The Lasting Effects of Ronald Reagan's Assassination Attempt

WASHINGTON (AP) — The would-be assassin got off six shots in 1.7 seconds, nearly taking the life of a president and changing the trajectory ... It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a ... On March 30, 1981, six shots were fired at President Ronald Reagan outside the ... get Reagan." Hinckley wrote he was doing this to try to ... John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, ... On March 30, 1981, Hinckley shot Reagan in an assassination attempt outside the Washington Hilton Hotel. Reagan suffered a punctured lung but ... March 30, 1981 – At 2:25 pm EST, President Ronald Reagan comes out of the Hilton Hotel in Washington. Hinckley is waiting for him in the crowd ... It's been four decades since the attempt on President Ronald Reagan's life. News4's Pat Collins looks back on March 30, 1981: the day that ... March 30, 1981: President Ronald Reagan shot by John Hinckley ... Just 69 days into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot while leaving the ... It was one of those two shots that hit the president under his left arm, grazing a rib and narrowly missing his heart. The sixth shot traveled across the ... It happened on a dreary March afternoon in 1981. President Ronald Reagan was leaving the Washington Hilton hotel after giving a speech to a ...