PRESIDENT REAGAN SHOT BUT SURVIVES ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Wilson Reagan was shot as he left a speaking engagement at the Hilton Hotel here in the Nation's Capital. The President and three others were shot by John Hinckley, Jr.* who was immediately taken into custody.
The assassination attempt, which came just 69 days into Mr. Reagan's first term, took place at 2:27 p.m. Eastern time as the president, accompanied by aides and Secret Service agents, exited the hotel. Six shots were fired from a Rohm RG-14 .22 caliber pistol.
S.A. Jerry Parr of the Secret Service pushed Reagan into the back of the Presidential car in an attempt to get him out of the line of fire while S.A. Timothy McCarthy, placing his body in front of the President, took a bullet in the abdomen. Other victims included James Brady, Reagan's Press Secretary and Special Agent Thomas Delahanty.
The President was taken to nearby George Washington University Hospital.
After getting out of his car, the President's legs became wobbly and he was taken into the hospital where he was attended by a surgical team headed by Dr. Joseph Giordano.
Mr. Reagan, who had been given 4.5 units of blood, was wheeled into surgery at 3:24 p.m. Although groggy, the President was able to say to the doctors...
'I hope you are all Republicans". Dr. Giordano, a self-described "old fashioned liberal Democrat" replied..."Today, Mr. President, we are all Republicans."
Washington, D.C. (JFK+50) On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Wilson Reagan was shot as he left a speaking engagement at the Hilton Hotel here in the Nation's Capital. The President and three others were shot by John Hinckley, Jr.* who was immediately taken into custody.
The assassination attempt, which came just 69 days into Mr. Reagan's first term, took place at 2:27 p.m. Eastern time as the president, accompanied by aides and Secret Service agents, exited the hotel. Six shots were fired from a Rohm RG-14 .22 caliber pistol.
S.A. Jerry Parr of the Secret Service pushed Reagan into the back of the Presidential car in an attempt to get him out of the line of fire while S.A. Timothy McCarthy, placing his body in front of the President, took a bullet in the abdomen. Other victims included James Brady, Reagan's Press Secretary and Special Agent Thomas Delahanty.
The President was taken to nearby George Washington University Hospital.
After getting out of his car, the President's legs became wobbly and he was taken into the hospital where he was attended by a surgical team headed by Dr. Joseph Giordano.
Mr. Reagan, who had been given 4.5 units of blood, was wheeled into surgery at 3:24 p.m. Although groggy, the President was able to say to the doctors...
'I hope you are all Republicans". Dr. Giordano, a self-described "old fashioned liberal Democrat" replied..."Today, Mr. President, we are all Republicans."
*John
Warnock Hinckley, Jr. was born on May 29, 1955 in Ardmore, Oklahoma.
He grew up in Dallas, Texas and attended Texas Tech University.
JWH developed an obsession with actress Jodie Foster after seeing her 1976
film Taxi Driver. This led to an effort to impress her. After collecting information about the JFK assassination, he directed his evil attentions to President Reagan.
SOURCE
"Ronald Reagan: Grace Under the Scalpel, the Great Communicator Strikes Again," by David Emery, www.urbanlegends.about.com/
Reagan Waves Just Before Shooting
Reagan Library Photo
Parr Pushes Reagan Into Limo
