Former Secret Service Agent On What Went Wrong In Pennsylvania

Anthony Cangelosi is a former United States Secret Service agent, who like all of us, watched what took place at a campaign rally for former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania on July 13 and saw exactly what went wrong.

Now an adjunct professor at John Jay College for Criminal Justice in New York City, Cangelosi believe that counter-snipers at the Pennsylvania rally where a would-be assassin wounded former President Donald Trump should have had "360-degree coverage" of the event and surrounding buildings.

Clearly, there was a breakdown in security that allowed a 20-year-old man from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania to fire multiple shots into a crowd, killing one man, and injuring three more including Donald Trump.

Cangelosi believes that the primary question law enforcement would likely be asking is how the suspect could have made it to the top of a nearby building undetected.

He joined Jim Monaghan on the WDHA Morning Jolt to discuss the problems last Saturday.

Cangelosi said he expects the Secret Service to amp up security at future events moving forward. Trump has already confirmed he plans to speak at the Republican National Convention in Wisconsin next week.

"The Secret Service is well aware of the fact that they have to be perfect all of the time," Cangelosi said. "And the one time you're not, it's going to bring an increased scrutiny."

Losing a friend is always hard.

It was 6 years ago today (12/12/2017) that we lost one of our dearest, Pat Dinizio from The Smithereens.

Pat was born in Plainfield New Jersey and never strayed too far from his New Jersey roots. He was a fixture at WDHA throughout the years. He would sometimes just show up in our parking lot with his guitar- it was awesome!

The Smithereens gave us some of the absolute coolest power, rock, pop tunes EVER- and Pat's sensibility for writing incredible lyrics and 3-minute masterpieces influenced generations of rockers. So underrated and often imitated and certainly one of the greatest New Jersey bands ever.

I loved having him on the show, hanging , talking about his love of Black Sabbath, The Beatles and Buddy Holly and of course with his wild personality (he even ran for office as part of the Libertarian Party years back) I spent a lot of time just laughing with him. We all did. Pat was one of a kind.

Pat and Jim Monaghan shared a special bond too, as not only did he stop by the WDHA Morning Jolt and Jim joined him in song, but Jim also jumped on stage with Pat and the band at times for a Jersey Jam session.

CANT FORGET: Pat DiNizio and Jim Monaghan Write A Song Live On the Air

I'll never forget when he filmed portions of his movie "King Leisure" here at WDHA and it was hysterical. He took over the station. That was Pat, with a personality that was bigger than life and one of the most unique voices ever. No one could deliver a song like Pat.

As we remember him on this day, I grabbed a few of our personal photos and a few performances from the WDHA Studio from 2004.

We miss you friend, and your voice and legacy will always be carried on with WDHA The Rock Of New Jersey.

Rest Easy Pat.

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