The Legacy of the Reagan Assassination Attempt Security Lessons Learned

All six of Hinckley's shots missed Reagan. While one Secret Service agent pushed Reagan into the limo, another put himself between the shooter ... On March 30, 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot while leaving a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton Hotel in Washington, DC. Reagan, at age 69, became the oldest president-elect in the country's history. So quick and decisive was the verdict of the voters that Carter ... The very first thing he said to the First Lady when she arrived at the hospital was, “Honey, I forgot to duck,” a reference to a one-liner used by boxer Jack ... On March 30, 1981, Hinckley, then 25, shot Reagan, police officer Thomas Delahanty, Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and press secretary ... In 1981, Ronald Reagan was shot by John Hinckley Jr. and, like Trump, survived. On this day in 1981, President Ronald Reagan was shot in the chest by John Hinckley Jr. On March 30, 1981 - a little over two months after taking office, Reagan was shot by a would be assassin named John Hinckley. Hinckley had no political agenda. Jeff Taylor/AP Five members of the jury, which found John Hinckley Jr. not guilty by reason of insanity in the shooting of President Ronald ... Former President Ronald Reagan waves and then looks up before being shoved into the President's limousine by secret service agents after being ...