She is Mayra Rodriguezwho went to a meeting there Donald Trump the Arizona: “It was his first rally after the debate.” She attended a rally for the Republican candidate in Tucson and had the opportunity to see the former president face to face:“He came out, we were excited.”
However, from one moment to the next, she and the group of people in the front rows had vision problems:“There were all the Latinas on that side of the stage… I told my husband to take me to the emergency room because something was wrong.”
Trump rally attendees in Arizona suffer mysterious eye injuries: What’s going on?
When she left the event, she began to feel pain in her eyes, she thought it was an allergy, then she was told that she was not the first patient with these symptoms:“Are you okay? Because other people who were with you at the rally went to the hospital..!”. Five other people from that same section suffered the same ailments as Mayra:“I thought I was going to go blind.”
The medical diagnosis indicated that it was not the lights that could have left her blind. The damage affected the corneas of the attendees, leaving them sensitive to light. Mayra assures that there were no strange sounds or smells either.
As a medical recommendation, you should now wear glasses to prevent light from bothering you:”Today was the first day I could see well with both eyes.”
Mayra, along with the other victims, are waiting for a response from the Republican organization, who, so far, have only said that they are collecting information about the incident. Mayra Rodriguez says that “Of course I would like to, but it might be almost impossible after so many days of the event.”
