Reagan's Resilience Overcoming the Assassination Attempt

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 ... John Hinckley, Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981. Days after announcing on social media that he planned to open a music ... John Warnock Hinckley Jr., who spent 35 years in a psychiatric hospital following the 1981 shooting of President Ronald Reagan, shares his thoughts. On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot while leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. All six of Hinckley's shots missed Reagan. While one Secret Service agent pushed Reagan into the limo, another put himself between the shooter ... John W. Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 in Washington, D.C.. ... President Ronald Reagan. Phil Cianciola looks back at that day ... President Reagan was shot outside the Washington Hilton. X. ronald reagan ... John Hinckley Jr. fired six shots at President Ronald Reagan and his staff in March 1981. It was the last attack on a current or former U.S. ... From the archives: NBC's John Chancellor anchors comprehensive coverage by the NBC News team of the assassination attempt on President ... On March 30, 1981, John W. Hinckley, Jr., shot President Ronald Reagan and several others in a failed assassination attempt.