Months on, Trump shooting witness still stunned by security lapse

Greg Smith went viral with his account of the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania. He speaks again to the BBC.

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BBC North America Correspondent Gary O'Donoghue returned to Butler to speak to Smith about that day in July.

Smith remembers thinking in bewilderment and frustration: "Why isn't someone doing something?"

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