Challenging the Narrative Ronald Reagan's Assassination Attempt

Reagan recovered from the March 30, 1981, shooting, but his press secretary, James Brady, who died in 2014, was partially paralyzed as a result. Reagan explained what happened after his father was shot outside the Washington Hilton in 1981 — a shocking event that could have claimed the ... John Hinckley Jr. had poked a .22 calibre revolver through a crowd of people on Florida Walk, Washington DC, and fired six shots at the recently inaugurated US ... Clip: Season 24 | 2m 50s. On March 30th, 1981, President Reagan was shot. Aired 10/31/2011 | Rating NR. Sign in to add to My List. American Experience ... President Ronald Reagan is shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being shot outside a Washington hotel in 1981. John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, ... John W. Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in Washington, D.C.. Within 1.7 seconds of the first shot, a baby-faced spectator in the crowd, soon identified as John W. Hinckley Jr., had emptied the chamber of ... John Hinckley shot and wounded Ronald Reagan and staff members as he left the Hilton Hotel. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot while leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC.