PHILADELPHIA (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) -- Donald Trump, who grew up in Queens, cited the shocking June 13 rape of a 13-year-old girl at the borough's Kissena Park, at his Philadelphia rally Saturday night, telling supporters he used to ride his bicycle there from his Jamaica Estates home.
The suspect, Christian Inga, 25, an Ecuadorian migrant who lives in Queens, was charged on June 19 with first-degree rape, two counts of kidnapping in the second degree, predatory sexual assault and other crimes for attacking "two 13-year-olds who were in [Flushing's] Kissena Park in the middle of the afternoon on June 13. He is alleged to have held them at knifepoint in a wooded area where he tied the hands of the boy and girl together, and then raped the girl," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said.
The flabbergasted former president said to the crowd of thousands at Temple University's The Liacouras Center, "A machete! In broad daylight! And like a scene from a horror movie, he forced them into the woods, tied them together by their wrist and raped the young girl at a park in Queens."
Trump, who will debate President Joe Biden Thursday at CNN's Atlanta studios, said the assault struck a personal note.
"It's a park that I grew up right next to ... You know, I used to go to that park and ride my bicycle as a kid -- I was a kid too. Can you believe it?" he said, laughing.
"My mother loved me, but she'd say, 'Now be home at a certain time.'
You know, I'd ride there. I did this ... for years. There was never any thought of anything happening." Trump, who will be sentenced July 11 in his NYC hush money case, said. "Now, if you go to a park near your home, you have a very good chance of ever seeing your child again."
Attendees at the rally traveled from nearby states, including Edward X. Young of Brick, N.J. "A Donald Trump rally is the greatest show on earth," he told 1010 WINS/WCBS. "There's nothing like it. It tops anything. Donald Trump is our first rock star, superhero president He's the real-life Tony Stark. He's president 'Iron Man.'"