The surgeon who tried to save Charlie Kirk after an assassin shot him in the neck at an event in Utah has proclaimed that his miraculously strong bones stopped the bullet that hit him from exiting and hitting more people.
Turning Point spokesperson Andrew Kolvet wrote on X about the “absolute miracle” the surgeon discovered, that the bullet stayed in Kirk's body due to his "strong bones" and was found just under the skin.
“I’m usually not interested in delving into most of this kind of online chatter, and I apologize this is somewhat graphic, but in this case, the fact that there wasn’t an exit wound is probably another miracle, and I want people to know,” Kolvet wrote.
“I just spoke with the surgeon who worked on Charlie in the hospital … He said the bullet ‘absolutely should have gone through, which is very very normal for a high-powered, high-velocity round,'" he added. "I’ve seen wounds from this caliber many times and they always just go through everything. This would have taken a moose or two down, an elk, etc."
There had been speculation online that authorities were lying about the circumstances of Kirk's death because the high velocity round would normally have gone through the flesh and exited on the other side.
“But it didn’t go through. Charlie’s body stopped it," Kolvet said.
Kolvet said he described to the doctor how staffers, students and others were standing in the trajectory of the bullet behind Kirk, had it passed through him.
"'It was an absolute miracle that someone else didn’t get killed,’ ” Kolvet said the doctor told him. ”‘His bone was so healthy and the density was so so impressive that he’s like the man of steel. It should have just gone through and through. It likely would have killed those standing behind him too.’"
“In the end, the coroner did find the bullet just beneath the skin. Even in death, Charlie managed to save the lives of those around him. Remarkable. Miraculous,” Kolvet wrote.
Estimates for attendance at Kirk's memorial yesterday ranged from 90,000 to 200,000, and more than 100 million people streamed the six-hour event online.
Reports said that the attendance was greater than for both slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr. and President John F. Kennedy Jr.'s memorials.
Vice President and close personal friend to Kirk, J.D. Vance labeled Kirk a "martyr for the Christian faith" and Trump called him a "martyr for America's freedom."
While many on the right will no doubt use Kirk's death to galvanize support for conservatism, he said in one of his last interviews that he wanted to be remembered most for his faith and devotion to Jesus Christ.
Kirk was mocked after his death for being "hateful" because of comments he made about the LGBT community and affirmative action, but many have been surprised by the way he debated and many times gently addressed those who were affected by these realities in a way that showed compassion while also expressing what he viewed as truth.
