Reagan's Strength in Recovery A Lesson in Unwavering Determination

wounded President Ronald Reagan and three others in an assassination attempt he hoped would earn the affection of the Oscar-winning actress he ... shot US President Ronald Reagan with a 22-caliber revolver loaded with explosive charges designed to explode on contact. Hinckley believed the ... On March 30, 1981, President Reagan was shot and rushed to surgery. In the midst of this tragedy, his cabinet had to handle a major ... In 1981, then President Ronald Reagan was shot outside a hotel in downtown Washington. CBS News' Robert Costa reflects on that historic ... 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. ... The training of the Secret Service was in evidence when an assassination attempt was made on President Ronald Reagan in 1981, this lead to ... All six of Hinckley's shots missed Reagan. While one Secret Service agent pushed Reagan into the limo, another put himself between the shooter ... The 30th of March, 1981, the delusional John Hinckley Jr. tries to kill president Ronald Reagan. His life hangs on a thin thread at the hospital. On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley Jr. A federal judge on Wednesday granted John Hinckley Jr., the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981, “full-time covalescent leave” from St.