The Day the President Was Shot: The Secret Service, the FBI, a Would-Be Killer, and the Tried Assassination of Ronald Reagan

The 12 months was 1981. Simply two months into his presidency, Ronald Reagan was shot after leaving a talking engagement in Washington, D. C. The short motion of the Secret Service and medical professionals saved the president's life. Mere days after his near-death expertise, Reagan's private power propelled him again into his presidential duties.

Tailored from Invoice O'Reilly's historic thriller Killing Reagan, with characteristically gripping storytelling, this story explores the occasions of the day Reagan was shot. From the scene of the taking pictures and the dramatic motion of the Secret Service, to the FBI's interrogation of the shooter, the life-saving measures of the medical professionals and the president's extraordinary restoration, it is a page-turning account of an tried assassination and its aftermath.

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