Mike Johnson details what Trump told him after his two sons survived terrifying near-drowning

Speaker Mike Johnson has shared the touching connection Donald Trump shared with him soon aft a scary incidental wherever the congressman's 2 sons astir drowned.

Shortly aft being elected talker successful October 2023, Johnson and his household went connected abrogation successful Florida erstwhile helium got an urgent announcement from his information detail. 

'Mr. Speaker, we request you close now,' Johnson's squad told him, according to the speaker's recollection of the incidental successful a study from The Atlantic. 

The Republican had been connected abrogation successful Palm Beach for a fundraiser and decided to bring his household with him erstwhile the near-tragedy struck. 

As the talker was engaged with meetings with Trump and others astatine Mar-a-Lago, Johnson's 2 sons, Jack, 19 and Will, 14, some 1 twelvemonth younger astatine the time, got caught successful a vicious rip tide portion swimming astatine the beach. 

'At the time, I had a elder successful precocious school, Jack, and Will, my mediate schoolhouse son, and they went with maine connected the travel to Mar-a-Lago,' Johnson told Lara Trump connected her Fox News amusement My View.

'My boys were retired connected the beach,' the talker shared, seemingly affectional portion recounting the story. 'They got caught successful a rip clip and pulled acold retired to oversea the Atlantic.'

'They're large swimmers, large athletes, but this was much than they could handle.'

Continuing on, the astir almighty subordinate of Congress noted however his eldest, Jack, present a pupil astatine the U.S. Naval Academy, was consenting to sacrifice his beingness for his younger brother.

'My older lad went nether to clasp his younger member up,' Johnson said. 'He astir mislaid his life.'

'Both of them astir drowned,' Johnson rapidly followed up. 

That time grace came successful the signifier of a parasailor, the Republican leader, a devout Christian, described. 

'The lone crushed they were saved is due to the fact that a parasailor happened to beryllium going by and seeing my 14 oregon 13-year-old lad astatine the time, his caput crying retired for help,' Johnson told the Fox host.

After the parasailor spotted the boys, they informed the lifeguards who rushed to prevention the speaker's sons connected pitchy skis. When Johnson arrived to the beach, archetypal responders were pumping his sons' chests. 

The talker and his household reportedly spent 4 hours successful the exigency room, though some boys ended up being good and did not endure from imperishable damage. 

Then, unprompted, Trump called the speaker.

'As soon arsenic we were home, telephone rang the president, and I had not told him astir it, but helium called,' Johnson told Lara Trump. 

'He said, 'Mike, I can't judge I heard what happened.' Johnson recalled. 'He said, 'You know, that's a miracle.''

Less than 1 twelvemonth later, aft the president was changeable portion campaigning successful Butler, Pennsylvania, Johnson said helium called Trump and brought up the communicative involving his sons. 

'Well, accelerated guardant to the archetypal shooting lawsuit successful Butler, Pennsylvania, I spoke to President Trump soon aft that, and I reminded him of that miraculous lawsuit with my sons down successful Florida.'

'I said, sir, conscionable arsenic the God saved my boys helium saved you arsenic well, and that's not luck oregon coincidence, that's providence,' the talker continued. 

'I don't judge successful luck oregon coincidence. I cognize that God saved my sons, and we talked astir however that was benignant of a miraculous thing.'