There is an adage, popularized by children’s TV show host Fred Rogers: “When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.’ ”

When a would-be assassin attempted to take the life of former president and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump a week ago in Butler Township, the community in western Pennsylvania tragically lost the life of one such helper.

“Corey Comperatore’s quick decision to use his body as a shield against the bullets flying toward his wife and daughter rang true to the close friends and neighbors who loved and respected the proud 50-year-old Trump supporter, noting that the Butler County resident was a ‘man of conviction.’ ” the Associated Press reported.

“He’s a literal hero. He shoved his family out of the way, and he got killed for them,” Mike Morehouse, a neighbor of the Comperatore family, told the Associated Press. “He’s a hero that I was happy to have as a neighbor.”

“Just a great all-around guy, always willing to help someone out,” Randy Reamer, president of the Buffalo Township volunteer fire company, for which Comperatore served for decades including a stint as chief, told an AP reporter. “He definitely stood up for what he believed in, never backed down to anyone. … He was a really good guy.”

It is understandable that, as America grapples with this disturbing event, we will want to learn more about the young man who callously chose to disregard the value of life.

And with a campaign, the results of which will have monumental impact on the future of our nation, underway, it also is understandable that people will discuss this tragedy in terms of that election.

But we implore every American: Remember the helpers. Remember the man who sacrificed his life for his loved ones.

Remember his bravery. Remember his sense of obligation and duty.

Remember an American hero.