jakeem Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Talk about stranger than fiction. It was 40 years ago this week that President Reagan -- barely 10 weeks into his first term -- was wounded in a failed assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton hotel on March 30, 1981. The man credited with saving the president's life was Secret Service agent Jerry Parr. When the would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr., began firing at Reagan, Parr reacted by shoving the president into a waiting limousine and jumping on top of him. The limousine then sped off to the emergency room of the George Washington University Medical Center. Reagan, shot once with a .22-caliber bullet, underwent surgery for two hours. He was back at the White House 12 days later. Parr, who was a member of the Secret Service for 23 years, said his interest in the agency began when he was nine years old. His father took him to see the 1939 film "Code of the Secret Service," which starred Reagan as Agent Brass Bancroft. Has anyone seen this picture? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aritosthenes Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 hours ago, jakeem said: Talk about stranger than fiction. It was 40 years ago this week that President Reagan -- barely 10 weeks into his first term -- was wounded in a failed assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton hotel on March 30, 1981. The man credited with saving the president's life was Secret Service agent Jerry Parr. When the would-be assassin, John Hinckley, Jr., began firing at Reagan, Parr reacted by shoving the president into a waiting limousine and jumping on top of him. The limousine then sped off to the emergency room of the George Washington University Medical Center. Reagan, shot once with a .22-caliber bullet, underwent surgery for two hours. He was back at the White House 12 days later. Parr, who was a member of the Secret Service for 23 years, said his interest in the agency began when he was nine years old. His father took him to see the 1939 film "Code of the Secret Service," which starred Reagan as Agent Brass Bancroft. Has anyone seen this picture? No .. ..but Honestly Now i Really Want To .. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LornaHansonForbes Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 um, unrelated to the topic of this thread, but this showed up in my youtube feed and DAMN! I DO NOT RECALL THIS HAPPENING! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LornaHansonForbes Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 "IMMA LET YOU FINISH, RONALD REAGAN, BUT BEYONCE HAD THE BIGGEST VIDEO OF THE YEAR!!!" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moe Howard Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 7 hours ago, jakeem said: It was 40 years ago this week that President Reagan -- barely 10 weeks into his first term -- was wounded in a failed assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton hotel on March 30, 1981. And later that day FBI cars screeched to a stop in front of a record shop where Hinkley said he worked. He didn't, but try and convince a crew of G-men of that when you're a 20 something Rock and Roller in tiger striped trousers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vidor Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 12 hours ago, LornaHansonForbes said: I DO NOT RECALL THIS HAPPENING! I do. There were some hard questions asked at the time about the Secret Service not being on the ball. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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