I was 14 when this happened. No one said anything about it at school; my bus driver told me when he dropped me off. My parents taught me a valuable lesson that day. They were Democrats but worried sick about President Reagan. I asked " You're Democrats; he's a Republican....what's the deal?" The answer "He's our President and a fellow human...he needs our prayers!"
Mom died in the 90's but still had the same attitude. Dad died of Covid in October 2020; month after President Trump had Covid. Dad was praying for Trump and was worried about Mrs Trump and Barron.
I was 12 years old when President Reagan was shot. What a day that was…… our teachers in my elementary school told us to go straight home from school, no playing around. You could see the fear in people’s eyes. I ran straight home after school like a good little boy.
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Spoiler: Its always been used for propaganda, brainwashing, subliminal influencing, message communication ect.. Thats exactly why Hollywood was made. Go back, watch the earliest movies like Shirley Trump. These people are truly sick and evil.
Not a Republican by any measure, and most likely would have voted for Carter, but I can't help but admire this man's charisma. He definitely served his purpose well while in office.
I was 14 at the time and heard the news right before going to high school baseball practice. I admired President Reagan for his leadership and communication. Thankful for Secret Service men like Mr. Parr, police, and the many doctors, technicians, and nurses who cared for all who were shot on that day.
I was a junior in high school and left school early that day to take my mother to a doctor appointment. As I pulled into the parking lot at the doctor's office there was a bulletin on the radio. "We interrupt this program to bring you a special news bulletin...." I immediately said, "I bet the president was shot." That's what it was. She asked, "How did you know?" I said, "I didn't, but that's always the first thing that comes to mind when there's a bulletin important enough to interrupt regular programming." This was just 16 weeks after the assassination of John Lennon, so shootings were on my mind when it came to news bulletins.
After Ronald’s Presidency, he got old and develop Alzheimer’s one day he said to his wife “why are all these people following me and taking pictures of me did I do something wrong?” He wife replied with a chuckle, “ You were once The President of the United States”. Reagan look at his wife in shock and said, “ Really Wow I don’t remember. I can barely find the toilet bowl”.
Its a joke..by Ronald Reagan.. He knew very well how to find the toilet bowl .. and He also knew very well he was the President of the U.S.A,,, He was just joking with his wife Nancy Regan.. that is how he spoke... He has a very good sense of humor...
I was in fifth grade performing safety patrol for the afternoon bus loading. I went to the equipment shed to pick up my sign and vest. The student attendant had a radio on in the shed. The news was the early reports of the Reagan shooting. I had to go load the buses while putting on a straight face. The kids running toward the buses knew nothing of the news. They were happy and smiling. I couldn't tell them anything. Was our new president dead? Was he hit? Was this something? Was this everything? I made it back to the shed to learn any updates. However, not much came of that. That was a difficult day.
@@Zwia. What? I never got bullied as a safety patrol member. I had good experiences with my classmates doing this. We checked underneath the buses after the buses were loaded. We made sure there were no children trapped under the buses. That would have been a catastrophe!
@@Zwia.-that’s why we have school shooters today from people like you if anyone ever says anything to me or got smart I would smash there head open and walk away smiling I was in 8th grade when the president was shot and I didn’t go to school the next 2 days until I made sure he was ok my parents was freshmen in high school when Kennedy was killed I live in San Antonio Texas he just left San Antonio at 10am to go to Dallas where is life ended I’ve been to the site where he was shot the US Government shot the president nobody else the schools lie to the children when they say osweld shot and killed him that’s a LIE for one he was never charged with killing the president he was only charged with killing a Dallas police officer
I was at Outdoor School at the time that Reagan was shot and prayed for him everyday until he was walked out that hospital. It was the first time that I had ever prayed for the President of the United States of America.
Senior year of high school at the school's radio station. I interrupted the DJ repeating the local news station reports while describing the ABC TV pictures. Quite a rush.
How could the Secret Service allow someone like this to get so close coming out of this place and not confront him or tell him to move back to a certain distance before allowing the President to come out. I don’t think this was proper protection at all. You know the secret service saw him standing there and didn’t think to be curious as to how close he was. I bet procedure’s are totally different these days but it can never be totally protected 100%.
Good question, and why wasn't the head of the 1981 secret service fired or forced to resign same as the current head of secret service? I believe the head of the 1981 secret service retired about 8 months later and was of retirement age. Not at all the same as being forced to resign.
One thing that made me both giggle and emotional at the same time, was when President Reagan looked up at his Wife, Nancy Reagan, and kind of chuckled, when he told her:"Honey, I forgot to duck"! Then, when he told those in the Operating Room:"I hope you're a Republican", he heard, in response, those words that he quite possibly never thought would be said:"Mr. President, today, we're all Republicans"! Have we forgotten just what it was like, to have a President, that EVERYBODY can get behind, and support? Why must we continually label ourselves as Democratic or Republicans? The last time I checked, we're all AMERICANS! I suggest that we get back to that line of thought. If we don't... Then we'll continue the infighting amongst ourselves, until we're so torn apart, that we, as a Nation, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, will no longer be recognisable!!!
Seems to me the head of the 1981 secret service should have resigned or been fired for allowing someone with a gun get that close to President Reagan. However, I don't believe that was the case.
Aww they didn't talked about the other joke he told his wife when he was in the hospital that " forgot to duck" when he was recovering from getting shot at
President Reagan was the first president I voted for after turning age 18. It's hard to remember what it was like to go to bed at night and trust that the man in the Oval office had the safety of his country and the rest of the world in the forefront of his heart and mind.
Today is the 60 year mark of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas Texas Ronald Reagan was the only sitting president who was shot and lived Though he did come close to death Fortunately that was not the case
Every single agent there did not do there job and should have been fired and jailed. If they were doing there job; the incident would not had happened at all !!
Lincoln reagan and Trump all have 2 things in common (keep in mind I'm an independent) they were all conservatives, and they were the 3 best presidents of all time💯🇺🇸 #Trump2020
You're joking, right? What exactly has Trump done to help anybody, other than giving tax cuts to the true owners of this country? I'm sincerely curious, not just rhetoric, but actual things he has done.
@@KeeganJAmaya truly. Trump has proven himself as someone causing great divide, racism, sexism, violence, hate and full of narcissism and made US worse. Glad Trump lost the election.
I was told it was him that got reagan hit when the bullet bounced from with in the car If he would have smothered reagan to the ground - Reagan would never have been it
Not a chance. JFK was dead the instant the second shot blew his brains out. The only chance for Mr Parr to have even had the possibility of saving JFK was for him to be seated next to John in that back seat instead of Jackie, and when the first shot threw him up, and he grabbed his throat, Parr IMMEDIATELY grab him, throw him to the floor and lay on top of him. Because the second shot blew Kennedy's brains out, and he was dead immediately at that moment. No technology or skill level of any doctor from 1963 or 2022 could save him at that point.
I was in I think 3rd grade and used to stay with my grandmother until my parents got home from work and I remember her with the TV on telling me someone tried to shoot the president. Even at that age I remember it well. Many today have no idea that Reagan survived an assassination attempt.
@@deoglemnaco7025 listen here numbnuts how are you supposed to put a speed dial on somebody who is laying out because they got shot what's wrong with you You from Brooklyn or something?
Notice how the Secret Service agent becomes a human shield while the black DC cop shrinks his body to hide? America's finest affirmative action employee.
Secret Service agents are trained to the point of instant muscle memory reaction to a gunshot when they're the appointed direct protection of the President. A police officer is just a police officer. He's reacting as a police officer would, not as a trained, Presidential protection SS agent is trained. Big difference, and you shouldn't expect a city cop to react that way.
OK, first; he used a .22, not a serious guy. Second, he was a lousy shot, Third, he could have got a lot closer. It was a shameful exhibition of American marksmanship. I have never been so sorry as when I heard that Ray Gun was still alive. A very sad development.
I was 14 when this happened. No one said anything about it at school; my bus driver told me when he dropped me off. My parents taught me a valuable lesson that day. They were Democrats but worried sick about President Reagan. I asked " You're Democrats; he's a Republican....what's the deal?" The answer "He's our President and a fellow human...he needs our prayers!"
Things have changed have they?
Mom died in the 90's but still had the same attitude. Dad died of Covid in October 2020; month after President Trump had Covid. Dad was praying for Trump and was worried about Mrs Trump and Barron.
R.I.P. Mr. Parr ❤️🇺🇸💪💙 You are forever Worthy of Trust and Confidence
I was 12 years old when President Reagan was shot. What a day that was…… our teachers in my elementary school told us to go straight home from school, no playing around. You could see the fear in people’s eyes. I ran straight home after school like a good little boy.
I sure miss when TV was interesting and not a bunch of corporate billionaire propaganda trying to sway the stupid.
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The very corporate billionaire propaganda Reagan is responsible for, too.
Yes!
One of those defining moments of the 80’s
and Lennon...
RIP Mr. Reagan...
TrenyaHDVideos he survived it but he died from something else.
Reagan had Alzheimer’s disease in the 1990s and the early 2000s and he ended dying of complications from that disease
You are the first person to comment. I salute you sir.
Spoiler: Its always been used for propaganda, brainwashing, subliminal influencing, message communication ect.. Thats exactly why Hollywood was made. Go back, watch the earliest movies like Shirley Trump. These people are truly sick and evil.
still alive?
Jerry Parr is truly an unsung hero
Not a Republican by any measure, and most likely would have voted for Carter, but I can't help but admire this man's charisma. He definitely served his purpose well while in office.
Carter was truly one of the worst presidents we have ever had.
@@TK-cl1jm for real lol
@@versailles9412 I feel he had the same problems as joe Biden he had no back bone he did not stand for anything and was a pushover
@@TK-cl1jm Carter is blessing with a long life.
@@shahrulamar5358 Lots of bad people live long lives.
Jerry Parr was a class act
Seriously
I was 14 at the time and heard the news right before going to high school baseball practice. I admired President Reagan for his leadership and communication. Thankful for Secret Service men like Mr. Parr, police, and the many doctors, technicians, and nurses who cared for all who were shot on that day.
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4 a.m. Cant sleep. Must watch Reagan’s close call.
4:19 😮
I was a junior in high school and left school early that day to take my mother to a doctor appointment. As I pulled into the parking lot at the doctor's office there was a bulletin on the radio. "We interrupt this program to bring you a special news bulletin...." I immediately said, "I bet the president was shot." That's what it was. She asked, "How did you know?" I said, "I didn't, but that's always the first thing that comes to mind when there's a bulletin important enough to interrupt regular programming."
This was just 16 weeks after the assassination of John Lennon, so shootings were on my mind when it came to news bulletins.
Wonder why everyone decided to comment on this all of a sudden lol
"I forgot to duck"
Wow! Wow! Wow! I remember that day vividly. I was having lunch at a construction site in Dallas Texas on Lovers Lane 1 block from Greenville Avenue.
Whoa
I remember that day in1981, it was my first year in the US as a foreign student. President Regan was great president.
I was 10 days old.
People really need to learn the difference between fireworks and gunfire
That was intense!
Yeah dude in the rib is painful
Insane reflexes, inhuman control.
Someone has really planned the training and made Sure it was completed
After Ronald’s Presidency, he got old and develop Alzheimer’s one day he said to his wife “why are all these people following me and taking pictures of me did I do something wrong?”
He wife replied with a chuckle, “ You were once The President of the United States”.
Reagan look at his wife in shock and said, “ Really Wow I don’t remember. I can barely find the toilet bowl”.
Its a joke..by Ronald Reagan.. He knew very well how to find the toilet bowl .. and He also knew very well he was the President of the U.S.A,,, He was just joking with his wife Nancy Regan.. that is how he spoke... He has a very good sense of humor...
@Hal Colombo Yes I’m sure he does still have a great sense of humor where he is. What makes you think spiritual life ends?
1982 conversation
I was in fifth grade performing safety patrol for the afternoon bus loading. I went to the equipment shed to pick up my sign and vest. The student attendant had a radio on in the shed. The news was the early reports of the Reagan shooting. I had to go load the buses while putting on a straight face. The kids running toward the buses knew nothing of the news. They were happy and smiling. I couldn't tell them anything. Was our new president dead? Was he hit? Was this something? Was this everything? I made it back to the shed to learn any updates. However, not much came of that. That was a difficult day.
Lol get a grip, no wonder the safety patrol get bullied
@@Zwia. What? I never got bullied as a safety patrol member. I had good experiences with my classmates doing this. We checked underneath the buses after the buses were loaded. We made sure there were no children trapped under the buses. That would have been a catastrophe!
@@Zwia.-that’s why we have school shooters today from people like you if anyone ever says anything to me or got smart I would smash there head open and walk away smiling I was in 8th grade when the president was shot and I didn’t go to school the next 2 days until I made sure he was ok my parents was freshmen in high school when Kennedy was killed I live in San Antonio Texas he just left San Antonio at 10am to go to Dallas where is life ended I’ve been to the site where he was shot the US Government shot the president nobody else the schools lie to the children when they say osweld shot and killed him that’s a LIE for one he was never charged with killing the president he was only charged with killing a Dallas police officer
CBS, I completely forgot that you could once produce such high quality segments. Return to tradition: heal the nation.
I was at Outdoor School at the time that Reagan was shot and prayed for him everyday until he was walked out that hospital. It was the first time that I had ever prayed for the President of the United States of America.
Jerry Parr saved his life by going to GW
Senior year of high school at the school's radio station. I interrupted the DJ repeating the local news station reports while describing the ABC TV pictures. Quite a rush.
His jokes tell it all. What a great man he was. Really miss those good old days.
Ohh now I know where that West Wing scene drew inspiration from
Yep
How could the Secret Service allow someone like this to get so close coming out of this place and not confront him or tell him to move back to a certain distance before allowing the President to come out. I don’t think this was proper protection at all. You know the secret service saw him standing there and didn’t think to be curious as to how close he was. I bet procedure’s are totally different these days but it can never be totally protected 100%.
I was fourteen and cut school that day to watch reruns.
I was 11 when Reagan was shot. I was in school when the news filtered in
Man I wish we had him now.
How was Hinkley so close to President Regan without getting searched???
Good question, and why wasn't the head of the 1981 secret service fired or forced to resign same as the current head of secret service? I believe the head of the 1981 secret service retired about 8 months later and was of retirement age. Not at all the same as being forced to resign.
Back then there wasnt the buble of security there is today
How is it an armored vehicle if a bullet was able to easily pierce the window?
The car was armored. The window's looked more grazed than pierced.
I miss
Ronald Reagan
I think that most of us do ... ✨️🙏
One thing that made me both giggle and emotional at the same time, was when President Reagan looked up at his Wife, Nancy Reagan, and kind of chuckled, when he told her:"Honey, I forgot to duck"!
Then, when he told those in the Operating Room:"I hope you're a Republican", he heard, in response, those words that he quite possibly never thought would be said:"Mr. President, today, we're all Republicans"!
Have we forgotten just what it was like, to have a President, that EVERYBODY can get behind, and support?
Why must we continually label ourselves as Democratic or Republicans?
The last time I checked, we're all AMERICANS!
I suggest that we get back to that line of thought. If we don't...
Then we'll continue the infighting amongst ourselves, until we're so torn apart, that we, as a Nation, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, will no longer be recognisable!!!
I remember this all too well and this past Sat July 2024 it repeats itself
Fun fact: VP Bush and Hinckleys were close buddies
Now John can sing about it...
You can hardly blame ABC newscaster Frank Reynolds for losing his temper on the air.
I'm so happy president Reagan survived the attempt on his life.
Had it not been for the fast thinking of the Secret Service agents, Reagan would have ended up like JFK.
Clearly,your ignorance needs no introduction.
Seems to me the head of the 1981 secret service should have resigned or been fired for allowing someone with a gun get that close to President Reagan. However, I don't believe that was the case.
Bob shieffer, Cronkite, roger mudd, Hughes Rudd, great cbs anchors.
Aww they didn't talked about the other joke he told his wife when he was in the hospital that " forgot to duck" when he was recovering from getting shot at
"today we are all republicans mr. president"
Ther was also the moment he said to Nancy, "Honey, I forgot to duck."
President Reagan was the first president I voted for after turning age 18. It's hard to remember what it was like to go to bed at night and trust that the man in the Oval office had the safety of his country and the rest of the world in the forefront of his heart and mind.
.22 caliber, if anyone doubts the effectiveness of this round, watch above video.
It didn't work though. If it was bigger caliber it would have... Seems like a poor argument
@@mattverville9227takes more than 3 shots obviously
Today is the 60 year mark of the Kennedy assassination in Dallas Texas Ronald Reagan was the only sitting president who was shot and lived Though he did come close to death Fortunately that was not the case
They really put ads ahead of this? Lmao
I was 18. I had voted for Reagan, my first election. I was so angry when this took place. Thank God Reagan, and the others injured, survived.
Scripted? What you talkin bout Willis? President R. Was one of the very few presidents who wrote their own speeches.. he was the man period
"Honey, I forgot to duck."
-Ronald Regan
I just realised it happened on my birthday
Every single agent there did not do there job and should have been fired and jailed. If they were doing there job; the incident would not had happened at all !!
Nice try George B. You almost pulled it off.
I respect a man who has done their homework.
I was moving a piano into a church when one of the priests told us the president had been shot
Ronald Reagan certainly was a great president He was a wonderful president 2656
man he was so close to getting him, sad he didnt
Sad for USA due to reganomics USA is nearly dead and bankrupt
Lincoln reagan and Trump all have 2 things in common (keep in mind I'm an independent) they were all conservatives, and they were the 3 best presidents of all time💯🇺🇸 #Trump2020
Trump is next 🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
You're joking, right? What exactly has Trump done to help anybody, other than giving tax cuts to the true owners of this country? I'm sincerely curious, not just rhetoric, but actual things he has done.
@Call me Carnes lowest unemployment is a lie
@@KeeganJAmaya truly. Trump has proven himself as someone causing great divide, racism, sexism, violence, hate and full of narcissism and made US worse. Glad Trump lost the election.
Given how bad trump is,it’s a miracle trump has only had one attempt that I’m aware
I was told it was him that got reagan hit when the bullet bounced from with in the car If he would have smothered reagan to the ground - Reagan would never have been it
If Mr. Parr was around in 63 JFK would have lived.
Not necessarily JFK was shot in the head
JFK would not let the Secret Service stand near his car.
Not a chance. JFK was dead the instant the second shot blew his brains out. The only chance for Mr Parr to have even had the possibility of saving JFK was for him to be seated next to John in that back seat instead of Jackie, and when the first shot threw him up, and he grabbed his throat, Parr IMMEDIATELY grab him, throw him to the floor and lay on top of him. Because the second shot blew Kennedy's brains out, and he was dead immediately at that moment. No technology or skill level of any doctor from 1963 or 2022 could save him at that point.
No...George Bush arranged both assassinations,....so it wouldn't have mattered,....Parr was in on it
@@wafflehousemafia3814 Parr wasn’t in on it, if he was he woulda let it happen. Instead he saved Reagan. you’re right about the Bush part though
Actualidad de nuevo.
I was in I think 3rd grade and used to stay with my grandmother until my parents got home from work and I remember her with the TV on telling me someone tried to shoot the president. Even at that age I remember it well. Many today have no idea that Reagan survived an assassination attempt.
7:54: Didn't know Ron Burgundy was there!
LOL Ron Burgundy looks like pretty much every guy from about 1975-83 did lol
@@joe6096 Yeah, that's pretty accurate!
God bless them brave men and women
My mum told me Reagan got shot.
Wow that happened 26 years before I was born in the same hour I was born. AM I GONNA GET SHOT IF IM PRESIDENT
Not Really
One of the greatest president in the history of USA. RONALD REAGAN. History always remembered him in golden words. R.I.P.
05 Jule 2004 Died President Ronald Reagan 😥😥😥
2020
One of the best american presidents ever...
Why were they not cited for no seatbelts?
Seriously it's always somebody like you around
@@sitdowndogbreath what if they have gotten into a car accident on the way to the hospital? I’m just saying. Not trying to be like you describe.
@@deoglemnaco7025 listen here numbnuts how are you supposed to put a speed dial on somebody who is laying out because they got shot what's wrong with you You from Brooklyn or something?
Wasn't law at that time
Reagan was nearly shot there
Great president.
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How could they release this clown back into society !!!!
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Beat President ever
Notice how the Secret Service agent becomes a human shield while the black DC cop shrinks his body to hide? America's finest affirmative action employee.
Secret Service agents are trained to the point of instant muscle memory reaction to a gunshot when they're the appointed direct protection of the President.
A police officer is just a police officer. He's reacting as a police officer would, not as a trained, Presidential protection SS agent is trained. Big difference, and you shouldn't expect a city cop to react that way.
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I would have preferred if Reagan would never been elected. A B movie actor with good sense of humour but no political ideas but silly anticommunism.
Secret Service is not good
Why do you say that
As one of them took the shot for the president.
Soyboy. You're a little coward. YOU Musti TV. Fake name.
@@zoebosanic He just recently retired as the police chief in a town near me. A GREAT man.
@@ChristopherSaindon I heard! I hope he's well!
OK, first; he used a .22, not a serious guy. Second, he was a lousy shot, Third, he could have got a lot closer. It was a shameful exhibition of American marksmanship. I have never been so sorry as when I heard that Ray Gun was still alive. A very sad development.
John Hinckley Jr should've gone to the range a few more times and then maybe this devil wouldn't have destroyed our country and others
He definitely didn't destroy our country and the fact that you would rather him have been killed says a lot about you as a person
Yes reganomics like Thatcherism should both been bombed