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Old 03-30-2014, 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Carl in Tampa View Post
Thirty-three years ago today was the assassination attempt on President Reagan. That generation of Secret Service Agents has retired and some have passed away. Dennis V.N. McCarthy (not the Dennis McCarthy who was shot) was the first agent to lay hands on Hinkley. Prior to both of us being reassigned to Washington, Dennis had worked for me in New Orleans. Dennis is gone.

Jerry Parr, who shoved the President into the Limo, and who discovered that he was bleeding, has retired and gone into the ministry, where he worked for several years nursing AIDS patients.

Jerry has written a book about his career called In the Secret Service: The True Story of the Man Who Saved President Reagan's Life, which is available from Amazon. I recommend it.



Thanks for the heads up. Just downloaded it to my Kindle.
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