WATCH: Erika Kirk Delivers Emotional Tribute to Her Slain Husband Charlie Kirk

 

Charlie Kirk’s widow, Erika, gave an emotional tribute to her slain husband in front of tens of thousands of mourners who packed the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Sunday.

Erika told the emotional story of having to identify her husband’s body in the hospital after he was shot and killed at Utah Valley University.

“I also saw on his lips the faintest smile. And that told me something important. I was in conversation with God in this tragedy. It told me Charlie did not suffer. Even the doctor told me it was something so instant, even if Charlie had been shot in the operating room itself, nothing could have been done,” Erika said.

“There was no pain, there was no fear, no agony. One moment Charlie was doing what he loved, arguing and debating on campus. Fighting for the gospel. In truth. In front of a big crowd, and then he blinked, he blinked and saw his savior in paradise. And all of the heavenly mysteries were revealed to him.”

Erika said that Vice President J.D. Vance’s wife, Usha, gave her the comforting advice she needed as they flew Charlie’s body home on Air Force Two:

I held her hand and I told her honestly: “I do not know how I am going to get through this.” She told me something, she said, “You know when you’re on an airplane with your kids and it’s the last 15 minutes of the flight and things are crazy, kids are not cooperative, toys are flying everywhere and everyone is screaming, and you think to yourself I cannot wait for this flight to land. It’s 15 minutes before you land.” And she told me, “You will get through these 15 minutes, and the next 15 minutes after that.” Usha, I don’t think you realize it then but those words were exactly what I needed to hear.

Watch the clip above via Fox News.

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