Trump steps outside bulletproof glass to hug woman having medical emergency during his rally (video)

Former US President, Donald Trump walked away momentarily from bulletproof glass walls on Wednesday, August 21 to check on an apparent medical emergency in the crowd of his rally in Asheboro, North Carolina.

This was his first outdoor campaign rally since surviving an assassination attempt. During the early, an attendee  appeared to have a medical episode shortly before 3pm on Wednesday.

The situation caught the Republican nominee’s attention and he looked over and called for ‘a doctor, please’.

Claps rung out as Trump halted his speech and looked to his left for several minutes at the direction of the episode.

Trump mentioned the high temperature and that some of his supporters had waited a long time to see him speak.

‘It is very hot here, I notice. It is very hot. A lot of the people waited for days to get here. I understand it.

‘Take your time, doctor, take your time, thank you.’ he said

A woman in the crowd faints and President Trump leaves the safety of bullet proof glass to check on her.

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Trump then walked away from the panels of glass and down a few steps into the section of the crowd, and found and hugged an elderly woman.

The woman appeared to be the person suffering the medical episode and was drinking water and seemed to be recovering. Her identity was not immediately known.

About a half dozen Secret Service agents in suits stood around Trump during the interaction.

The crowd began chanting, ‘We love Trump!’ and the ex-president made his way back to the stage.

Trump’s podium was set up at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame nearly a month-and-a-half after a shooter on the roof of a building in Butler, Pennsylvania, grazed his ear with a bullet during an open-air rally.

In addition to the protective glass, storage containers were positioned around the perimeter of the event. Snipers were also stationed on the roofs of the venue.