The Reagan assassination attempt
It’s been thirty years since President Reagan was shot by John Hinckley, and this piece contains some interesting and previously unknown facts about the incident, including how very close Reagan came to dying. His Secret Service agent that day, Jerry Parr, appears to have made a number of quick decisions that probably saved Reagan’s life.
Hail to the Chief, the only president in the 20th century one can feel reverence for. Washington, Lincoln, Reagan! One for each century and the next great one is out there. Somewhere.
Let’s win one (civilization) for the Gipper!
I caught a discussion of that day on C-Span2 just last night, with Parr, author Wilber, and then-head of the trauma center at George Washington Hospital, Joe Giordano. The best panel discussion I’ve seen on there in years. The book is now on my “must” list. The panel discussion is available at the C-span website:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Rawh