Months of plotting, vindictive political rage and an opportunity to act on both culminated in the fateful day 66-year-old James T. Hodgkinson opened fire on congressional Republicans at Eugene Simpson Stadium Park in Alexandria, Virginia. Now, seven years later, inside accounts of the survivors and first responders are being told, the events of that day – and the days leading up to it – revisited in the new multi-part Fox Nation special, 'Strike Zone: The Congressional Baseball Shooting.
Police at the scene were tasked with keeping him and lobbyist Matt Mika alive while trying to figure out how to get both to a hospital as quickly as possible. 'Initially, they put me in an ambulance and were going to drive to George Washington Hospital… at about seven in the morning, which is heavy, heavy traffic,' Scalise recalled in an interview conducted by Fox News' Peter Doocy, who hosts the series.
They put me on the helicopter, and I knew I was starting to fade again,' he said. He lost consciousness shortly after. All the while, Mika, who had been shot multiple times, remained on the ground. He was also interviewed for the Fox Nation special, where he credited his late mother for watching over him throughout the ordeal. 'Her passing away at a young age was for her to be here for me like this,' he said.
Capitol police officer David Bailey, who was at the scene that day, and trauma surgeon Libby Schroeder, who operated on Mika, were among the other firsthand stories captured in the series. Fox News congressional correspondent Chad Pergram also gave his inside account of that day – from hearing reports that Scalise had been shot, to reporting about it on-air and receiving updates on Scalise's condition from insiders.
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