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However, one expert believes reconstructive surgery for the injury could cost $10,000.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000e01uzwas772k3@published'}, {'data': {'clipSrc': 'https://omny.fm/shows/chicago-newsbrief-from-wbbm-newsradio-780-and-105/two-men-charged-with-hate-crime-for-defacing-israe', 'clipURL': 'https://omny.fm/shows/chicago-newsbrief-from-wbbm-newsradio-780-and-105/two-men-charged-with-hate-crime-for-defacing-israe', 'embedSize': 'default', 'componentVariation': 'omny'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/omny/instances/clyue49h4000f01uzt3qohota@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Dr. Dennis Dass, a board-certified plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills,\xa0Calif., <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13639639/plastic-surgeon-reveal-fix-trump-ear-shooting.html">told the Daily Mail</a> that the president may need to undergo a reconstructive surgery treatment called helical advancement flap. This procedure could cost up to $10,000 and take up to two hours to complete.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000g01uzna0fg6qm@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Trump said that his ear was grazed by a bullet fired by 20-year-old shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, who also injured two bystanders and killed a 50-year-old former fire chief named Corey Comperatore at a rally in Butler, Pa.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000h01uz4c0a3zo0@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“I felt something hit me really, really hard,” <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/superficial-wound-dr-fauci-dismisses-concerns-over-trumps-health-since-assassination-attempt/">said Trump in a speech</a> after the shooting. In a Truth Social post, he also confirmed that his injury was the source of “much blood” that could be seen streaming down his face in photos from the event.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000i01uzipclnc45@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Dr. Stephen Greenberg, a plastic surgeon, <a href="https://www.insideedition.com/will-donald-trump-get-reconstructive-surgery-on-his-right-ear-88244">explained to Inside Edition</a> that there are a lot of blood vessels around the ear, and thus injures to them cause a lot of bleeding.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000j01uz135ci721@published'}, {'data': {'alt': 'Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. 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What sort of damage is left underneath the bandage remains unclear, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/18/health/dr-sanjay-gupta-analysis-trump/index.html">according to CNN’s medical correspondent, Dr. Sanjay Gupta</a>.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000l01uzsmg6m6lb@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“It looks like there was superficial damage to that cartilage. And in fact, the bullet may have gone straight through both the cartilage and the skin portion,” said Dr. Greenburg of Trump’s injury.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000m01uzpgxwi8zj@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) who previously served as Trump’s White House physician, said during an interview Monday on “The Benny Show” podcast, that he bandaged the former president’s ear himself, per CNN.', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000n01uzufoti5ur@published'}, {'data': {'text': '“It just took the top of his ear off, a little bit of the top of his ear off, as it passed through,” Jackson said. “It was bleeding like crazy.”', '_version': 2, 'componentVariation': 'paragraph'}, 'original_ref': 'www.audacy.com/_components/paragraph/instances/clyue49h4000o01uzpnvzrqam@published'}, {'data': {'text': 'Dr. Dass said that, if part of Trump’s ear is missing and cannot be reattached, the helical advancement flap surgery would start with removal of the damaged area and scar tissue. 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Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is rushed offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania. Butler County district attorney Richard Goldinger said the shooter is dead after injuring former U.S. President Donald Trump, killing one audience member and injuring another in the shooting.(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)













