VIDEO: On this day: Trump survives assassination attempt in Pennsylvania

One year ago today, on July 13, 2024, a campaign rally near Butler, Pennsylvania, became the scene of a shocking assassination attempt on Donald Trump, then a former president and the presumptive Republican nominee for the 2024 election.

The incident occurred as Trump addressed a crowd at the Butler Farm Show Grounds. A 20-year-old gunman, Thomas Matthew Crooks, fired an AR-15-style rifle from the roof of a nearby building, striking Trump in his upper right ear.

In the immediate aftermath, images of Trump with blood on his ear, yet defiantly pumping his fist as he was escorted away, went viral, becoming an iconic moment of the 2024 campaign.

Trump was treated at a local hospital and released the same day, making a public appearance two days later at the Republican National Convention with a bandage on his ear.

On the occasion, Trump said “mistakes were made” but he's satisfied with the investigation into his near-assassination a year ago, as the Secret Service announced disciplinary actions against six staff members.

In excerpts of an interview on Fox News' "My View with Lara Trump" show, airing Saturday, Trump, 79, said the elite close-protection service "had a bad day."

"There were mistakes made. And that shouldn't have happened," Trump said in the interview conducted by his daughter-in-law Lara Trump, who has her own show on the Trump-friendly news channel.

The sniper "was able to get him from a long distance with one shot. If he didn't do that, you would have had an even worse situation," Trump said. "His name is David and he did a fantastic job."

Speaking of the post-incident investigation and "the larger plot," Trump said "I'm satisfied with it."

"It was unforgettable," he said, recalling the drama.

"I didn't know exactly what was going on. I got whacked. There's no question about that. And fortunately, I got down quickly. People were screaming."