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Ronald Reagan made similar remarks in the hospital after he was shot. It's always impressed me how he could retain control of his emotions at such a horrible ti
by econnors 15y ago
Ronald Reagan made similar remarks in the hospital after he was shot. It's always impressed me how he could retain control of his emotions at such a horrible time:
"...when his wife arrived in the emergency room, Reagan remarked to her, 'Honey, I forgot to duck'... While intubated, he scribbled to a nurse, "All in all, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_assassination_attempt
- gradschool 15y agoand according to a news article I read at the time, when speaking to the doctors who were to operate on him, he said, "I hope you guys are Republicans".
- gjm11 15y agoWhile we're trading kinda-irrelevant things about the Reagan shooting ... The secret service agent who took care of Reagan immediately after he was shot and probably saved his life was a chap called Jerry Parr. Parr was originally inspired to pursue a career in the secret service by watching a film called "The Code of the Secret Service". The secret agent who's the protagonist of that film was played by ... Ronald Reagan.