A Presidential Rescue
A Presidential Rescue
It was March 30, 1981. In our nation’s capital, a new president smiled and waved. In the next instant, Secret Service agents are shoving him into a waiting car. Several shots have rung through the spring air. President Ronald Reagan had just stepped out from a hotel where he had spoken. No one knew whether the President would live or die. News anchors began the evening news with the uncertain details, but eventually, the word came down: the President had survived. R...