Reagan's Recovery A Symbol of Resilience

On the surface the parallels between 1981 and what happened Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a gunman fired shots at former President ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded when attacked on the streets of Washington, D.C. by John Hinckley Jr. Archive video shows the moment a gunmen shot former White House Press Secretary James Brady in an attempt to assassinate then-President ... On March 30, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot President Ronald Reagan and several others in a failed assassination attempt. On 30 March 1981, just 69 days into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded outside the Washington Hilton by John Hinckley Jr in an assassination ... The last time an American president was injured in an assassination attempt was 43 years ago, when 25-year-old John Hinckley Jr. shot President ... On March 30, 1981, Ronald Reagan, then president of the United States, was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr. in Washington, DC. Reagan nearly died from a chest wound. Three others, including Brady, were struck by bullets from Hinckley's handgun. Hinckley shot Reagan and three others in a 1981 failed assassination attempt in Washington, D.C.. Washington, D.C., when John Hinckley Jr., attempted to assassinate him. ... shot beneath his left arm pit, and rushed him into emergency surgery ...