President Reagan Shot assassination attempt Part 1

Network coverage of President Ronald Reagan being shot March 30, 1981. Part 1 of 11.

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News & Politics

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• President Ronald Reagan Shot
• assassination attempt
• CNN
• news
• March 30
• 1981
• John Hinckley

[norr4636]

@SoldierUSArmy Are you serious! No President no matter what Party (Jack Kennedy-Remember) deserves to be gunned down. You need your head cheak....I don't care what ideology, no President deserves to die in office....This country can't take another (Nov 22) again. We are still suffering for Jack Kennedy's death to this day.

[Marty933]

I remember clearly when this happened. My first thoughts were "Not again!" After John Kennedy was murdered, I was glad when Oswald got his. I was hoping Hinckley would too. Instead he ended up with 30 years in Club Fed Hospitals. He should have been fried. Now Hinckley's whining about wanted more weekends out of the hospital. Since when does someone who's criminally insane (supposedly) get weekends off? Is he supposed to be sane on weekends?

[PalmTreeAngel]

THANK YOU for posting this! I've been reviewing everything from the time he announced his candidacy in '79 thru his death in '04. Nice to see others care about not only the greatest POTUS the US has ever seen-since Lincoln-but The Gippers legacy & all the good he did for America, as well as (then) Russia & SO many other countries worldwide. History is so important (tho like most kids I sure didn't think so when in school!). Actually-2012 is a LOT like '80 was when Reagan ran against Carter.

[PalmTreeAngel]

@TOWPASSIE95 JFK

[TOWPASSIE95]

can someone tell me the president or person that got sniped from the building when he was in the limo?

[vitoduval]

I remember that CNN incorrectly reported Rep. Giffords passed away and I remembered that James Brady had been reported as having passed away. It's too bad Frank Reynolds wasn't around to yell at those people.

[civil42806]

watched this in my dorm, remeber the reaction not real nice

[Marty933]

@sliat1981 And were you even alive when John Kennedy was murdered? From your spelling ability, I'd guess not.

[sliat1981]

@Marty933 if u think oswald killed jfk ur crazy

[crazeeborg]

I watched this live. Seeing these images now beings back sad memories. Poor Secretry James Brady would never be the same... :(

[starkweather444]

Check out the dude at 1:45 just having a smoke like it's no big deal.

[UrielDagda]

Wow, people are nuts.. in the slow motion around 5:40 some cameraman comes up behind Reagan, who's being pushed into a car-- into the line of potential fire and starts taking pictures.

I remember seeing this in the news so many times when I was a kid, probably the first time I became aware of politics, and decided that being President looked like a really crappy job.