Ronald Reagan Assassination Attempt - How Events Unfolded (1981)

On 30 March 1981, US President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded by John Hinckley Jr as he left a speaking engagement at the Washington Hilton. One of the bullets fired by Hinckley Jr ricocheted off the side of Reagan’s presidential limousine before hitting him under his left arm, puncturing his lung. While Reagan was close to death when he arrived at the George Washington University Hospital, his condition was stabilised following emergency treatment and surgery, leading to his eventual discharge on 11 April. Reagan was Hinckley’s intended target, but the president was not the only person wounded; White House press secretary James Brady, Secret Service agent Tim McCarthy, and D.C. police officer Thomas Delahanty were also injured. Investigations in the immediate aftermath of the shooting established Hinckley Jr’s bizarre motive was a desire to impress Hollywood actress Jodie Foster, with whom Hinckley had become obsessed after seeing her in Martin Scorsese's 1976 film Taxi Driver.
Presented here are a number of reports covering the attempted assination of Ronald Reagan, from the immediate aftermath of the shooting to the president's return, amid great fanfare, to the White House on 11 April 1981.
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[@jamesmitchell8922]

The real tragedy was that although James Brady survived, his health was never stable even after being shot in the head.

[@johnbell7235]

As soon as he said "shredding machine" i automatically assumed he was refering to the dog in the camera shot.

[@MultiStu08]

Was Jodi foster convinced?

[@shaylawatson1244]

Anyone else watching this after donald Trump attempt?

[@soloist9495]

Is there an archive site where you can find all reports that were aired on this channel
instead of there being a current event and then you dig for something that's wasn't accessible
this pattern is getting weird
if the ex president died
you guys will pull up the Kennedy assassination from ITN Reports

[@xlostlovex]

Jodi loooooloooooooooollllllll

[@Ludvig-Tintin-Hansen-1312]

And how can it be that USA is only 250 years old
And then we have Denmark that are 2 million years old and now we have Pakistan and they are only 80 years old
And then we have Indian 🇮🇳 and they are 72 years old

[@liamb8644]

Ok

[@waismalik]

Dumvo it's just a man made name..n geographic status