At the Secret Service, the guardian angels of the American president, ready to sacrifice themselves to change the course of History

The third assassination attempt against Donald Trump on April 25 in Washington shed light on the work of the shadowy men tasked with protecting the most powerful leader in the world from constant threats.

It’s a profession where delay kills. Clint Hill, the Secret Service special agent and member of John F. Kennedy’s security team on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, knew this better than anyone. Throughout his life, after experiencing firsthand the fateful day of the president’s assassination by Lee Harvey Oswald that changed America, the man was haunted by the question: “What if I could have reacted sooner? Yes, if I had reacted a tenth of a second faster, maybe half a second, I could have done it,” he wondered, as seen in images clinging to the car to protect Jacqueline Kennedy. “I could have taken the third bullet,” he confessed in 1975, referring to the third projectile, according to the official version, that delivered the fatal blow.

At the White House, men are stationed on the roof and monitor 24/7 for any potential danger from the sky.

Everything hinges on a few seconds. Trying to gain that tenth of a second that can change history is the Secret Service’s reason for being. On the evening of April 25, when Cole Tomas Allen broke in… [Paywall content follows, article reserved for subscribers with 89% remaining to discover]

Context: The article discusses the role of the Secret Service in protecting the President of the United States, referencing an assassination attempt on Donald Trump. Fact Check: The events described involving Clint Hill and the assassination of JFK are historically accurate.