One year after a gunman came within a quarter inch of assassinating Donald Trump at a campaign rally, thrusting the tiny town of Butler into the international spotlight, many residents here in that western Pennsylvania town and its surrounding county are looking to forge ahead.

Last July 13, just six minutes into Trump's speech to 15,000 fervent fans on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show, Thomas Matthew Crooks fired eight shots from an assault rifle while atop the roof of American Glass Research, some 150 yards away.

A Secret Service counter-sniper quickly eliminated the threat with one round just 15 seconds after the initial shot, but Crooks' gunfire struck four people, including Trump. Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter and father of two, was fatally wounded as he shiel

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