Ronald Reagan's close call

On March 30, 1981 the United States had a very close call when John Hinckley, Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan. Bob Schieffer reports that for the past thirty years, historians are still learning about what really happened in those few bewildering minutes.

[@laurarobbins3947]

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!"

[@AmericanEagle462]

Things have changed have they?

[@laurarobbins3947]

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.

[@ManCave1972]

One of those defining moments of the 80’s

[@fenderstratADHD]

R.I.P. Mr. Parr ❤️🇺🇸💪💙 You are forever Worthy of Trust and Confidence

[@WECOOK1969]

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.

[@thestingyham1188]

I sure miss when TV was interesting and not a bunch of corporate billionaire propaganda trying to sway the stupid.

[@julioroy4498]

sorry to be so offtopic but does any of you know a method to log back into an instagram account..? I was dumb lost my login password. I appreciate any help you can give me

[@breckenkoa4427]

@Julio Roy Instablaster ;)

[@zapdog_]

The very corporate billionaire propaganda Reagan is responsible for, too.

[@rick188888]

Yes!

[@Rayden184]

RIP Mr. Reagan...

[@noone6766]

TrenyaHDVideos he survived it but he died from something else.

[@K.C.-Games]

Reagan had Alzheimer’s disease in the 1990s and the early 2000s and he ended dying of complications from that disease

[@andersontucker5522]

You are the first person to comment. I salute you sir.

[@midnightrider5030]

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.

[@Aa-fg6jf]

still alive?

[@charlesshelton7989]

Jerry Parr is truly an unsung hero

[@pauldurkin6770]

Jerry Parr was a class act

[@sugarmuffin319]

Seriously

[@bjv93]

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.

[@TK-cl1jm]

Carter was truly one of the worst presidents we have ever had.

[@versailles9412]

@@TK-cl1jm for real lol

[@bpe1283]

@@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

[@shahrulamar5358]

@@TK-cl1jm Carter is blessing with a long life.

[@TK-cl1jm]

@@shahrulamar5358 Lots of bad people live long lives.

[@kellyisraels2763]

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.

[@anonymousvideos8420]

Legal cara

[@newyardleysinclair9960]

"I forgot to duck"

[@JuneDen]

4 a.m. Cant sleep. Must watch Reagan’s close call.

[@theprogressiveperspective]

4:19 😮

[@duanewolgast4165]

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.

[@cchrissmd]

Whoa

[@bobma6342]

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.

[@sugarmuffin319]

I was 10 days old.

[@ch3rrywave]

Wonder why everyone decided to comment on this all of a sudden lol

[@D-Nice358]

How was Hinkley so close to President Regan without getting searched???

[@my1serafina]

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.

[@mitchyoung93]

Back then there wasnt the buble of security there is today

[@sugarmuffin319]

That was intense!

[@comment2009]

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.

[@Danieltoons]

Anyone here after trump’s rally incident? 🙏🇺🇸

[@kuaikuaitinojiang1891]

Me

[@vusumuzimathumo-githendu6949]

Me too

[@MrDuds1984]

Jerry Parr saved his life by going to GW

[@ahmednalayeh2656]

I remember that day in1981, it was my first year in the US as a foreign student. President Regan was great president.

[@GEMOGRAPHER]

Insane reflexes, inhuman control. Someone has really planned the training and made Sure it was completed

[@marknc9616]

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.]

Lol get a grip, no wonder the safety patrol get bullied

[@marknc9616]

@@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!

[@kennethvlk5396]

@@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

[@Disneypixartuners]

Yeah dude in the rib is painful

[@Huhgundai399]

People really need to learn the difference between fireworks and gunfire

[@VIENTOS4-gp7kz]

Actualidad de nuevo.

[@ellashay100]

I miss Ronald Reagan

[@jamescalifornia2964]

I think that most of us do ... ✨️🙏

[@twonulator]

CBS, I completely forgot that you could once produce such high quality segments. Return to tradition: heal the nation.

[@papasmurf5598]

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%.

[@rachrach35]

How is it an armored vehicle if a bullet was able to easily pierce the window?

[@oronasundial]

The car was armored. The window's looked more grazed than pierced.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

I was fourteen and cut school that day to watch reruns.

[@krisscanlon4051]

I remember this all too well and this past Sat July 2024 it repeats itself

[@keithdancer1668]

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.

[@vx4982]

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”.

[@brigittezanter]

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...

[@JeanmarieRod]

@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?

[@minixtvbox]

1982 conversation

[@AK-tc9xp]

Ohh now I know where that West Wing scene drew inspiration from

[@johnfarr2738]

Yep

[@darthcaliginous2066]

2:33 rip that ladies ear

[@allenjones3130]

Had it not been for the fast thinking of the Secret Service agents, Reagan would have ended up like JFK.

[@wafflehousemafia3814]

Clearly,your ignorance needs no introduction.

[@my1serafina]

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.

[@jodex611]

His jokes tell it all. What a great man he was. Really miss those good old days.

[@camq-py7bs]

They really put ads ahead of this? Lmao

[@doc.sk8erdie286]

"Honey, I forgot to duck." -Ronald Regan

[@Mark-yy2py]

Bob shieffer, Cronkite, roger mudd, Hughes Rudd, great cbs anchors.

[@terrondt]

I was 11 when Reagan was shot. I was in school when the news filtered in

[@JeanmarieRod]

Fun fact: VP Bush and Hinckleys were close buddies

[@davy1458]

Man I wish we had him now.

[@apple_dragon226]

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

[@ronaldshank7589]

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!!!

[@zillsburyy1]

"today we are all republicans mr. president"

[@ZachDrake5960]

Ther was also the moment he said to Nancy, "Honey, I forgot to duck."

[@ilect1690]

I just realised it happened on my birthday

[@robertmoir5695]

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

[@Floppyearsmomma]

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.

[@larryhinze2330]

Now John can sing about it...

[@jayanthony3006]

7:54: Didn't know Ron Burgundy was there!

[@joe6096]

LOL Ron Burgundy looks like pretty much every guy from about 1975-83 did lol

[@jayanthony3006]

@@joe6096 Yeah, that's pretty accurate!

[@maverick744]

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

[@mr.k6136]

God bless them brave men and women

[@FUBBA]

Deserved it for the Hughes Amendment and Brady Bill

[@joevasquez3434]

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 !!

[@BG-pd6os]

.22 caliber, if anyone doubts the effectiveness of this round, watch above video.

[@mattverville9227]

It didn't work though. If it was bigger caliber it would have... Seems like a poor argument

[@gdgamer0636]

@@mattverville9227takes more than 3 shots obviously

[@onenationunderground2360]

Nice try George B. You almost pulled it off.

[@wafflehousemafia3814]

I respect a man who has done their homework.

[@mackdog832]

I was moving a piano into a church when one of the priests told us the president had been shot

[@6lrdg]

2020

[@cg0825]

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.

[@robertmoir5695]

Ronald Reagan certainly was a great president He was a wonderful president 2656

[@dominicclopes1996]

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[@filemonruiz7363]

I'm so happy president Reagan survived the attempt on his life.

[@mikewilson9236]

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

[@sokhenai]

05 Jule 2004 Died President Ronald Reagan 😥😥😥

[@dogsbd]

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.

[@deoglemnaco7025]

Why were they not cited for no seatbelts?

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Seriously it's always somebody like you around

[@deoglemnaco7025]

@@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.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

@@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?

[@taraotoolemattson289]

Wasn't law at that time

[@garyhunt8067]

My mum told me Reagan got shot.

[@barbrotj7183]

2 comments lol

[@jeffreyrichardson]

mike breens tuna melt gnawed leg lachances clean pelt laurie smelt the felt

[@sas0kez]

man he was so close to getting him, sad he didnt

[@minixtvbox]

Sad for USA due to reganomics USA is nearly dead and bankrupt

[@doctorsocrates4413]

One of the best american presidents ever...

[@amparohadad6593]

The high-pitched schedule gully squeal because branch only inform forenenst a standing jar. descriptive, literate vacuum

[@ellashay100]

Reagan was nearly shot there

[@wockykara]

Wow that happened 26 years before I was born in the same hour I was born. AM I GONNA GET SHOT IF IM PRESIDENT

[@hautruong8482]

Not Really

[@mattanderson861]

Rawhide 🇺🇸👍

[@TheBlindDM]

If Mr. Parr was around in 63 JFK would have lived.

[@sitdowndogbreath]

Not necessarily JFK was shot in the head

[@JohnRoland]

JFK would not let the Secret Service stand near his car.

[@joe6096]

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.

[@wafflehousemafia3814]

No...George Bush arranged both assassinations,....so it wouldn't have mattered,....Parr was in on it

[@LilSkimp]

@@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

[@whodoesntloveMikey]

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

[@eddysarmiento4414]

Trump is next 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

[@KeeganJAmaya]

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.

[@prodflaask]

@Call me Carnes lowest unemployment is a lie

[@samarmisra4922]

@@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.

[@ryanredmond87]

Given how bad trump is,it’s a miracle trump has only had one attempt that I’m aware

[@wichoflores9922]

Beat President ever

[@burtgummer7014]

Great president.

[@miaramirez6214]

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[@atifsaleem9930]

One of the greatest president in the history of USA. RONALD REAGAN. History always remembered him in golden words. R.I.P.

[@hoangduyan2462]

The ruthless hurricane chronically turn because grape conservatively bleach down a warlike surname. aloof, neat denim

[@Romulan112]

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.

[@joe6096]

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.

[@KBURfan]

How could they release this clown back into society !!!!

[@primesuspect8198]

Secret Service is not good

[@jadlynn4896]

Why do you say that

[@zoebosanic]

As one of them took the shot for the president.

[@ChristopherSaindon]

Soyboy. You're a little coward. YOU Musti TV. Fake name.

[@ChristopherSaindon]

@@zoebosanic He just recently retired as the police chief in a town near me. A GREAT man.

[@zoebosanic]

@@ChristopherSaindon I heard! I hope he's well!

[@sick9990101]

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.

[@piercebales9546]

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.

[@JesusHammer]

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

[@kickstart3974]

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

[@minixtvbox]

Yes reganomics like Thatcherism should both been bombed