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WEEK, ON MARCH 30th, 1981, PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN WAS SHOT BY JOHN HINCKLEY JR. OUTSIDE THE WASHINGTON HILTON HOTEL. THE PRESIDENT HAD JUST DELIVERED...
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| 00:00:59 |
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DOOR -- FIVE OF US WALKED OUT THE DOOR, FOUR OF THEM WERE SHOT, I WASN'T. THAT'S GOT TO HAVE AN AFFECT ON YOU. >> SENSE OF MORTALITY, FIRST OF ALL. >>...
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| 00:01:11 |
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VERY MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT BEEN IN A COMBAT ZONE WHO HAVE BEEN AROUND GUNFIRE AND BEEN SHOT AT. I HAVEN'T BEEN SHOT AT. SO IT HAS A PROFOUND EFFECT....
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| 00:02:36 |
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SENSE OF RELIGION ENTERING IN SPIRITUALISM? >> I DON'T THINK THERE WAS A
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| 00:02:42 |
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NEW SPIRITUALISM IN RONALD REAGAN. HE HAD ALWAYS BEEN, TO ME, ONE OF THE MOST SPIRITUAL PEOPLE I'D EVER KNOWN. DEEPLY AND DEVOUTLY CHRISTIAN -- BUT...
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| 00:03:15 |
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REAGAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH ANY OF THE STAFF OR ADVISERS? BECOME MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S WELL BEING? >> OF COURSE, SURE SHE
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| 00:03:25 |
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WOULD AND I UNDERSTOOD THAT COMPLETELY. SHE CAME WITHIN CENTIMETERS OF LOSING THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN HER LIFE. AND SO I HAD A GREAT DEAL OF PATIENCE...
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| 00:03:51 |
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ANY LONG LASTING EFFECTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH? >>
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| 00:03:56 |
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OH, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS ANY AFFECT ON THE PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. HE WAS PRETTY TOUGH GUY. AND I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT WHEN THE SURGEON CAME OUT OF SURGERY...
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| 00:04:33 |
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AN AFFECT ON THE PRESIDENT AND THE ADMINISTRATION'S RELATIONSHIP WITH CAPITOL HILL? THE ABILITY FOR THE PRESIDENT TO RECUPERATE AND COME BACK? >> OH,...
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| 00:04:45 |
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WAS A -- IT BECAME A MORE SUBTLE RELATIONSHIP. IT ADDED TO THE AURA OF THE MAN, AMERICA, AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE WORLD SAW RONALD REAGAN, THE REAL...
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| 00:05:49 |
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ALL HAD ON THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT THAT DAY. AND I REMEMBER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE THAT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THE PRESIDENT WAS GOING TO BE OKAY. BUT...
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| 00:06:10 |
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1981. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT HAD BEEN SHOT? >> I WAS AT A
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| 00:06:22 |
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LUNCHEON, AN ART GALLERY, LUNCHEON. AND FOR SOME REASON, THIS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE, GOD WILLING WON'T HAPPEN TO ME AGAIN, BUT I SUDDENLY HAD...
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| 00:06:47 |
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JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. I JUST HAD THE FEELING I HAD TO GET BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. AND I DID, AND I WENT UP TO THE SOLARIUM, WE WERE DOING...
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| 00:09:16 |
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THE TWO OF YOU EVER TALK ABOUT THE DANGER THAT YOU FACED ON A POTENTIAL ASSASSINATION? >> NEVER THOUGHT
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| 00:09:23 |
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ABOUT IT. NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT IT. YOU DON'T THINK ABOUT THAT. YOU THINK MAYBE YOUR HUSBAND MIGHT GET SICK, BUT YOU NEVER THINK HE'S GOING TO BE SHOT,...
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| 00:09:35 |
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HERE, YOU'VE GOT THE ACTUAL X-RAY. HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT? WHAT WAS THE DECISION ON PUTTING THE X-RAY HERE? >> WELL, THEY HAD
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| 00:09:44 |
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A HARD TIME. THE BULLET ENDED UP. IT WAS A DEVASTATING BULLET. AND THE BULLET ENDED UP AN INCH OR TWO MAYBE FROM HIS HEART. AND THEY COULDN'T FIND IT....
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| 00:10:55 |
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE THE DAY JIM WAS SWORN IN AS WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY. THAT'S RONALD REAGAN -- THAT'S PRESIDENT REAGAN, MY MOM AND MY AUNT AND ME....
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| 00:11:10 |
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THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN WHAT DATE? YOU REMEMBER? >> IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JANUARY -- >> AFTER THE 20th? >> YEAH. >> RIGHT AFTER THE 20th? >> ABOUT TWO OR THREE
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| 00:11:24 |
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DAYS LATER. >> SO YOU LITERAL LIVE MOVE
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| 00:11:27 |
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TWO MONTHS AHEAD TO MARCH 30th, 1981. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN YOU FIRST HEARD THAT JIM HAD BEEN SHOT? >> I WAS AT HOME IN OUR
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| 00:11:39 |
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REC ROOM IN ARLINGTON, AND I JUST PICKED SCOT UP FROM A LITTLE CHURCH PLAY SCHOOL. AND I HAD TURNED ON THE SOAP OPERA THAT MY MOTHER AND I ALWAYS WATCHED...
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| 00:13:05 |
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DO YOU REMEMBER HOW YOU HANDLED IT ALL? IN YOUR OWN HEAD AT THE TIME? HOW DID YOU GET THROUGH? IT WAS WHAT, NOVEMBER, HE WAS IN THE HOSPITAL UNTIL...
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| 00:13:18 |
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YEAH. THAT FIRST FIVE HOURS DURING THE OPERATION WERE DIFFICULT ONES. THOSE ARE ONES YOU KEEP BUSY CALLING. I WAS CALLING, GETTING OUR FAMILY BACK IN...
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| 00:14:35 |
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VERY IMPORTANT DAY FOR ME AND FOR SARAH AND FOR ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO SEE THE BRADY BILL BECOME LAW. AND IT'S A MORE IMPORTANT DAY...
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| 00:16:21 |
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HOSPITAL WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS AFTER A HEAD INJURY. AND I THINK ANY FAMILY WHO HAS BEEN THROUGH A HEAD INJURY, AS A FAMILY MEMBER WHO...
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| 00:18:07 |
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FROM THE REAGAN FAMILY AFTER ALL OF THIS? AND HERE'S A PICTURE OF YOU TAKEN WHEN? >> OH, SEVERAL YEARS,
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| 00:18:14 |
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PROBABLY FIVE YEARS AFTER JIM WAS SHOT, MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LONGER. TOWARD THE END OF THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION. I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO TELL YOU HOW...
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| 00:22:08 |
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SENDS CARDS OR A LETTER. >> I REMEMBER GOING TO THAT
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| 00:22:16 |
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SAME PLACE WHERE JAMES BRADY WAS SHOT. HE WAS OUR PRESIDENT AND POSSIBLY ON THE POINT OF DEATH. AND AT TIMES LIKE THAT, IT'S THE KIND OF THING ONE...
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| 00:22:26 |
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THINK YOUR BOOK SAYS THAT THE BLOOD TRANSFUSIONS DURING THE OPERATION AFTER THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT WAS WHEN YOU THOUGHT HE STARTED TO HAVE ALZHEIMER'S...
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| 00:22:39 |
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NO. I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE TRAUMA OF THE ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT CAUSED DEMENTIA. OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE SEEN DEMENTIA IN THE WHITE HOUSE, WHICH I NEVER...
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| 00:23:04 |
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WITH THE DOCTORS. WHAT'S THAT ALL ABOUT? THEY WANT YOU TO STOP TALKING ABOUT THIS WHOLE BLOOD BUSINESS. WHY? >> WELL,
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| 00:23:12 |
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THEY RAISED THE ISSUE OF THE BLOOD THEMSELVES. DR. BENJAMIN AARON, WHO WAS THE CHIEF OPERATING SURGEON WAS THE ONE WHO TOLD ME ABOUT THESE TRANSFUSIONS....
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| 00:25:32 |
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YOUR MEETINGS WITH PRESIDENT REAGAN THAT HE WAS BEGINNING TO LOSE CONTACT? >> NO, I NEVER
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| 00:25:40 |
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DID. IF THAT BUCK "DUTCH" ALLEGES THAT AFTER HE WAS SHOT HE LOST -- I DON'T THINK IT DID -- BUT IF IT DID, THAT WOULD BE WRONG. BUT I REMEMBER HIM SAYING...
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| 00:26:33 |
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THINK YOU WERE GOING TO BE MADE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT BECAUSE OF EITHER BEING SHOT. >> I THINK IT'S MOR
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| 00:26:49 |
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MORE AGNOSTICISM. I THINK I WROTE SOME NOTES ABOUT IT WAS MORE LIKE A FRIEND WAS HURT. I'M SURE SOMEWHERE ALONG THE LINE THERE, AND MAYBE THERE'S PAPER...
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NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.