heard a loud whistling sound, it felt something hit me really, really hard in my right ear.

I said to myself, wow, what was that?

It can only be a bullet.

I moved my right hand to my ear, put it down.

My hand was covered with blood.

It was absolutely bloody all over.

I immediately knew it was very serious.

We were under attack.

And then one movement proceeded to drop to the ground.

Bullets were continuing to fly.

And the great brave secret service rushed to the stage.

They really rushed to the stage.

These are great people.

At great risk to save me.

And asked on top of me so that I could be protected.

There was blood pouring everywhere.

And yet, in a certain way, I felt very safe.

Because I really am now on my side.

The amazing thing is that prior to the shot, if I had not moved my head at that very last instant, the assassin's bullet would have perfectly hit his body.

If I hadn't moved my head, I wouldn't have been able to stand here tonight.

After all the worst things, we saw the best part.

But not in this case.

This massive crowd of tens of thousands of people stood by and didn't move an inch.

In fact, many of them bravely but automatically stood up looking for where the sniper would be that would immediately assassinate him.

You can see that a group behind me, that was just a small group compared to what was in front.

Nobody ran and by not stampeding, many lives were saved.

But that isn't the reason that they didn't move.