This Day in History: President Reagan Is Shot
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This Day in History:
President Reagan Is Shot March 30, 1981 Outside of a Washington D.C. hotel,
25 year-old John Hinckley Jr. fired
six shots at the president,
hitting him once in the chest. Press Secretary James Brady,
Secret Service agent Timothy
McCarthy and D.C. policeman
Thomas Delahaney were also hit. As Hinckley was overpowered by
the Secret Service, President Reagan
was rushed to the trauma center at
George Washington University Hospital. As he was prepared for surgery,
Reagan quipped to First Lady
Nancy, "Honey, I forgot to duck." The president returned
to the White House less
than two weeks later. Found "not guilty by reason
of insanity," Hinkley was
institutionalized until 2016 and
now lives in Colonial Williamsburg, PA.
President Reagan Is Shot March 30, 1981 Outside of a Washington D.C. hotel,
25 year-old John Hinckley Jr. fired
six shots at the president,
hitting him once in the chest. Press Secretary James Brady,
Secret Service agent Timothy
McCarthy and D.C. policeman
Thomas Delahaney were also hit. As Hinckley was overpowered by
the Secret Service, President Reagan
was rushed to the trauma center at
George Washington University Hospital. As he was prepared for surgery,
Reagan quipped to First Lady
Nancy, "Honey, I forgot to duck." The president returned
to the White House less
than two weeks later. Found "not guilty by reason
of insanity," Hinkley was
institutionalized until 2016 and
now lives in Colonial Williamsburg, PA.