Donald Trump assassination attempt victim Corey Comperatore is honored in Pennsylvania with a huge procession of fire trucks from across the US as his flag-covered casket arrives at a church

Thousands of mourners person paid their respects to a erstwhile occurrence main who was changeable and killed during nan attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

The erstwhile president sent a statement of condolence hailing Corey Comperatore arsenic a hero, a transcript of which was displayed astatine nan visitation.

He did not be nan memorial, which was nan 2nd of 2 nationalist events memorializing and celebrating Comperatore´s life. 

A backstage ceremonial astatine Cabot Church successful Butler, Pennsylvania, began connected Friday pinch Comperatore's flag-draped coffin being carried wrong by firefighters.

His assemblage was taken to nan religion successful a immense convoy of emergency vehicles, particularly firetrucks, that weaved its measurement through Sarver, Pennsylvania.

Trump is not going to nan ceremonial because of Secret Service concerns, according to a root who was not authorized to speak publicly.

Hundreds of group gathered connected Wednesday astatine a vigil for him astatine a car racing way successful Freeport, Pennsylvania, and past astatine a banquet hallway connected Thursday.

The crowd connected Thursday appeared to beryllium a operation of friends, neighbors and strangers who wanted to show their appreciation for nan man who officials said spent his last moments shielding his woman and girl from gunfire astatine nan run rally.

Fire trucks and constabulary vehicles filled nan parking batch extracurricular nan building. 

Sharpshooters were positioned connected apical of nan arena hallway and connected adjacent buildings arsenic group including firefighters successful dress uniforms, waited successful statement to enter.

Comperatore, 50, worked arsenic a task and tooling engineer, was an Army reservist and spent galore years arsenic a unpaid firefighter aft serving arsenic chief, according to his obituary.

Trump suffered an receptor wounded but was not earnestly wounded and has been participating this week successful nan Republican National Convention successful Milwaukee.

Trump honored Comperatore during his reside connected Thursday nighttime accepting nan party's statesmanlike nomination, displaying his firefighting cogwheel connected nan normal stage, kissing his helmet and heralding nan ex-chief arsenic 'an unbelievable person.'

Trump said a money for Comperatore´s family and nan 2 men wounded successful nan onslaught has raised much than $6 million.

Mourners filled Laube Hall, a abstraction pinch achromatic ceramic walls, achromatic linens, achromatic curtains and exposed woody beams that´s usually utilized for weddings and different celebratory occasions.

Guests walked past a large, framed photograph of Comperatore holding a fish, while a slideshow of photos from his life was projected connected a surface - his wedding, a caller 50th day party, clip pinch his daughters, firefighting, fishing, and palling astir pinch his Dobermans.

The gathering included firefighters from different adjacent communities and group progressive successful section and authorities Republican politics.

Rich Tallis, a Penn Hills unpaid firefighter who attended nan visitation, did not cognize Comperatore personally but felt a request to grant his memory.

'Any first responder, it´s a brotherhood - police, EMS fire, military. We´re technically each one,' he said.

Tables wrong nan hallway were lined pinch flowers - immoderate sent by occurrence departments successful New York and West Virginia, an car racing circuit and nan politician of a adjacent community. Others came from arsenic acold distant arsenic Florida.

Mourners took turns pausing successful beforehand of Comperatore's unfastened casket.

In a area was a framed transcript of a statement to Comperatore´s woman signed by Trump and erstwhile first woman Melania Trump. 'Corey will everlastingly beryllium remembered arsenic a True American Hero,' they wrote.

Retired New York City Fire Department Lt Joe Torrillo said extracurricular nan visitation that he came because Comperatore was a firefighter who mislaid his life nan aforesaid measurement he lived his life - for illustration a hero.

'And, you know, a batch of group possibly wouldn't aliases couldn't person done what he did,' Torrillo said.

Jon Ruffley, who lives extracurricular Pittsburgh and attended portion of nan Trump rally Saturday, went to nan visitation pinch his woman and young child. 

He said he hoped his beingness sent a supportive connection to nan family that 'we instrumentality together arsenic Americans sloppy of, you know, what someone's governmental affiliations are.'

'I deliberation it´s really important that we raise our kids successful a measurement wherever we tin spot that governmental unit is unacceptable, that we guidelines for having important discourses astir things in, successful our society,' he said.

A container motortruck parked connected a way to nan banquet hallway displayed video screens showing slides, including a photograph of Trump raising his fist aft Saturday's shooting. 

It had nan motto 'never surrender' and a connection expressing prayers for Trump and Comperatore.

A connection issued Thursday by Comperatore's family described him arsenic a 'beloved begetter and husband, and a friend to truthful galore passim nan Butler region.'

'Our family is uncovering comfortableness and bid done nan heartfelt messages of encouragement from group astir nan world, done nan support of our religion and community, and astir of each done nan spot of God,' nan connection said.

Two different group were wounded astatine nan rally: David Dutch, 57, of New Kensington, and James Copenhaver, 74, of Moon Township. 

As of Wednesday night, some had been upgraded to superior but unchangeable condition, according to a spokesperson pinch Allegheny Health Network.

Joseph Feldman, an lawyer for Copenhaver, said Wednesday that he had spoken pinch his customer by phone.

'He seems to beryllium successful bully spirits, but he besides understands nan gravity of nan situation,' Feldman said. 

'And he´s profoundly saddened astir what has occurred, and he´s profoundly sympathetic' to nan different victims and their families.

Feldman said Copenhaver suffered 'life-altering injuries,' declining to spell into detail. 

He said Copenhaver's privilege is to 'keep up pinch nan aesculapian curen he´s receiving and hopefully beryllium released astatine immoderate point.'

In a statement, Dutch's family thanked nan 'greater occidental Pennsylvania organization and countless others crossed nan state and world' for nan unthinkable outpouring of prayers and good wishes.